Open AccessStaying at the heart of the institution: The small college library as an event space
Author(s) -
Susan Jane Bigelow,
Danielle Bérubé
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.80.7.398
Subject(s) - institution , event (particle physics) , space (punctuation) , workforce , face (sociological concept) , set (abstract data type) , population , public relations , medical education , political science , sociology , computer science , medicine , social science , physics , demography , quantum mechanics , law , programming language , operating system
Libraries at small colleges, especially colleges with a nontraditional student population, face an uphill struggle to remain relevant in the life of the institution. Students at colleges like these tend to be adults who are already in the workforce and have many responsibilities and demands on their time outside of school. These students will usually either come to campus for their classes and leave or take online classes and rarely set foot on campus.