Library Services to Educationally Disadvantaged Students

Shaughnessy, Thomas W.

doi:10.5860/crl_36_06_443

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“…She shared their instructional strategies, including the use of audiovisual materials, discussions, educational games, guest speakers and demonstrations within their programming. Shaughnessy (1975) discussed a lack of special programming and dedicated staff allocated to address the needs of EOP students in urban university libraries. He also talked about the infrequency of contact between EOP staff and librarians which contributed to a low-level of service to educationally disadvantaged student groups.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mind the gap: academic library outreach and EOP

Meyers-Martin

Lampert

2013

Reference Services Review

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PurposeThis article aims to describe the many ways academic library outreach practices are evolving through online formats. It underscores the implications of moving communications and resources online for educational opportunity program (EOP) students when considering these students' specific technology usage patterns and the need for face‐to‐face mentoring. The article seeks to make recommendations for libraries that intend to develop successful programming and interactions with transitional students online; and to bring to light the need for future research concerning the creation and usage of online educational support structures that specifically serve the EOP community.Design/methodology/approachA literature review discusses technology and academic library outreach programming as well as the historic and current digital divide and learning styles of EOP transitional students. Recommendations are made for how to best meet EOP student needs online to support the traditional in‐person programming in which these students succeed.FindingsIdentifying successful learning structures and potential technology usage patterns of EOP students provided the foundation for this article. Developing library outreach and programming within the online platforms EOP students access and utilize is necessary to support continued face‐to‐face interactions in an academic setting. More research is necessary in order to support transitional students in a digital format.Originality/valueThis article describes digital outreach efforts targeting non‐campus and campus communities, in particular within EOP transitional programming. It inquires about how to best meet transitional students in a digital format when they have historically succeeded in face‐to‐face educational interactions and settings.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Mind the gap: academic library outreach and EOP

Meyers-Martin

Lampert

2013

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“…Similarly, the Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY) conference in 1969 was devoted to the ''New College Student,'' focusing on challenges to university libraries in meeting the needs of economically disadvantaged students. Among others, Trent (1969), Mallory (1969), Shaughnessy (1975), State University of New York (1980), and Hefner and Rhodes (1987) explore the early opportunities taken and responses made by libraries to reach out to these students through the various state-or federally funded programs. These varied in depth, from taped tours of the library (Shaughnessy, 1975) to five-week graded courses (SUNY, 1980) to librarians directly employed by the EOP offices (Shaughnessy, 1975).…”

Section: Role Of Librariesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Partnering with IT to Help Disadvantaged Students Achieve Academic Success

Clarke

2012

Public Services Quarterly

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This case study will describe how the Stony Brook University Libraries instruction program partnered with another student support service (student computing office) to nurture a relationship with the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) over several years to provide their students with the library research and computer skills needed to succeed in college. EOP is a state-funded program aimed at economically disadvantaged students whose high school education has not fully prepared them for college success.

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“…(2) What institutional factors, if any, appeared related to a high level of library services to developmental programs? (3) Was special library instruction being made available to developmental students in an effort to bolster their information-seekingand-handling skills? (4) Was student achievement as measured by student persistence rates in three areas-collegewide, in developmental studies courses overall, and in developmental Englishrelated to the degree or number of library services provided to developmental students?…”

Section: Methodology: Survey Of Texas Community College Library Servimentioning

confidence: 99%