Credit score: Assessing a library course’s association with graduation rates and GPAs for at-risk students at a regional public university

Espe, Troy; Dettman, David; Noltze, Marv; Harnett, Daniel

doi:10.1080/10691316.2021.1939217

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“…Although IL has grown in importance during the past few decades, there is still no consensus about its importance for academic success and on how it relates to student dropout rates. As mentioned earlier in this article, to the best of our knowledge, most research in this field has been conducted by librarians who have attempted to assess the impact of an intervention, frequently for minority groups (e.g., [27,[37][38][39][40][41]). The described dataset intends to let researchers further explore how IL and academic achievement are related, now incorporating machine learning methods into previously used quantitative tools.…”

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Information Competences and Academic Achievement: A Dataset

Köhler,

González-Ibáñez

2023

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Information literacy (IL) is becoming fundamental in the modern world. Although several IL standards and assessments have been developed for secondary and higher education, there is still no agreement about the possible associations between IL and both academic achievement and student dropout rates. In this article, we present a dataset including IL competences measurements, as well as academic achievement and socioeconomic indicators for 153 Chilean first- and second-year engineering students. The dataset is intended to allow researchers to use machine learning methods to study to what extent, if any, IL and academic achievement are related.

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“…Some studies, such as [22][23][24][25], state that there is an association between better grades and better information competences. However, there are also studies that did not find such an association [26,27]. Another study concluded that high self-efficacy in IL skills contributes to effective research academic skills [28].…”

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Information Competences and Academic Achievement: A Dataset

Köhler,

González-Ibáñez

2023

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Finding the Holy Grail of Library Value: Characteristics of Academic Libraries at Universities with High Retention Rates

Szpunar,

Bradley

2024

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Objective – What are the characteristics of academic libraries at schools with high retention rates? To help libraries tell the story of their impact, we sought to determine which academic library practices were linked to high retention rates. Methods – The investigators created a survey for the United States Great Lakes region library deans and directors in the Spring of 2022 with 19 questions about their library services and staffing. The survey was sent to 226 schools and had a response rate of 31%. We compared the resulting information to publicly available data on student retention from ACRL Metrics and IPEDS to look for correlations and associations. Results – Statistical analysis used the Chi-squared test and the Pearson correlation to calculate association and correlation. This found six attributes of student connections with library staff and with unique local collections that were associated with statistically significant differences in retention rates and institutions. These attributes were institutions who: used students as archives student workers, used students to staff reference desks, conducted multiple library instruction sessions with the same class, had a staffed archive or special collection space, had an institutional repository that included student work, or had an Instagram account. Conclusion – The survey results gave a clear profile of academic libraries with above average retention, particularly in terms of student focused initiatives and the curation of unique collections. Additionally, the survey gave a foundation, with recommendations, for future researchers to build upon.

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Credit score: Assessing a library course’s association with graduation rates and GPAs for at-risk students at a regional public university

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Information Competences and Academic Achievement: A Dataset

Information Competences and Academic Achievement: A Dataset

Finding the Holy Grail of Library Value: Characteristics of Academic Libraries at Universities with High Retention Rates

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