UT Libraries Information Literacy Summit

UT Libraries Information Literacy

Summit

June 14th, 2013

Logistics

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Schedule:

Wiki: http://utlibrariesinfolitsummit.pbworks.com

9:45 am - 11:45 amDiscussion: Identifying the Gaps

11:45 am - 12:30

pm

Lunch

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Discussion: Bridging the Gaps

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Snack Break

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Debrief and Summit Conclusion

Corral Your Obstacle(s)!

Why? To free ourselves from barriers to our personal goals or development in order to begin the summit with a open mind ready to explore all possibilities!

How: Plastic animal + catalog card + rubber band = freedom from frustration

(for the day)

http://www.elvaquero.com/Jesse_Wilkinson.htm

The Difference Between High School & College Libraries and Research

Seat Swap!• 2 tables of high school librarians

o 5 at each table• 1 table of UT librarians

Question for all tables:What do you perceive to be the differences between high school and college libraries and research? • From each group, select a scribe to compile a list of differences

on the large flip charts on each table.

• When you're done, hang up your page(s) on the closest window or wall.

The Difference Between High School & College Libraries and Research

Backing up our perceptions with evidence(and putting ourselves in our student's

shoes)• Contance Mellon's research on Library Anxiety [1986]

o Feelings of being lost stemmed from four causes:(1) the size of the library;(2) a lack of knowledge about where things were located;(3) how to begin, and(4) what to do.

• Our own First-year student's survey data!

"College asks that you evaluate your sources and question them whereas high school only asks that you understand them."

"I was scared to ask questions. I didn't want to bother anyone. I also didn't want them to think I was stupid."

Seat swap!o 4 tables, 2-3 HS librarians at each table; o 1-2 UT librarians at each table

Activity:What and Why: Close reading of syllabus to assess what types

of skills the students are expected to have when they come in

How: Each table has a different syllabus. Use Worksheet #1 as a guide to work through the information literacy expectations and competencies that are found in first-year college courses.

Dissecting first-year university syllabi

Lunch!

What UT faculty have to say about information literacy & student skills

Our Competency Checklist

http://tinyurl.com/ILSummitChecklist Adapted from Patricia Owen's checklist available at:

http://www.infowen.info/checklist.pdf

Addressing the IL Skills Gap

Sharing Success StoriesWhat are we currently doing to address

the competencies that we've identified through the mornings activities and the combined checklist? [Worksheet #2]

Report Out:Pick one high school and one college

assignment example to share with the group

Addressing the IL Skills Gap

Creating a shared assignment/activityInformed by the day's discussion,

brainstorm an activity or assignment that addresses a gap within a previously identified competency. [Worksheet #3]

Report Out:Each group shares their assignment or

activity with the larger groups. You have 7 minutes!

Snack Break!

Summit Debrief & Conclusion

• What have we learned from our dialogue today?

• What will we take back to our respective institutions?

• What are our wishes for this group?

Brief SurveyTell us what you think, what you really

really think (adapted from Mary Font)

Stay in Touch & Safe Travels!

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