The Academic Library and Student Retention and Graduation: An Exploratory Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Academic Library

Shhh! No talking about retention in the library!

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Blackburn
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Student Attrition ◽  
Retention Rates

Student retention rates have long been a topic among school administrators, but it is an issue barely mentioned in library circles. This article will discuss the role the academic library can play in increasing and maintaining student retention rates on campus. By focusing briefly on four main topics, including reaching out to students early and often, getting them in the library door and getting them to stay, the reader will be able to see the broad picture of how crucial libraries are to fighting student attrition.

Supporting Student Retention and Success: Including Family Areas in an Academic Library

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Godfrey ◽  
Lorelei Rutledge ◽  
Alfred Mowdood ◽  
Jacob Reed ◽  
Scott Bigler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Academic Library

How Do I Get a Campus ID? The Other Role of the Academic Library in Student Retention and Success

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqui D. Grallo ◽  
Mardi Chalmers ◽  
Pamela G. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
The Other

scholarly journals Book Review: Putting Assessment into Action: Selected Projects from the First Cohort of the Assessment in Action Grant

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Larry Cooperman
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Student Collaboration ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Management Of Technology ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Collaboration Management

Creating, implementing, and managing academic library programs can be a daunting task in itself, but how do academic librarians successfully assess the outcomes of multifaceted, long-term programs? In 2013 and 2014, ACRL began an Assessment in Action (AiA) grant program to monitor the results and outcomes of twenty-seven American and Canadian academic library programs, including programs on information literacy, student collaboration, management of technology facilities, space optimization, and linkage of student retention with research assistance.

The case for partnering doctoral students with librarians: a synthesis of the literatures

2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 599-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen S. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Doctoral Student Retention ◽  
Research Students ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to ask how the academic library may better position itself to assist with the demonstrated need for improved research ability in doctoral students. The paper examines the literature on doctoral student retention, which demonstrates problems with research self‐efficacy in students, and connects this issue to the library literature demonstrating the impact of library instruction.Design/methodology/approachThe main approach is the review of the literatures in library science on the impact of instruction, and in the wider education literature on student retention and doctoral student attrition.FindingsIt was found that library instruction does demonstrably improve student research skills, and that doctoral students are generally underprepared to conduct dissertation level research. There is a case for partnering doctoral students with academic librarians to improve dissertation completion rates and lower attrition due to lack of research skill.Practical implicationsThe paper demonstrates an obvious need for focus of library instruction on graduate students, and doctoral students in particular. The paper poses a number of research agendas that can be taken up by practitioners in the field, including various models for implementing instruction for doctoral students.Social implicationsAttrition from doctoral programs has a burdensome impact on academic institutions, and has been demonstrated to have adverse social, psychological and financial impacts on the doctoral students themselves. The ability of library intervention to alleviate the problem has wide‐ranging implications.Originality/valueThe paper brings a wider literature base to bear on the practice of library instruction, and raises important questions relevant to librarians and graduate faculty about the value of the library to more advanced research students and the current focus of most library instruction programs at the undergraduate levels.

scholarly journals Fast Facts

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Gary Pattillo
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Academic Library

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