It’s a pleasure to write that our survey research conducted for Phase Two is now available in volume 92, issue 2 of Library Quarterly. The abstract for the piece, which is entitled “Questions of trust: A survey of student expectations and perspectives on library learning analytics,” is below:
Universities are developing learning analytics initiatives that include academic library participation. Libraries rarely inform their students about learning analytics projects or general library data practices. Without a clear student voice in library learning analytics projects, libraries and librarians are creating potential privacy complications. This study seeks to document students’ thoughts on academic library participation in learning analytics and privacy concerns. A survey was developed and fielded at eight US higher education institutions, and this article covers the findings from the approximately 2,200 responses. Although most students reported high levels of trust in libraries and librarians, a consistent minority indicated little or no trust at all. Findings demonstrate that students considered librarian access to and sharing of personally identifiable information to constitute a privacy violation but also lacked awareness of the data and analytic practices on which libraries rely. Notable demographic differences were also discovered.
You can find the article using the following citation:
Asher, A., Briney, K. A., Jones, K. M. L., Regalado, M., Perry, M. R., Goben, A., Smale, M., & Salo, D. (2022). Questions of trust: A survey of student expectations and perspectives on library learning analytics. Library Quarterly, 92(2), 151-171. https://doi.org/10.1086/718605
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide an open-access version of the article at this time, but we will once the publisher grants us that permission.
