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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the authors
In the last decade, the United States has seen a marked increase in nontraditional students, a diverse population of adult students who attend college while working, supporting families, or negotiating any number of circumstances that might delay the completion of their higher education goals. Studies have consistently shown that nontraditional students are more likely than traditional students to not complete their degree work or take longer to graduate for a variety of reasons, including outside responsibilities, difficulties adjusting to academic and campus environments, and new or different learning methodologies. As a result of the rise in nontraditional students and university-wide efforts to increase student retention and graduation rates, academic libraries are shifting and expanding their capabilities in order to better provide resources, services, and spaces to meet users’ unique needs.
Supporting Today’s Students in the Library collects current strategies from all types of academic libraries for retaining and graduating nontraditional students, with many of them based on learning theories and teaching methodologies. The book explores methods for overcoming language barriers, discusses best practices, and presents case studies that support the changing student population. Additionally, Supporting Today’s Students in the Library provides a variety of ideas for new services, spaces, and outreach opportunities that support nontraditional students on campus and beyond.
With targeted ideas and strategies for increasing agency and engagement, as well as addressing the diverse needs and challenges of nontraditional student populations, Supporting Today’s Students in the Library: Strategies for Retaining and Graduating International, Transfer, First-Generation, and Re-Entry Students demonstrates how academic libraries are successfully serving these students.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ngoc-Yen Tran and Silke Higgins
Chapter 1. First-Generation Students and Libraries: Beyond the Deficit Narrative
Anne Jumonville Graf
Chapter 2. Overcoming Language Barriers for Non-Native Speakers of English: Learner Autonomy in Academic Libraries
Karen Bordonaro
Chapter 3. Addressing Stressors of Returning Adult Students in Online Learning Environments: Lessons from the Neuman System Model
Shannon Fay Johnson
Chapter 4. Tailoring Library Instruction to Meet the Needs of Multilingual Students in Higher Education
Mariya Gyendina, Lindsay Matts-Benson, and Yao Chen
Chapter 5. Instructing by Modeling: Teaching Students to Think Like Expert Searchers
Elizabeth Tompkins
Chapter 6. Online Learning Through LibGuides for English Language Learners: A Case Study and Best Practices
Megan Hodge
Chapter 7. Closing the Gap: Building an Academic Integrity Tutorial to Educate L2 Engineering Students
Jacalyn Kremer and Matthew Bernstein
Chapter 8. Reaching First-Generation and Underrepresented Students through Transparent Assignment Design
Ryne Leuzinger and Jacqui Grallo
Chapter 9. Research-Writing Practicum: A Signature Diversity and Inclusion Initiative to Increase Student Agency and Engagement
Elizabeth Stephan
Chapter 10. An Interdepartmental Collaboration to Target Research and Writing Challenges of International Graduate Students
Henri Mondschein, Tanvi Patel, and Mary Jo Shane
Chapter 11. Validation in the Archives: Digital Library Strategies to Diversify Digital Collections in Support of First-Generation College Students
Rachel Mandell and Giao Luong Baker
Chapter 12. Meeting Them Where They Are: Campus and Library Support Strategies for First-Generation Students
Stacy Brinkman, Jennifer Natale, and Josefine Smith
Chapter 13. Conversational Gamers: Developing Language Skills and Connections through Games
Michelle Goodridge
Chapter 14. Meet, Greet, and Eat: Creating Community for Transfer Students through a Library Picnic
Megan E. Welsh, Lindsay Roberts, and Cynthia Rain Keller
Chapter 15. The Family Zone: Older, Transfer, and Commuter Student Involvement in the Library
Bridgit McCafferty, Margaret Dawson, Dianne Mueller, and Bessie Miller
Chapter 16. Single-Parent Students: The Impact of the Academic Library on Their Success
Ahmed Alwan and Eric Garcia
Biographies