Lastly, this dissertation research is important because it is situated in the context of
undergraduates' academic work in an era of continuing rapid change in the lifecycle of
information creation, storage, and dissemination. Undergraduates' academic information
behaviors and the future of the academic library's role in supporting academic informationseeking
are topics of continuing concern for LIS researchers, educators, and practitioners.
Researchers may use the findings to develop a theoretical model of undergraduates' academic
information behaviors, taking into account undergraduates' discipline and/or class standing.
Educators may use the findings when preparing LIS students to meet the needs of undergraduates
in their future careers in academic libraries and other organizations. It is hoped that academic
librarians use the findings to assign priorities to their work, devise and implement undergraduatecentered
services that incorporate the academic librarian either directly or indirectly, and
determine the investments needed to make the academic library relevant and meaningful in
undergraduates' academic life.