Academic Libraries and the Student Journey
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Key words Academic Libraries Student Journey Student transition Student engagement Student expectations
- Editorial -Margaret Weaver, Head of Library and Student Services, University of Cumbria UK.
- This themed issue of the New Review of Academic Librarianship is documenting the extended role of academic libraries (and their staff) in developing and supporting students across the entire student lifecycle -from pre-entry, to post qualification.
- The resulting innovative approaches mean working with a much wider range of stakeholders than previously, internally and externally and involving students more pro-actively.
- Whilst the predominant focus of the articles is undergraduate study, the approach of this themed issue -the student journey -can be applied to all kinds of learners and researchers.
- The backdrop for the articles in this issue is the changing current higher education climate and new fees regime introduced in the UK which has just been evaluated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England 1 .
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...Such definitions cover everything from wellbeing to academic success to interaction with learning spaces, enabling librarians and other practitioners to deliver interventions and programs of work aligned to stages in the lives of students (Weaver, 2013a, p. 100)....
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...For example, an article in a special issue of the New Review of Academic Librarianship documented ‘the extended role of academic libraries (and their staff) in developing and supporting students across the entire student lifecycle—from pre-entry to post qualification’ (Weaver, 2013a, p. 99)....
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...This is, perhaps, a more traditional approach and Weaver (2013b), for example, argues that the “institutional drivers to attract, retain and progress students across their entire lifecycle” means that a more holistic view is needed (p. 103)....
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...Inspired by Scott’s 2005 findings that all aspects of university life influence students’ learning journeys (SLJ) (Scott, 2005), and Weaver’s 2013 study, which highlights the importance of the library’s role in the SLJ (Weaver, 2013), the Library aimed for an holistic approach in designing the program....
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...…by Scott’s 2005 findings that all aspects of university life influence students’ learning journeys (SLJ) (Scott, 2005), and Weaver’s 2013 study, which highlights the importance of the library’s role in the SLJ (Weaver, 2013), the Library aimed for an holistic approach in designing the program....
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