Services and Studies to Support First-Generation College Students

• Stacy Brinkman, Art & Architecture Librarian, Miami University
• Josefine Smith, Humanities Librarian, Dickinson College
• Jennifer Natale*, Academic Resident Librarian, Miami University
• Christina J. Woo, Research Librarian, University of California, Irvine
• Ernesto Hernandez Jr., Research Librarian, University of California, Irvine

First-generation (FG) college students cannot turn to their parents for information about the college experience. Where do they go instead, and what challenges do they face? The panelists, from a small, medium-size, and large institution, explore: the needs and information literacy behaviors of FG students; a cross-campus study identifying differences between FG students and their non-FG peers in their information-seeking behaviors, library anxiety, and self-efficacy; and campus-wide and library efforts to support FG students.

• Programming, Outreach, and Advocacy