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Library support for student mental health and well-being in the UK: Before and
during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Cox A
; Brewster L
?-/-? 2020[Nov]; 46
(6
): 102256
PMID34173400
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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.
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