Northern Illinois University (NIU) Libraries and University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Library will conduct a two-year investigation to answer questions relating to student success, academic engagement, and library use under a $250,141 grant awarded to the research team by the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (ILMS) National Leadership Grant. NIU Librarians Professor Nestor Osorio and Assistant Professor Kimberly Shotick are co-investigators on the grant, along with the principal investigators Dr. Jung Mi Scoulas and Professor Sandra De Groote from UIC, and will lead the research activities at NIU Libraries in order to validate assessment tools to measure the impact of library use on student success and to further support students’ academic needs. To read more about the grant and view a list of funded projects, view the full IMLS press release.
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