Information Seeking Behaviors and Preferences of SURF Students

ICR 200704-0693-001

OMB: 0693-0049

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ICR Details
0693-0049 200704-0693-001
Historical Active
DOC/NIST
Information Seeking Behaviors and Preferences of SURF Students
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 07/17/2007
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 06/07/2007
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
07/31/2010 36 Months From Approved
100 0 0
33 0 0
0 0 0

This study will determine how the next generation of scientists, frequently referred to as the Millennial Generation, will seek scientific information in their research. This generation was born between 1982 and 2000. Having grown up with information technology, general studies show this population has technological preferences for receiving and integrating content, and this study is to learn if this extends to the scientific content among young scientists. It will identify most useful (and most desired) devices and formats, so that the Information Services Division can plan to serve the next generation of scientists. Findings will impact how digital scientific content is harvested, identified using metadata, stored, accessed, and disseminated. The project will identify young scientists’ preferences for content format and ease of assimilation into current processes. Specifically the project aims to learn: 1) which library resources and information services are most valuable and why, and 2) what scientific library resources do not exist that could, or are not yet robust enough to be valuable. Further the study aims to learn 3)in what specific ways are commercial internet tools both successful and unsuccessful in helping find answers 4) which platforms and devices are most helpful and why, and 5)which technologies help support collaboration with peers. The project plans to use Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) students who work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology every summer as the test population. The survey is voluntary, and all information gathered will be carefully safeguarded.

None
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  72 FR 13249 03/21/2007
72 FR 31270 06/06/2007
No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 100 0 0 100 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 33 0 0 33 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
This is a new collection; no program changes or adjustments.

No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Brenda Griffith 301 975-4092 brenda.thomas@nist.gov

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
06/07/2007


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