The Kids are Alright

How School and Academic Librarians Can Work Together to

Advance Information Literacy

Summer Camp for School Librarians

8 July 2008

A little bit about us… Debbie Myers

Instructional Services Coordinator & Librarian, Staley Library, Millikin University

dmmyers@millikin.edu Joe Hardenbrook

Educational Technology Coordinator & Librarian, Staley Library, Millikin University

jhardenbrook@millikin.edu Dr. Carmella Braniger

Director of Critical Writing, Reading and Research & Assistant Professor of English, Millikin University

cbraniger@millikin.edu

Why are we here?

Collaboration is great for libraries! Library users become lifelong learners. Information literacy is always important.

Collaboration is great for libraries!

The importance of information literacy

Library users become lifelong learners.

And now a little bit about you…

Why is this important? 1900: 4% of 18-year olds attended college 2004: 67% of 18-year olds go to college or post-

h.s. training Only 63% of students enrolled in a 4-yr. college

complete a bachelor’s degree within 6 years Up to 25% of students who leave college do so

during or immediately after the first-year 41% of freshmen report successfully meeting the

academic demands from high school to college 50% of college professors report being

“satisfied” by the academic quality of their students

Sources: The Role of the Library in the First College Year (2007), Your First College Year Survey (2005), American College Teacher survey (2005), U.S. Dept. of Labor (2005)

Information Literacy & Research

American Association of School Librarians – Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Association of College and Research Libraries – Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Group Time! Questions to think about…

What sort of contact do you have with students?

What % of your students go directly to college?

Which of the skills from AASL or ACRL do you find most important for h.s. students?

From high school to college…

College Prep Tips for preparing for

college What is college-level

research? What are the most

important skills for college-level research?

How to build on what is learned in high school?

Millikin First-Year Students

Information Literacy Pre-Test Completed by first-year students 15 questions Covers four areas

Library Resources Information RetrievalEvaluation of InformationPlagiarism/Citing Sources

Information Literacy Pre-Test

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Survival Skills

Library Survival Skills Students Should Know before Going to College (Handout)

Staley Library @ Millikin Univ.

Class Fieldtrips Outreach program: Have a librarian come

to you! Popular Resources Web site: http://www.millikin.edu/staley Millikin Information Literacy Tutorial:

http://www.millikin.edu/staley/milt_in150/in150_milt.html

Sharing Time!

What do you do? Lesson plans, activities, websites, assessments, etc…

Transitioning to College (Kent State U.): http://www.transitioning2college.org/

Questions? Hungry?