“…Academic library research over the last twenty years demonstrates compelling evidence that students often prefer to ask their peers for assistance over other available options (Adriani et al., 2020; Bandyopadhyay and Boyd-Byrne, 2016; Bodemer, 2014; Clark et al. , 2020; Faix et al., 2010; Gardener and Eng, 2005; Head and Eisenberg, 2010; Massey-Burzio, 1998; Maxson et al., 2019; Miller, 2017; Miller and Murillo, 2012; O'Kelly, 2015; Stevens, 2013; Ten Cate and Durning, 2007). In a notable study by the University of Southern California's Leavey Library, the authors emphasize, “When both a student worker and a librarian are at the desk, student patrons will almost always approach the student worker first” (Gardener and Eng, 2005).…”