Revelations of an Off-Campus User Group: Library Use and Needs of Faculty and Students at a Satellite Graduate Social Work Program

The popularity of the Graduate Social Work Satellite Program at Marywood University has led the library to reexamine its services to both students and faculty in the program. The library realizes that current services may not apply to those who are not on campus regularly or at all. Using data from 2 studies that surveyed both traditional and nontraditional students and faculty, this new study seeks to determine: What do satellite students and faculty specifically want? What do they find unhelpful? What impact does faculty library use have on their students? Findings from this study are revealing and point to further directions for research.