Adult education and academic libraries
Information and Learning Sciences
ISSN: 2398-5348
Article publication date: 14 August 2018
Issue publication date: 20 September 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to offer practicing academic librarians an overview of adult education theories as a way to more deeply understand and further foster adult learning in academic libraries.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is a literature review.
Findings
This review introduces academic librarians to a range of specific adult education learning theories; it offers examples of academic library users engaging in these types of adult learning; it considers how academic libraries can further foster adult learning; and it identifies major characteristics of adult learners.
Originality/value
This literature review offers a summative overview of adult education in a way that has not appeared in the library literature to date, along with explicit connections between adult education theories and academic library practices.
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Citation
Bordonaro, K. (2018), "Adult education and academic libraries", Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 119 No. 7/8, pp. 422-431. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2018-0030
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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