The Benefits and Challenges of Working in an Academic Library: A Study of Student Library Assistant Experience |
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| Authors: | Mimi Benjamin Theresa McDevitt |
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| Institution: | 1. Student Affairs in Higher Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1175 Maple Street, 206 Stouffer Hall, Indiana, PA 15701, United States;2. Government Information/Outreach Librarian, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 431 South Eleventh Street, 110 Stapleton Library, Indiana, PA 15701, United States |
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| Abstract: | Many college students choose or need to work, and academic libraries offer a potentially convenient on-campus location for employment. Students serving in these roles may benefit from the experience both academically and socially. By examining students' experience as workers in the library, academic libraries have the opportunity to understand the benefits that such work might provide and intentionally plan to enhance learning and demonstrate library value in a novel way. This basic qualitative study sought to explore the experiences of student assistants working in an academic library and identify the benefits and challenges they perceived as a result of enacting the role. Individual interviews were conducted with seven undergraduate student library assistants at a doctoral-granting institution to determine benefits and challenges they noted that resulted from their experiences in this student employment role, and findings reveal opportunities for academic librarians in training and supervising student employees. |
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| Keywords: | Student workers Student library assistants Library student workers Employment of students Student attitudes Academic success Undergraduate experience |
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