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Higher Education Professionals in the Age of NPM and Digital Knowledge: Distinction Strategies for Forming New Occupational Capital
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Wasserman, Varda; Berkovich, Izhak – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
The present study examines how changes in higher education systems -- caused mostly by neoliberal ideologies and the knowledge revolution -- affect non-faculty professionals such as academic librarians, and how they cope with these changes. Specifically, relying on Bourdieu's theory of distinction, we show how Israeli academic librarians adopt…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Individual Power, Social Capital
School Libraries in South Australia: 2024 Census
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Katherine Dix; Tamara Van Der Zant – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2025
The School Libraries in South Australia: 2024 Census offers a snapshot of the current state, challenges, and evolving roles of school libraries and their staffing in South Australia. Conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) at the behest of the School Library Association of South Australia (SLASA), this census builds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Library Services, Financial Support
The Impact of the Academic Library on Students' Success, in Their Own Words
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De Groote, Sandra L.; Scoulas, Jung Mi – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
This study explored students' perceptions of the library's impact on their academic success based on open-ended responses from a 2018 survey assessing student use and satisfaction. The qualitative findings demonstrated differences in the library resources students perceived as contributing to their achievements, based on such demographics as race,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Library Role, Academic Libraries, Academic Achievement