K 16 2004

Building a Community of Lifelong Learners: Connecting K-12 and College Information Literacy Standards Ellysa Stern Cahoy Information Literacy Librarian Penn State University November 3, 2004

Today’s Presentation
Introduction
Comparing the AASL/AECT and ACRL Information Literacy Standards
Examples of K-20 Collaboration
What Can SLMSs do?
What Can Academic Librarians do?
Questions / Comments

Comparing the Standards
K-12: Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning (AASL/AECT, 1998)
Post-Secondary: Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (ACRL, 2000)

AASL/AECT K-12 Standards
Comprehensive in scope
Address “ appreciation of literature and other creative expressions of information”
Emphasize the development of the student as an independent learner and a socially responsible person

ACRL Post-Secondary Standards
Almost entirely focused on cognitive skills
Developed as a work-in-progress to be revisited
Highly practical , with detailed competencies
Should be viewed as a “continuum of the AASL/AECT standards”

Why Do We Need to Know About the ACRL Standards?
A model for K-12/College collaboration
With the AASL standards, represents a complete picture of the information competencies that our students must learn
Lend clarity and added detail to skills defined in the AASL standards

What Isn’t Covered in the ACRL Standards?
Affective Skills
How do your students feel about the library and academic research?
Library Anxiety
Four Causes of Library Anxiety (Mellon, 1986)
the size of the library
a lack of knowledge about where things are located
how to begin
what to do

Examples of K-20 Collaboration
Nationally:
AASL/ACRL Blueprint for Collaboration
AASL/ACRL Information Literacy Task Force
Pennsylvania:
K-16 Councils
( North Central PA Regional K-16 Council )
PSU Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS)

K-16 Councils Statewide

K-20 Library Collaboration
Collaborative Models
Academic Library “Warmth Seminar”
Research Field Trip to an academic library
Cooperative borrowing privileges

What Can SLMSs Do?
Evaluate the scope and sequence of your library’s curriculum in relation to each set of standards
Selecting an appropriate academic research topic
Delineating between freely available Web resources and articles available via online subscription databases
Emphasizing concepts rather than processes

What Can SLMSs Do?
Reach out to other schools in your area
Contact an academic librarian about bringing your students in for a tour/instruction session
Collaborate with librarians at other educational levels
Consider the information literacy skills that are being addressed above and below the grade levels that you reach.

What Can SLMSs Do?
Explore and implement performance-based assessment methods
Research logs
Conferencing
E-Portfolios
Conferencing
Assessment examples and strategies for implementation are detailed in Information Power

What Can Public Librarians Do?
Develop and promote programs for college-bound students
Career Development programs
Homework Assistance
Reinforce within school-age patrons
a love of libraries and lifelong learning

What Can Academic Librarians Do?
Reach out to local SLMSs to form collaborative partnerships
Provide opportunities for freshmen and new students to get to know the library in a fun, non-threatening atmosphere
Include information competencies as a graduation requirement

The Academic Library Today

Which One is Your Typical College Librarian?

Today’s academic library: an oasis of quiet, intellectual reflection…

Or a fun, exciting place with lots of friendly people to help you?

Can we introduce our students to the excitement and rigors of academic research…

… Without overwhelming them in the process?

YES WE CAN! Provided that we work together to bridge the K-12/College divide!

Questions / Comments? Ellysa Stern Cahoy Information Literacy Librarian Penn State University [email_address]

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