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- Leonard, age 42
- A bit about Leonard…
- Independent scholar looking to apply for a fellowship at the Special Collection library
- Writing up a list of resources he wants to use with regards to his project on early English ballads for his fellowship application
- Comfortable with technology; knows how to use internet searching and uses complex Boolean searches
- Knows what he is looking for, and doesn’t need as much help from library staff
- Interested in digital items or items that he could easy get a digital copy of
- What Leonard would need…
- A system that allows for the complex Boolean searching he wants to do, since he is looking for specific items from specific dates
- A way to search only through digitized materials or to easily identify what is digitized
- A way to ‘bookmark’ sources and export a list when he’s done to use with his application
- A clear and easy way to tell what is and is not available to unaffiliated members; this will bolster his case for why he needs that fellowship!
- A bit about Leonard…
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