Fostering student success : academic, social, and financial initiatives

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"In this book, academic librarians examine how their libraries are responding to the changing needs of students to provide support in key areas such as advancing the quality of learning, fostering inclusion, and driving down costs"-- Provided by publisher.

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Academic libraries Relations with faculty and curriculum United States Case studies

Academic libraries Services to minorities United States

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- United States

Libraries and public health United States

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ISBN:

9780838938294

Description:

xiii, 208 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Part I: Support in rapidly changing learning environments
Taking a Byte Out of the Data Divide: How an Academic Library Made Data Skills More Accessible by Creating a Makerspace / Joyce Garczynski
Small Victories in STEM Librarianship: Taking on the Big Problem of Missing Information Literacy Instruction in Science Curricula and the Case of First-Generation Students / Elizabeth Pickard and Michelle R. Desilets
Identifying and Addressing the Evolving Accessibility Limitations of Rural Community College Students / Heather Van Dyne and Rachel Koszalka
Together from the Ground Up: Deconstructing the Research Process for First Semester Students at Louisiana State University / Sarah Simms, Narcissa Haskins, and Ebony McDonald
So Close and Yet So Remote: Using Technologies to Provide High-Touch, Personalized Support for Vulnerable Students / Rosalind Fielder-Giscombe and Gabrielle Toth
Reenvisioning Learning in a Time of Disruption / Jennifer Matthews and Deborah Gaspar
Part II: Programming that fosters inclusion
Information Privilege and First-Generation Students: A Librarian-in-Residence Program to Facilitate Information Access at the University of Wyoming / Kristina Clement
Aflame and Unafraid: A Case Study on Creating Interactive Programming in Remote Learning / Karina Kletscher and Jennifer Tirrell
Inclusive Programming: Empathy, Support, and Access as Foundational Tools / Tariana Smith
Student Well-Being and Libraries: Addressing Systemic Racism and COVID-19 / Jason Coleman, Lis Pankl, and Leo S. Lo
Employing the Disenfranchised Student for Mentoring and Empowerment / Michelle Reale
Part III: Libraries providing financial support
Loving Libraries: Stanford University Library's Paid Summer Internships / Felicia A. Smith
Throwing the University Wide Open: Textbook Affordability and COVID-19 / Zara Wilkinson
Bridging the Digital Divide in Appalachia: Lending Technology with a Personal Librarian / Jonathan Roy Wilson
Laptops for Students: An Academic and Public Library Partnership / Shannon L. Dew, Gretchen Mitchell, and Susan B. Mythen
Paid Positions for Students: A Win-Win for Everyone Involved / Paizha Stoothoff

LCCN:

2021051389

Control Number:

3231461

Other Authors:

Kelsey, Sigrid, editor

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