This study, based on survey results from a representative sample of 1,099 students at 80 US colleges and universities, presents detailed data on the extent to which students use workstations provided by their academic libraries, or their own mobile computing devices, in the academic library. The report also looks at student satisfaction with the time spent waiting for computer workstations, their feelings about the number and availability of workstations in the library, and whether or not they feel their library needs more workstations. The study also presents specific numeric data on the percentage of time that students spend accessing online resources in the library accounted for by access through library workstations or through students' mobile computing devices.

An open-ended question reveals what specific hardware and software technologies, and other information technology resources, that students would like to see, or see more of, in their academic libraries.