学术图书馆是否有助于学生和社区的福祉? :一个覆盖范围的审查
Shivani Suresh1,2, David Lim3,4, Kanchana Ekanayake5
1School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 25, 2025
概括
学术图书馆通过各种倡议促进学生和社区的福祉,如动物辅助活动,正念和健康意识计划. 需要对长期影响和特定人群进行进一步的研究.
科学领域:
- 图书馆和信息科学 图书馆和信息科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
背景情况:
- 学术图书馆越来越多地因其在支持传统信息服务之外的用户方面的作用而得到认可.
- 在学术图书馆环境中,幸福的概念并没有得到很好的定义或广泛的理解.
- 本研究解决了需要澄清学术图书馆对用户福祉贡献的范围的需求.
研究的目的:
- 进行范围审查,检查学术图书馆在学生和社区福祉中的作用.
- 识别和分类学术图书馆为福祉而实施的各种活动和举措.
- 发现有关学术图书馆福利倡议的研究缺口.
主要方法:
- 在包括LISA,ERIC,Medline,Scopus和Web of Science在内的多个数据库中进行了广泛的文献搜索.
- 图书馆网站和数字存储库的灰色文献也包括在内.
- 对40个选定的文件进行了数据提取和主题分析.
主要成果:
- 在学术图书馆中确定了11个不同的福利倡议类别.
- 这些举措包括动物辅助活动,正念课程,学习支持和健康意识计划.
- 这些活动对用户的身体,情感和社会福祉产生了积极的影响.
结论:
- 学术图书馆在促进用户健康和福祉方面发挥着重要作用.
- 需要进一步的系统研究,以了解这些举措的长期影响.
- 调查对特定的人口统计数据的影响至关重要,例如老年人和LGBTQIA+个人.
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