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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing this Mindy, I wasn’t aware of it. Very interesting. And good on Pierce for getting a place in the study.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Left me wondering how much the answers might have varied between Pierce (medium, and West coast) vs the other institutions, which are larger and in densely populated East coast cities. (For example, are students at Pierce more comfortable
seeking help from libraries and librarians than the study seems to suggest more generally?)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interesting that discovery doesn’t seem to trouble students much (Google seems to be the tool of choice), and also there doesn’t seem to be much of an issue with physical space.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A takeaway for me was that students seem to seek help and advice as much from sources they are most comfortable and familiar with (faculty, their mothers), as from the dedicated services at the library.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The stuff about the burdens of institutional bureaucracy from the students’ perspective was interesting. Makes me wonder whether students might interpret the library as another part of the institutional bureaucracy they have to deal with,
rather than a direct contributor to their success (like their professors or family members).
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<p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to the subsequent release of the other parts of the study.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LIBRARYDIR <librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Mindy Coslor<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 14, 2018 12:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> an open discussion list for WA CTC Library Directors (librarydir@lists.ctc.edu) <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] Amplifying Student Voices<o:p></o:p></p>
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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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