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Uncovering Meaningful Correlation between Student Academic Performance and Library Material Usage
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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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Metadata
- Authors
- Wong, S. H. R., & Webb, T. D.
- Affiliations
- Hong Kong Baptist University (HK)
- Venue
- College & Research Libraries
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2011-07-01
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 361-370
- ISSN
- 0010-0870 (ISSN-L)
- 2150-6701
- OpenAlex
- W2006648213
- Cited by
- 127
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 71.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- College & Research Libraries (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- HKBU Institutional Repository (Hong Kong Baptist University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information Literacy
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
- Keywords
- academic performance, grade point average, library evaluation
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