Part iii very rough draft from Jill

Hi,
I just threw the ideas out there. Is this what we need?
I cut and pasted the second paragraph of part i into here, as it directly described the process we intended to do the research, plus I added some of the questions we expressed and listed the other methods we used to collect information.

This is the the "throw enough stuff at the wall, and some of it will stick" tradition..... :-)

As part of our research into the information use and users of the LGBTCC, we want to find out more about how the center collects and disseminates its information, what kind of information it values, and which agencies it feels are important to partner with on campus, and in the larger community.

We would also like to find out who the users of the center are, and whether they are served adequately by the center.

We would like to explore the history of the center and how it has evolved over time, and to find out if joining the GLS has influenced center use and identity and importance within the organization and in the campus community as a whole.

We would also like to compare the literature we have encountered on LGBT information needs of college students, and whether this center is addressing those needs currently.

We will also inquire about the populations they seek to serve, and whether they have target groups for their services. It is also important for us to address the recent changes that have taken place in the organization of the agency, with special regard to any changes in user groups or methods of distribution.

Our group intends to interview the director of the LGBTCC to find information, including their involvement/affiliation with other campus and community groups, whether or not they share resources with those groups, and their selection process for choosing a given group.

We will visit the center, unobtrusively, and observe the collection, the physical layout of the center, and the information on display in the public areas of the center.

Several of our group will attend the LGBTCC Open House, a semester kick-off meeting designed to provide information on the center and its activities to the general public and prospective users of the center’s resources.

We will also do a detailed analysis of the group’s extensive website, looking for the information needs the website attempts to answer through its extensive links and provisions for answering the needs of the campus LGBT community.

We would also like to explore the changing needs of center users over time, that is, is there a difference between the expressed needs of younger, undergraduate users of the center’s information and the needs of older users? How is the center focusing on these differing needs?