Academic Libraries and Student Engagement: A Literature Review

Examining undergraduate student perceptions and engagement during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Through contextualizing these forms of student engagement there is also an understanding as to how the library can support and evaluate these forms. The literature review by Appleton (2020) Academic Libraries and Student Engagement is a comprehensive overview of student engagement exploring various topics in relation to academic libraries. This summarization of student engagement thoroughly explores the complexity of how student engagement is defined and applied within academic librarianship.…”

“…Research on student engagement has found that there's a complex relationship between these two parts of the definition and as Appleton explains that student engagement can take many forms in and outside of the classroom, “teaching and learning, with research or with extra-curricular activities. Often these can be associated with educational and enhancement outcomes (e.g., attainment, learning gain)” ( Appleton, 2020, pp. 191–192 ).…”

“… Schlak (2018) establishes relational engagement as “the mutuality created between provider and consumer in the framework of customer engagement produces library users who are so invested in their libraries (and presumably research and teaching) that they create reciprocal exchanges that change library offerings to suit their needs” (p. 136). As Appleton (2020) states, “relational engagement can be used to obtain feedback, measure performance, and potentially lead to service enhancements.” (p. 194) “An engagement culture needs to happen inside, as well as outside, the classroom. In this way it extends beyond design and into the living curriculum to become distinguishing feature of the learning and assessment strategy” ( Appleton, 2020, p. 193 ).…”

“…As Appleton (2020) states, “relational engagement can be used to obtain feedback, measure performance, and potentially lead to service enhancements.” (p. 194) “An engagement culture needs to happen inside, as well as outside, the classroom. In this way it extends beyond design and into the living curriculum to become distinguishing feature of the learning and assessment strategy” ( Appleton, 2020, p. 193 ).…”

Information literacy and research support services in academic libraries: A bibliometric analysis from 2001 to 2020

“…The recent decades showed a rapidly changing pedagogy and research support services in academic libraries among researchers across the globe [1][2][3][4]. Similarly, the hasty growth and utilisation of technological advancements further triggered demand for emerging support services from university libraries [5,6].…”