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Student Retention: Libraries and Retention

Resources for faculty related to student retention

Libraries and Retention

 Bell, Steven. "Keeping Them Enrolled: How Academic Libraries Contribute to Student Retention." Library Issues: Briefings for Facutly and Administrators 29.1 (2008): 1-4. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

Blackburn, Heidi. "Shhh! No Talking about Retention in the Library!" Education Libraries 33.1 (2010): 24-30. Web. 9 April 2014.

Emmons, Mark and Frances C. Wilkinson. "The Academic Library Impact on Student Persistence." College & Research Libraries 72.2 (2011): 128-149. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

Goodall, Deborah, and David Pattern. "Academic Library Non/Low Use and Undergraduate Student Achievement." Library Management 32.3 (2011): 159-70. ProQuest. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

Haddow, Gaby, and Jayanthi Joseph. "Loans, Logins, and Lasting the Course: Academic Library Use and Student Retention." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 41.4 (2010): 233-244. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

Hagel, Pauline, et al. "'How Can We Help?': The Contribution of University Libraries to Student Retention." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 43.3 (2012): 214-230. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

Hardesty, Larry L. The Role of the Library in the First College Year. Columbia, SC : National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2007. Print.

Horn, Anne, et al. "Embedded Library Services: Beyond Chance Encounters for Students from Low SES Backgrounds." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 44.4 (2013): 235-250. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

Kuh, George D. and Robert M. Gonyea. "The Role of the Academic Library in Promoting Student Engagement in Learning." College & Research Libraries 64.4 (2003): 256-282. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

McDermott, Dona. "Library Instruction for High-Risk Freshmen: Evaluating an Enrichment Program." Reference Services Review 33.4 (2005): 418-37. ProQuest. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

Snavely, Loanne. Student Engagement and the Academic Library. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2012. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 10 Apr. 2014.

Soria, Krista M., Jan Fransen, and Shane Nackerud. "Library Use and Undergraduate Student Outcomes: New Evidence for Students' Retention and Academic Success." Portal : Libraries and the Academy 13.2 (2013): 147-64. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

Vance, Jason M., Rachel Kirk, and Justin G. Gardner. "Measuring the Impact of Library Instruction on Freshman Success and Persistance: A Quantitative Analysis." Communications in Information Literacy 6.1 (2012): 49-58. ProQuest. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.

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