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Grand Valley State University

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2016

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Academic Libraries And Student Retention: The Implications For Higher Education, Mary O'Kelly Nov 2016

Academic Libraries And Student Retention: The Implications For Higher Education, Mary O'Kelly

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Attracting and keeping students is a high priority in higher education and for some time academic libraries have examined some of the ways they might be contributing to student retention. Some have found a relationship between library instruction and retention, others have found it between library use and retention. This paper takes a step back from the discrete factors correlated with retention and instead looks at the possible faculty effect on library use. It will review the existing literature on academic libraries and student retention and will present the role of the classroom professor in driving library use. In other …


The Language Of Information Literacy: Do Students Understand?, Gayle Schaub, Cara Cadena Aug 2016

The Language Of Information Literacy: Do Students Understand?, Gayle Schaub, Cara Cadena

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No abstract provided.


Escaping Gravity: One Library's Journey From Idea To Understanding, Lee C. Van Orsdel Jan 2016

Escaping Gravity: One Library's Journey From Idea To Understanding, Lee C. Van Orsdel

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No abstract provided.