1. The Value of Academic Libraries: Library Services as a Predictor of Student Retention
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Jana Hackathorn, Adam L. Murray, and Ashley Ireland
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Library services ,education ,05 social sciences ,Regression analysis ,Predictor variables ,Library and Information Sciences ,050905 science studies ,Individual level ,Logistic regression ,Mathematics education ,0509 other social sciences ,050904 information & library sciences ,Psychology ,Value (mathematics) - Abstract
This study examined the predictive relationship between library use by individual students and their retention status in university settings. The methodology builds on a small number of previous studies to examine library use at the individual level to determine if use of specific library services is predictive of retention for freshmen and sophomores. Binary logistic regression yielded results that indicate a strong positive predictive relationship between library use of any kind with both freshmen and sophomore retention. These results suggest that academic libraries add value to institutional retention efforts.
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- 2016
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