Uncovering Meaningful Correlation between Student Academic Performance and Library Material Usage | Zendy

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Uncovering Meaningful Correlation between Student Academic Performance and Library Material Usage

Author(s) -

Shun Han Rebekah Wong,

Tina Webb

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

college and research libraries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 2150-6701

pISSN - 0010-0870

DOI - 10.5860/crl-129

Subject(s) - academic library , point (geometry) , computer science , mathematics education , higher education , library science , psychology , mathematics , political science , geometry , law

Academic libraries must demonstrate empirically that library usage does contribute positively to student academic performance and, thereby, to the university’s effectiveness. While customary academic library assessment practices may not be sufficient for this purpose, the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Library undertook an experimental project, which intended to establish a mathematical correlation between student library material usage and their cumulative grade point average (GPA). Taking 2007 to 2009 graduates as samples, with 8,701 pairs of data, the HKBU Library was able to demonstrate its impact on student learning outcomes.

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