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TY - JOUR
T1 - Library support for student mental health and well-being in the UK
T2 - before and during the COVID 19 pandemic
AU - Cox, Andrew
AU - Brewster, Liz
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46, 6, 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102256
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Libraries increasingly seek to support the mental health and well-being of students. This study reports on the results of a survey examining the range of such support activities offered by UK academic libraries prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic libraries' emphasis was on new library specific services such as a fiction collection, a type of initiative taken to proactively align with institutional policy. During the pandemic focus shifted somewhat to addressing the anxiety related to finding e-resources. Drawing on the survey data a holistic model of library support for student mental health and well-being is developed, capturing its eight different aspects: inherent library value, library services impact, well-being as a library service, detection, hosting, signposting, library as a good partner and library staff well-being. This represents a framework through which to examine how an academic library can support student mental health and well-being, and complements the “whole university” approach being increasingly adopted in the UK.
AB - Libraries increasingly seek to support the mental health and well-being of students. This study reports on the results of a survey examining the range of such support activities offered by UK academic libraries prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic libraries' emphasis was on new library specific services such as a fiction collection, a type of initiative taken to proactively align with institutional policy. During the pandemic focus shifted somewhat to addressing the anxiety related to finding e-resources. Drawing on the survey data a holistic model of library support for student mental health and well-being is developed, capturing its eight different aspects: inherent library value, library services impact, well-being as a library service, detection, hosting, signposting, library as a good partner and library staff well-being. This represents a framework through which to examine how an academic library can support student mental health and well-being, and complements the “whole university” approach being increasingly adopted in the UK.
KW - Mental health
KW - Well-being
KW - Bibliotherapy
KW - Alignment
KW - COVID-19
KW - Pandemic
U2 - 10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102256
DO - 10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102256
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
JO - The Journal of Academic Librarianship
JF - The Journal of Academic Librarianship
IS - 6
M1 - 102256
ER -