Making Connection to Student Success: Big Data at a Small College Library

• In Event: 14.045 - Roundtable Session 2
  In Roundtable Session: 14.045-18 - Improving Institutional Conditions for Student Success

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify potential equity gaps in using library online resources, and to explore the connections between library use and student success measured by GPA, one-term retention, and academic standing at a small teaching college. Utilizing 3530 students’ EZProxy log activity and matching that to institutional data, the study indicated that no significant equity gaps existed in library use by gender, ethnicity, and first-generation status, while discrepancies were identified in library use by age, Pell recipient status, major, academic level, and semester GPA. The amount of library use was found a significant predictor of semester GPA, one-term retention, and academic standing after controlling for high school GPA, gender, first-generation status, and Pell recipient status.

Authors

• Tiffany LeMaistre, Nevada State College

• Qingmin Shi, Nevada State College

• Sandip Thanki, Nevada State College

• Robin Cresiski, Nevada State College