Adam Murray|Ashley Ireland|Jana Hackathorn
The Value of Academic Libraries: Library Services as a Predictor of Student Retention
James Madison University
study examined predictive relationship library use individual students retention status university settings methodology builds small number previous studies examine library use individual level determine use specific library services predictive retention freshmen sophomores binary logistic regression yielded results indicate strong positive predictive relationship library use kind freshmen sophomore retention results suggest academic libraries add value institutional retention efforts