UIC Library receives grant to develop tools supporting student success

The UIC Library is a recipient of a grant supporting student success. The University of Illinois Chicago Library was awarded a $250,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The grant aims to develop assessment tools that utilize information such as students- academic engagement, psychological factors and their own perspectives of success to identify activities that can be promoted to students to support their academic achievement. UIC's award is one of 71 awards, totaling more than $21 million, issued in fiscal year 2022 to libraries and archives across the country through the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grants for Libraries program and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. Jung Mi Scoulas, PhD - For this grant, UIC will conduct research to answer questions about student success that go beyond learning analytics and how library use plays a role in student success. The tools and research findings from this project will be disseminated to academic libraries to help them assess their impact on student success and to identify how libraries can better meet students- needs. The two-year project is a collaboration between the UIC Library and the library at Northern Illinois University - two institutions that serve underrepresented and first-generation students.