Academic Library Services for First-Generation Students (Paperback)

Presenting strategies for improving academic library services for first-generation students, this timely book focuses on programs and services that will increase student academic engagement and success. Demographic data and secondary school graduation rates suggest that colleges and universities will enroll growing numbers of first-generation students over the next decade. Academic Library Services for First-Generation Students focuses on ways academic libraries can uniquely contribute to the successful transition to college and year-to-year retention of first-generation students. The practical recommendations in this book include a wide range of ideas for the design and modification of library services and facilities to be more inclusive of the needs of first-generation students. All of the recommendations are specifically aimed at addressing challenges faced by first-generation students. Topics covered range from study spaces and service points to information literacy instruction and campus partnerships. The book makes the case-both explicitly and implicitly-that academic libraries can help address known risk factors (e.g., by helping students build academic cultural competencies) and thereby improve success, persistence, and retention for first-generation students. Academic library professionals in both leadership roles and public service positions will benefit from the actionable strategies presented here. Includes practical strategies for modifying existing library services to be more inclusive of first-generation student needs Incorporates suggestions for new services targeted toward first-generation students Offers insight into first-generation students' perspectives on academic libraries Builds understanding of the role libraries can play in first-generation student success and retention

General

Imprint:	Libraries Unlimited
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2020
Authors:	Xan Arch • Isaac Gilman
Dimensions:	155 x 233 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	149
ISBN-13:	978-1-4408-7017-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4408-7017-9
Barcode:	9781440870170

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