I want to know whether the amount, degree, relative
+ rank, or timing of student library resource use impacts student success
+ outcomes (such as learning outcomes, assignment or course grades,
+ overall GPA or test scores, engagement, persistence and retention,
+ transfer/completion/graduation, career placement or salary), so that I
+ can advocate for more or more appropriate collection resources, advocate
+ for faculty/librarian course design interactions to maximize or hone
+ resource use, encourage more faculty and students to increase or refine
+ their library resource use, remove hurdles to resource use, inform
+ collections decision-making, and improve collections.
+
I want to know whether students who interact with
+ library reference services achieve success outcomes (such as learning
+ outcomes, assignment or course grades, overall GPA or test scores,
+ engagement, persistence and retention, transfer/completion/graduation,
+ career placement or salary) more easily, quickly, or thoroughly, so that
+ I can advocate for more or more appropriate reference resources (time,
+ personnel, collections), encourage more faculty and students to interact
+ with reference librarians, remove hurdles to reference interactions, and
+ improve reference services.
+
I want to know whether students who participate in
+ library instruction achieve success outcomes (such as learning outcomes,
+ assignment or course grades, overall GPA or test scores, engagement,
+ persistence and retention, transfer/completion/graduation, career
+ placement or salary) more easily, quickly, or thoroughly, so that I can
+ advocate for more or more appropriate instruction resources (time,
+ personnel, facilities), encourage more faculty and students to
+ schedule/participate in instructional services, remove hurdles to
+ instruction engagement, and inform and improve instruction.
As a learner,
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I would like to ....
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I would like to ....
+
I want to know whether my use of library services, resources, or
+ facilities is more/less/equal to other students (who are like me or who
+ are more/less successful than I), so that I can adjust my library use to
+ match my goals.
+
I want to know whether or to what degree my use of library services,
+ resources, or facilities will help me (increase my learning, attain my
+ desired assignment or course grades, transfer/complete/graduate on my
+ intended timeline), so that I can make informed choices in order to
+ achieve my goals.
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As a researcher,
+
As a advisor,
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I would like to ....
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I would like to ....
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I would like to ....
+
I want to know whether and to what degree student use of library
+ services, resources, and facilities influences their short- or long-term
+ success, so that I can facilitate student interactions with the library
+ and librarians in order to remove hurdles to student success and improve
+ student outcomes.
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+
+
As a senior institutional leader,
+
+
I want to know whether (and which) library expenditures impact
+ student success measures, faculty teaching excellence, faculty research
+ productivity, faculty grant productivity, institutional
+ brand/image/prestige, institutional affordability, and/or institutional
+ accreditation, so that I can make resource decisions that will maximize
+ institutional goals, priorities, and outcomes.