Academic libraries and the student journey: guest editorial

This themed issue of the New Review of Academic Librarianship is documenting the extended role of academic libraries (and their staff) in developing and supporting students across the entire student lifecycle – from pre-entry, to post qualification. The resulting innovative approaches mean working with a much wider range of stakeholders than previously, internally and externally and involving students more pro-actively. Whilst the predominant focus of the articles is undergraduate study, the approach of this themed issue – the student journey - can be applied to all kinds of learners and researchers.