id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-16665 Pattillo, Gary Fast Facts 2017-05-11 1 .pdf application/pdf 506 18 35 The rise was driven by print book sales, while e-book sales declined 4 percent. A recent study at a large, public, research-extensive university “suggest(s) that first-year students who used a library resource at least once were significantly more likely than their peers who did not use the library to report development of critical thinking and analytical skills, written communication skills, and read- ing comprehension skills.” Krista M. Soria, Kate Peterson, Jan Fransen, Shane Nackerud, and Association of Research Libraries, “Impact of Academic Library Resources on First-Year Students’ Learning Outcomes (RLI 290, 2017),” March 14, 2017, http://publications.arl. org/rli290/5 (retrieved April 6, 2017). cache/crln-16665.pdf txt/crln-16665.txt