Nontraditional Students and the Library: Opinions, Preferences, and Behaviors.

The population of nontraditional students in higher education is increasing rapidly, and academic librairies should examine whether additional or alternate services are needed to accommodate this growing user group. To gather data about nontraditional students for program planning and evaluation, a survey was designed that considered age, gender, and status as a full-time or part-time student as factors that defined nontraditional students, and which gathered student opinion in four areas: how these students used the library, when they wanted to use the library, which library services they felt were important, and how they evaluated some present library services