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Students and Parents: How Academic Libraries Serve a Growing Population

Bladek, Marta

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Title
Students and Parents: How Academic Libraries Serve a Growing Population
Author(s)
Bladek, Marta
Issue Date
2021
Keyword(s)
  • Academic libraries
  • Student parents
Abstract
In recognition of the critical role that libraries play in the educational lives of student parents, there has been a noticeable trend in academic libraries to offer services and spaces for students and their children. This article reviews recent library and information science (LIS) literature on student parent initiatives in academic libraries. The purpose of this synthesis is to highlight demographic data, research findings, and case studies that, considered together, may significantly expand the profession’s knowledge about the barriers student parents face in accessing the academic library and its services. The article first lays out the rationale and urgency of providing library services and spaces to student parents. Then, a summary of existing LIS literature on student parents is provided. To enable individual libraries to undertake their own family-friendly initiatives, this section outlines the stages and steps identified by scholars and practitioners as necessary to design and implement successful policies, spaces, and services for student parents.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Illinois School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 70 (2). Fall 2021
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/113662
DOI
10.1353/lib.2021.0024
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Copyright 2021 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 70 (2) Fall 2021: Family Matters: Mapping Information Phenomena within the Context of the Family PRIMARY
Library Trends 70 (2) Fall 2021: Family Matters: Mapping Information Phenomena within the Context of the Family. Edited by Nicole K. Dalmer and Sarah Barriage.