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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you didn’t see the announcement in American Libraries, there is a new report out called Amplifying Student Voices. The study interviewed students at a number of community colleges including Pierce College. Christie Flynn was the local
project lead and Deb Gilchrist was an external advisory panel member. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/media/SR_Report_Amplifying_Student_Voices_CCLASS%20_08132018_0.pdf">https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/media/SR_Report_Amplifying_Student_Voices_CCLASS%20_08132018_0.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Most telling are these words: “while students see their classroom faculty as experts in their disciplines and as the evaluators of their academic progress, the value available to them through the library remains opaque” (pg. 27).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Mindy Coslor, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director of Library Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Skagit Valley College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">360.416.7761<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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