Current Issue: January 2021
Article • January 2021
The Impact of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Student Success: A Four-Year Study
Jennifer Rowe, Julie Leuzinger, Carol Hargis, Karen R. Harker
During a four-year period, librarians collected student data by card-swiping undergraduate students who attended one of the core English composition class-based one-shot instruction sessions provided at a large state-supported doctoral-granting university. ...
Article • January 2021
Communicating Collections Cancellations to Campus: A Qualitative Study
Jaclyn McLean, Diane Dawson, Charlene Sorensen
Academic libraries around the world are cancelling big deal journal subscriptions at an increasing rate. This is primarily due to budgetary challenges, the unsustainable hyperinflationary pricing of these packages, and a need to move toward new open access models. ...
Article • January 2021
Collecting First-Generation Voices in Academic Libraries and Archives
Blake Graham, Stefani Baldivia, William Cuthbertson, Kendall Leon, Jane Monson, Jay Trask
First-generation college students have a profound impact both inside and outside the classroom on the strategic goals of universities, yet in-depth, firsthand information about their experiences are difficult for researchers and university administrators to find. ...
Article • January 2021
Academic Impact of Articles by Practitioners in the Field of Library and Information Science
Yu-Wei Chang
This study measured the relative academic impact of articles by LIS practitioners by analyzing library and information science articles published between 2005 and 2014. The results revealed that, although practitioners were not the main knowledge contributors...
Article • January 2021
Student-Centered Design: Creating LibGuides Students Can Actually Use
Amy E.G. Barker, Ashley T. Hoffman
In this mixed-methods study, librarians at Kennesaw State University Library System conducted a year-long design research project to create a flexible subject guide “blueprint” for undergraduate students using LibGuides. ...
Article • January 2021
Honors Students and Thesis Research: A Study of Information Literacy Practices and Self-Efficacy at the End of Students’ Undergraduate Careers
Ann Medaille, Molly Beisler, Rayla E. Tokarz, Rosalind Bucy
This study explored the information literacy practices of undergraduate students conducting research for their Honors theses in their final year of study. Data was collected from 11 Honors students during several months through four rounds of open-ended ...
Article • January 2021
Increasing Student Attendance at Library Workshops: What the Data Tells Us
Richelle L. Witherspoon, Philip O.L. Taber
With attendance rates at library workshops and events in decline, the authors looked to data from practice to help the field move forward. Using survey responses from providers of 161 library workshops across Canada and the United States ...