What researchers want : a personal case study

The increased emphasis placed upon research intensive universities to enhance the quality of their research outputs, their wider impact and the research environment, has not only affected research staff but has also prompted the departments supporting these research communities to respond by broadening their range of offerings. As a consequence, research support is now high on the agenda of many academic libraries and as such over the last year or so I have attended numerous conferences and seminars designed to inform library staff about researchers’ attitudes to the library, their information skills and their needs