What Students Want: Generation Y and the Changing Function of the Academic Library

Gardner, Susan; Eng, Susanna

doi:10.1353/pla.2005.0034

Cited by 159 publications

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“…In contrast, nearly 75% of the new student cohort had logged into the library workstations and over 80% had accessed electronic resources through the library website. Given the age of most commencing students, these results are not unexpected and they support previous research findings relating to this generation's use of technology (Gardner & Eng, 2005). Considered together, the findings for use of the library workstations compared with loans provides evidence with which academic library managers can plan for space priorities.…”

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confidence: 82%

Loans, Logins, and Lasting the Course: Academic Library Use and Student Retention

Haddow¹,

Joseph²

2010

Australian Academic & Research Libraries

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Activities and services that improve student engagement and retention in the higher education sector are important not only to individual students' success but also to university planning and funding. This paper reports on a study carried out to explore whether use of the library by new university students is associated with continued enrolment. Limited to commencing students in March 2010 at Curtin University, the study drew on demographic data from the university's enrolment system and instances of library use from the library's management system. Results of the statistical analyses indicate that library use is associated with retention, and, importantly, that library use in the early weeks of a student's first semester is associated with retention. Findings from this study suggest that academic libraries can contribute to the retention of students by offering carefully targeted programs and services.

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Section: Figure 3: Extent Of Library Use By Ses Backgroundsupporting

confidence: 82%

Loans, Logins, and Lasting the Course: Academic Library Use and Student Retention

Haddow¹,

Joseph²

2010

Australian Academic & Research Libraries

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“…Al Muomen et al, 2012). This is also consistent with studies in many other countries which have identified such misperceptions among library users about librarians and libraries, and particularly a lack of awareness of librarians' role, duties and skills (Bickley & Corrall, 2011;Fagan, 2003;Gardner & Eng, 2005;Majid & Haidar, 2008). Actually such damaging misconceptions are not unique to librarianship.…”

Section: Kuwaiti Education and Librarians' Statussupporting

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Factors Underlying Technology Adoption in Academic Libraries in Kuwait

Al-Fadhli

Corrall

Cox

2016

New Review of Academic Librarianship

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“…Architectural designs for renovated or new library buildings include spaces conducive to quiet study. The study hall environment is an important learning and social area in libraries 33,35,36,37,38,39,40 . At UMD, the main floor of the library was often used for campus receptions and lectures.…”

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Using a Student-Generated Survey to Inform Planning For a User-focused Learning Commons

Weiner

2017

Educ. Lib.

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A master's comprehensive University is planning a learning commons to support undergraduate learning. The planning process included a literature review, site visits to commons, consultations with experts in the field, discussions with campus specialists, and surveys of patrons. The literature reports two primary forms of data gathering for learning commons: interview/observation and purposive surveys. This report describes the findings of a survey conducted to determine students' perceptions of services relevant in learning commons. The findings indicated that the students wanted help with their information processing needs. IntroductionTo support undergraduate learning at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, the Library planned a learning commons as part of an extensive renovation project. The planning process included a review of the education and library literature, site visits to existing commons, consultations with experts in the field, involvement of key campus stakeholders, and survey data. This article is a report of a pilot survey conducted to engage students in the planning process and identify their needs related to a learning commons from a student perspective. This survey was developed and administered with the assistance of undergraduate students in introductory statistics courses.

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What Students Want: Generation Y and the Changing Function of the Academic Library

Cited by 159 publications

References 18 publications

Loans, Logins, and Lasting the Course: Academic Library Use and Student Retention

Loans, Logins, and Lasting the Course: Academic Library Use and Student Retention

Factors Underlying Technology Adoption in Academic Libraries in Kuwait

Using a Student-Generated Survey to Inform Planning For a User-focused Learning Commons

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