In 2015, surveys of students, faculty, and librarians and other library staff elicited their perceptions of the contributions of community college libraries to student success, both directly and via librarian collaboration with faculty. The three surveyed groups agreed substantially that libraries and librarians contribute to student success, both…

The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether there are relationships between first-year college students' use of academic libraries and four academic outcomes: academic engagement, engagement in scholarly activities, academic skills development, and grade point average. The results of regression analyses suggest students' use of books…

Librarians seek opportunities to improve outreach to faculty and promote shared interests in information literacy. A comprehensive review of syllabi for all undergraduate courses offered during one academic term examined course-level learning outcomes and graded assignments to see how well they aligned with the five Association of College and…

Engaging in ongoing assessment is key to libraries demonstrating their value to their institutions. This study is an initial step in a STEM library's long-term goal of measuring the library's connection to, and impact on, student academic success markers such as retention and persistence. Initial results showed that any library usage was always…

We conducted a survey of the winners of University of California (UC) Berkeley's Library Prize for Undergraduate Research (2003-2016) to learn about the long-term impact of undergraduate research projects on students, find out what winners gained from the experience, and compare their careers post-graduation with other students. Seventy-four…

This article describes a library renovation project in a community college that involved using existing space and reorganizing it to support the way students learn both individually and collaboratively. The article also looks at the importance of the academic library as place.

Academic libraries must demonstrate empirically that library usage does contribute positively to student academic performance and, thereby, to the university's effectiveness. While customary academic library assessment practices may not be sufficient for this purpose, the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Library undertook an experimental…

To the best of our knowledge this is the first attempt to investigate student engagement in learning within the Kurdistan region in general and at University of Raparin in particular. Student engagement, self-learning, faculty-student interaction and promoting personal responsibility, besides environment of learning are the components for this…

This qualitative study examines current community college library practices in developmental education. Based on semistructured telephone interviews with 27 librarians across the United States, analysis of the results shows that there are librarians who proactively integrate basic library skills into developmental education and academic success…

The 2012 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE GENERAL COLLEGE OFFERS A 2-YEAR PROGRAM OF GENERAL EDUCATION TO ANY GRADUATE OF AN ACCREDITED MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL. GENERAL COLLEGE STUDENTS, LIKE OTHER LOWER DIVISION STUDENTS, HAVE ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSITY'S FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE LIBRARY, CONSIDERED TO BE SUPERIOR TO THE TYPICAL JUNIOR COLLEGE LIBRARY. A STUDY…

Motivated by accreditation standards, sanctions, legal, and other issues threatening American collegiate athletic programs, academia has put into place, on many campuses, structured programs which attempt to ensure both academic achievement and the physical prowess of its "players." As a component of the overall support program at the…

In response to a state mandate, the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) created an administrative structure, the University Assessment Committee (UAC), to assess the institution's educational merit. Representing the university library was the University Library Assessment Committee (ULAC). The ULAC used two surveys, one for faculty and one for…

Assuming a correlation between library use and academic achievement, colleges must foster greater library use and must make students and faculty aware of the importance and validity of library instruction in information-handling skills. (DC)

Describes a library-based instructional module for first-year athletes as part of a program motivated by accreditation agencies, public concern, and NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) standards to ensure the academic success of college athletes. The development and implementation of the bibliographic instruction sessions are…