Information Behavior of Community College Students: A Survey of Literature

Fry, L.

doi:10.1080/02763910802646466

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“…Among 18‐24‐year‐olds 37 percent of men and 42.3 percent of women are in college (Fry, 2009). In the US, marketers refer to this age group as Generation Y (Paul, 2001).…”

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Gender, fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership, and need for touch

Cho

Workman²

2011

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal

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PurposeThis study aims to examine whether gender, fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership, and need for touch have effects on consumers' multi‐channel choice and touch/non‐touch shopping channel preference in clothing shopping.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted using a convenience sample of 123 male and 154 female US college students. Data were analyzed using PASW Statistics 18 and Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) 18.FindingsResults showed that participants' multi‐channel choice was influenced only by fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership such that consumers high in fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership tend to use more than one shopping channel. Touch channel preference was influenced by need for touch and multi‐channel choice such that participants who had higher need for touch and used more than one channel for clothing shopping preferred local and non‐local stores. Non‐touch channel preference was influenced by fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership and multi‐channel choice. Regardless of gender, those high in fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership who used more than one channel preferred TV retailers, catalogs, and online stores.Research limitations/implicationsResults cannot be generalized to the larger population of other consumer groups. Future research should include other population groups.Originality/valueThis study is the first to investigate the effects of consumers' gender, fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership, and need for touch on their multi‐channel choice and touch/non‐touch shopping channel preference in clothing shopping.

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“…Among 18‐24‐year‐olds 37 percent of men and 42.3 percent of women are in college (Fry, 2009). In the US, marketers refer to this age group as Generation Y (Paul, 2001).…”

Section: Research Methods and Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender, fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership, and need for touch

Cho

Workman²

2011

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal

117

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“…In general, there is a lack of research on the information behaviour of both community college learners and vocational practitioners (Bird et al., ; Dowell & McCabe, ; Fry, ; Lloyd, , ; Lloyd & Williamson, ; Warren, ). Information behaviour is broadly defined as ‘how people need, seek, manage, give and use information in different contexts’.…”

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Information literacy skills and training of licensed practical nurses in Alberta, Canada: results of a survey

Wadson

Phillips

2018

Health Info Libraries J

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“…In general, the literature should distinguish community college libraries, librarians, and patrons from their academic library counterparts at four-year institutions, rather than treating them as a subset of those four-year institutions. Fry (2009), Poole and Denny (2001), C. Bell (2004), andCarr (2006) each express concern over the limited availability of research specific to community colleges. Johnson (2009) reports that "the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science discusses 'Academic, Special Libraries in Romania, but not community college libraries in the United States" (p. 127).…”

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“…In order to engage the faculty and students, community college librarians have to be persistent in their outreach, and also ensure that the outreach is crafted to show the relevancy of the library to what the students are learning in the classroom. Fry's (2009) study of the information-seeking behavior of community college students indicates that the "motivational aspects of community college students are more varied and complex than other students" (p.43).…”

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The Community College Conundrum: Workforce Issues in Community College Libraries

Arnold¹

2010

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Until recently, community colleges have been an overlooked segment of higher education. A recent Brookings Institution report labeled them an "invisible institution" (Goldrick-Rab, 2009, § 1). To many students, however, community colleges are not invisible, as an increasing number of undergraduates attend and/or graduate from two-year institutions. Much like the institutions themselves, community college libraries are similarly unnoticed, particularly in terms of workforce issues that distinguish community college libraries from their academic library counterparts at four-year institutions. Preparation for and recruitment into community college librarianship, for example, have their own unique challenges. Issues of career tracking, tenure/contracts, retention, and professional development are also different for community college librarians. This article examines the particular issues that are most critical to community college libraries, including efforts to increase the visibility of community college librarianship as a career and community college libraries as a distinct yet vital element in the landscape of academic libraries.

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Information Behavior of Community College Students: A Survey of Literature

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

Gender, fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership, and need for touch

Gender, fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership, and need for touch

Information literacy skills and training of licensed practical nurses in Alberta, Canada: results of a survey

The Community College Conundrum: Workforce Issues in Community College Libraries

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