WAIT, THERE’S MORE!T H E B R I D G E T O C O L L E G E A N D T H E N E W L I T E R A C I E S

N E E D E D T O G E T T H E R E

Carleen Lawson-Huxley

Assistant Librarian

Jefferson Community College

Faculty / Librarians Students

Students have no organized research strategy (1)

Trouble getting started (80%) (2)

>30% Students aren’t asking librarians for help (1)

“Overwhelmed.” “Angst.” “Dread.” “Confused.” (2)

Lack ability to analyze sources, read deeply, synthesizing information, often resulting in “patchwrote” papers. (3)

43% had trouble making sense of new information (2)

Little to no understanding of cataloging systems (1)

% 51 freshman said they had a hard time learning to navigate new tools (2)

Sources: 1) Erial Project http://www.erialproject.org/ , 2) PIL http://www.projectinfolit.org/, 3) Citation Project http://site.citationproject.net/

STANFORD EXECUTIVE SUMMARYNews search: Distinguish between a news article and opinion column

News on Twitter: Students consider tweets and determine which is the most trustworthy

Facebook argument: Students consider the relative strength of evidence that two users present in a Facebook exchange.

Social media post: Students evaluate an image on Imgur for credibility.

NATIVE ADVERTISING

FILTER BUBBLE

FACTS? EXPERTISE? DOESN’T MATTER ‘CUZ THAT’S MY OPINION!

Tweet Tweet!

HOW DO WE TRANSFER SKILLS?

K12

College

•Authority Is Constructed and Contextual

•Information Creation as a Process

•Information Has Value

•Research as Inquiry

•Scholarship as Conversation

•Searching as Strategic Exploration

acknowledge they are developing their own

authoritative voices in a particular area and

recognize the responsibilities this entails,

including seeking accuracy and reliability,

respecting intellectual property, and participating

in communities of practice;

(ACC) Knowledge Practice:

(ACC) Knowledge Practice:

define different types of authority, such as subject

expertise (e.g., scholarship), societal position (e.g.,

public office or title), or special experience (e.g.,

participating in a historic event).

STARTING EARLIER -SCAFFOLDING

Inquiry

Authority

Process

Anxiety

INQUIRY

INQUIRY

We all approach our curiosity from a different angel, we all ask different questions as a result.

AUTHORITY

OpinionTruthiness Truth Fact

My opinion is…

My opinion is…

But wait…

Advertising

Yum!

Wait….eww.

PROCESS

Where does information come from?

Where is information found?

How do I find good information?

Information Cycle (production of information)

Tools vs. Formats

Search Strategies

ANXIETY

Be more present in their lives

Address anxiety head-on

Take the mystery out of it

(Research anxiety should probably be addressed throughout all levels)

Society’s “triad” of truth-workers

Librarian Teache

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Journalist

PIL article The Importance of Truth Workers in an Era of Factual Recession http://bit.ly/2o3chEz