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Xiaohua Awa Zhu; Erin E. Whitaker; Moonhee Cho; Mei Zhang – College & Research Libraries, 2025
The concept of "student engagement" is widely discussed in academic libraries, but has not been thoroughly examined from a conceptual and theoretical perspective by scholars in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative research project on student engagement in academic libraries.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Libraries, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development
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Lance Day; Jaroslaw Szurek – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
This article builds on a 2018 study and reports on a survey conducted in 2022 to examine the value of advanced subject degrees in addition to the Master of Library Science for academic librarians. This study explores the impact of advanced subject degrees on scholarly contributions, compensation, teaching roles, and tenure status in academic…
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Schools, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs
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Keren Dali; Deborah H. Charbonneau – Education for Information, 2024
Amid the growing body of research on disability and neurodiversity, disabled and neurodiverse Ph.D. students are not often in the focus, despite the fact that Ph.D. students occupy a unique position of a learner-scholar-teacher in academia. A particular gap is felt in the field of Library & Information Science (LIS). This study stands to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Library Education, Doctoral Students
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Michela Montesi; Belén Álvarez Bornstein; Pablo Parra Valero – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2025
This research explores the acquisition of soft skills in a service learning project in the Complutense University of Madrid's library and information science undergraduate program. Reaching its fifth edition in 2021-22, the project aimed to integrate older persons into the social fabric of a residential enclave of Madrid known as "Parque…
Descriptors: Library Education, Information Science Education, Soft Skills, Skill Development
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Amy VanScoy; Heidi Julien; Alison Harding – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
This article reports on the third phase of a project studying the integration of information behavior theories and concepts into professional education for reference and information service (RIS). It also provides a synthesis of the results of all studies in the project, including a syllabus study, an interview study, and the survey. Results of…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Information Services, Library Science, Library Education