University of Illinois (University of Illinois Chicago, Library)

The University of Illinois Chicago Library will conduct research to answer questions relating to how student demographics play a role in how they engage in academic activities, including their use of the library; how students’ psychological factors relate to their academic engagement; how students define their academic success and how they view the library’s contribution to their success; what factors correlate with students’ GPA and their own definition of academic success; and how libraries can utilize assessment tools to examine academic engagement and success and apply the findings. The project team will make the tools and research from this project available for dissemination to academic libraries to assess the impact of their library on student success and to further support and address students’ needs and/or academic libraries.