Library: Information Literacy Program Assessment: Value of Information Literacy Programs

Value of Library Information Literacy Programs

Correlation Between Library Instruction and Student Retention: Methods and Implications
"Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Libraries found a statistically significant positive correlation between course-integrated, in-person, librarian-led instruction and student retention every year between 2012 and 2020.."
O’Kelly, Mary, et al. "Correlation between Library Instruction and Student Retention: Methods and Implications." College & Research Libraries, vol. 84, no. 1, 2023, pp. 85.
Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success.
Libraries play an important role in helping students survive their first year at college. Students who received some kind of instruction from librarians in their first year do better in their courses than those who don’t.
Students who use libraries tend to stay in college and get better grades than those who don’t.
Students benefited when libraries partnered with other offices that support students such as writing centers and academic enrichment programs.
Library information literacy programs can positively affect the goals of general education learning outcomes such as critical thinking, problem solving and civic engagement.
Libraries were able to demonstrate a connection between library instruction and retention, engagement, and overall academic experience.
Association of College & Research Libraries. Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success. Prepared by Karen Brown, April 2016. Accessed 29 Sept. 2016. www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/value/contributions_y2.pdf
Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research, Association of College & Research Libraries,
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Academic Library Impact builds on ACRL’s 2010 Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report and the results of the subsequent Assessment in Action program. It demonstrates how libraries are now measuring library contributions to student learning and success, and recommends where more research is needed in areas critical to the higher education sector such as accreditation, student retention, and academic achievement.

“Academic Library Impact captures the incredible strides made by the profession in assessing and demonstrating the contributions of academic libraries to the academy, and creates a path for moving us into the future via new research avenues,” says ACRL Executive Director Mary Ellen K. Davis.
The (Lasting?) Value of Libraries
Inside Higher Education summary of Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success.
Association of College & Research Libraries, Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success
Stanford History Education Group, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning,
"Beyond Books: The Extended Academic Benefits of Library Use for First-Year College Students." College & Research Libraries,
"At Issue: Exploring Library Usage by Online Learners with Student Success." Community College Enterprise,

Summary of Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success:

Libraries play an important role in helping students survive their first year at college. Students who received some kind of instruction from librarians in their first year do better in their courses than those who don’t.
Students who use libraries tend to stay in college and get better grades than those who don’t.
Students benefited when libraries partnered with other offices that support students such as writing centers and academic enrichment programs.
Library information literacy programs can positively affect the goals of general education learning outcomes such as critical thinking, problem solving and civic engagement.
Libraries were able to demonstrate a connection between library instruction and retention, engagement, and overall academic experience.