Document Type
Poster
Publication Title
2025 ALA Annual Conference
Abstract
The poster will highlight research on human information behavior and how understanding human perceptions of technology and how the public uses it can help libraries improve public services and instruction. The poster will display data using charts and graphs so that different demographic data is represented visually and in an easy-to-digest way. The presentation will demonstrate how, by understanding library patrons' perceptions of technology, librarians will be able to curate instruction to meet library users and community members where they are. It will also help librarians to better understand why patrons search the way they do and how to improve digital literacy. The presentation will also show how librarians can leverage the data and knowledge to better inform communities and institutions.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe public perceptions of emerging and existing technology.
- Demonstrate how understanding public perceptions and information behavior can be harnessed to improve instruction, reference, and public services.
- Define different methods of applying research results to individual libraries.
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Publication Date
6-29-2025
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Recommended Citation
Bohlander, Alexis, "Applying Human Information Behavior & Technology Perceptions: To Enhance Library Educational Instruction" (2025). Foley Library Scholarship. 38.
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/foleyschol/38
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Poster presented at the 2025 ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia (June 26-30, 2025).