Thanks to College and Research libraries journal going open-access I can now read the ACRL articles without having to wait. YAY!

So I started reading “Information seeking through students’ eyes: The MIT photo diary study”.

The MIT librarians asked 32 students to keep track of how they sought “information related to their academic life” for 7 days. The study used screen shots, notes, and interviews to gather this information.

I am getting more and more excited to do a little information diet study on myself. I would not want to separate my “academic life” information behavior from my “social life” though. I mean, according to this study I am a millenial (born between 1976-1996), and although I loathe the name, I live a woven life.

For example right now I am working at my library’s ready reference desk, reading this paper, and writing this blog post!