Fostering student success : academic, social, and financial initiatives

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780838938294
ISBN: 0838938299
Physical Description: print
xiii, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.