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Why don’t students like e-textbooks? What can you do to increase preference while also creating opportunities to expand library services? Based on a quasi-experiment conducted with undergraduates, this paper demonstrates the impact of training on preference for and usage of e-textbooks. Armed with this data, librarians can offer instructional activities to increase student preference and use, and at the same time revitalize relationships with faculty and students at their institutions. Create a win-win scenario by helping students maximize both their budgets and their learning, while simultaneously promoting the library as an expert resource for the latest content and technologies.

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Explore different models for serving as an embedded librarian in study abroad programs. This session considers two different models for actively supporting education abroad: the visiting librarian and the embedded subject specialist. Discover how librarians can support education abroad activities and immersive, experiential learning through the entire life cycle of the study abroad experience.

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Librarian retention in academic libraries is important for the overall health and growth of our institutions. In this program, we discuss preliminary results of a study that explored the leading factors that contribute to librarian turnover in academic libraries. Participants will reflect on turnover factors at their own institutions and leave with potential strategies to increase retention.

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What do you do when you know you can lead, but your internal narrative tells you otherwise? This is not a unique occurrence amongst emerging leaders in academia, in fact it has a name, Impostor Phenomenon (IP). IP has been identified in leadership of higher education although rarely address in academic libraries. This paper will focus on sharing survey results of current library leaders and how they identify and change their internal narrative to become confident and competent leaders.

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What is the librarian’s role in institutional learning analytics efforts? Are librarians bound by historical choices with regard to individual-level student information? How can librarians, as members of the institutional educational team, participate in learning analytics to support individual student learning, engagement, and academic success? Learn about the work of a federally-funded grant on libraries and learning analytics, and reflect on potential paths for librarian involvement in support of student success.

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What would it take for university libraries to develop the same kind of buy-in with scientists as they often have with humanists? A major challenge is that how libraries offer research support are disproportionate to the scale and structure of scientific research. This session shares findings on scholars’ evolving research activities in chemistry, agriculture, public health, and civil and environmental engineering, in order to explore how libraries can effectively structure scientific research support. Attendees will reflect on how their library currently structures scientific research support and, building on the findings shared, identify opportunities for improving how those services are designed.