California's Changing Information Literacy Landscape

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Lifelong Information Literacy (LILi), an informal group of California librarians, designed and administered an information literacy (IL) survey to determine the status of instruction, identify content taught, and determine gaps in instruction in California, USA. The online survey was conducted first in 2006 and repeated in 2013. Participants were recruited through listservs maintained by various professional library organizations and voluntarily completed the questionnaire. Events affecting California libraries between 2006 and 2013 included the Great Recession, the adoption of new IL standards by the California State Board of Education, and the declaration of IL as one of five core competencies by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accrediting body. In 2013, 94.9% of California librarians reported teaching ILI.

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California’s Changing

Information Literacy

Landscape

Lifelong Information Literacy

IL Surveys

1st Survey 2006

2nd Survey 2013

* Content* Standards* Assessment* Differences

2006 20130

20

40

60

80

100

120

Response Rate by Institution Type

Academic

Public

School

Other

38,332,521 CA citizens

LIBRARIES*958 Public K-12

School Districts

*112 Community Colleges

*37 State Universities

*212 Private Universities

*182 Public Systems

Literature

*1987 Craver

*2002 AASL/ACRL Blueprint for Collaboration

*High school/academic library collaborations

*New York cross-collaboration

*CA cross-collaboration

*2013 Burhanna Informed Transitions

*Project Information Literacy

“Information skills are vital to the success of lifelong learning, employment, and daily interpersonal communication of any citizen.”

IFLA Guidelines for Information Literacy

for Lifelong Learning 2006

Findings

*94.9% of CA libraries are offering ILI

*Undergraduates receive most instruction

*ACRL Standards are widely used

*Instruction is needed for coursework

*IL topics taught are consistent across institutions

*2010 California Model School Library Standards for Public Schools *2010 CA State University and CA Community

College systems *2013 Western Association Schools and Colleges

(WASC) Accrediting Body

IL is a REQUIRED Competency

IL Standards2006 2013

Common Core Standards 17% 18%

AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

26% 15%

ACRL IL Competency Standards for Higher Education

26% 50%

California Model School Library Standards 11%

None used 29% 29%

Coursework

Learn to

use Lib

rary

Personal

Work

-relate

d0%

20%40%60%80%

100%

20062013

Reasons for IL

Identify Information Need

Selecting Research Tools

Search Strategies

Locating Materials

Research Help

Databases

Library Catalog

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

20132006

IL Topics

Evaluation

of R

esources

Books Periodical articles

Websites Statistics0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

20062013

Comp

uter

Skills

Computer Basics

Software or apps

Web Social Networks

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

20062013

Pre-tests

Post-tests

In-class exercises

User feedback

Body language

None

0%10%

20%30%

40%50%

60%70%

80%

20132006

Assessm

ent

*LILi Annual Conference*Professional development for teacher-librarians

and academic librarians *Shared Database IL Lesson Plans*Pilot by Loyola Marymount University

*Cross-institutional Collaboration

What is next?

Lisa BurgertUniversity of San Diego, Copley LibrarySan Diego, California, USAlburgert@sandiego.edu

Angela BoydUniversity of California Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, California, USAaboyd@library.ucsb.edu

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