Teaching In A Tea House For Sl 9 13 07 Edited

Teaching in a Tea House Alexandria Knight (Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library) Buk Binder (Marsha Schnirring, Occidental College)

LOEX 2007 Conference Session Reprise…
With permission: Brad Sietz, LOEX Director
Original Presenters:
Esther Grassian, UCLA
Catherine Haras, California State University, Los Angeles
Billy Pashaie, East L.A. College (now at Cypress College)

Surprising LILi Data re Teaching!
…in a Tea House (USC)

They’re also teaching…
…in Spanish, Chinese, Hindi & American Sign Language (Alameda County Library)
Archiving VOIP (Voice Over IP) Library Sessions (National University)

LILi?
What?
Why?
How?
Lessons Learned
Further Research

LILi: Lifelong Information Literacy
Informal Group of Librarians
Spectrum of California Libraries
Investigating IL Definitions, Standards & Instruction
GOAL : Suggestions re Sequenced, Lifelong ILI Curriculum
http://www.library. ucla . edu/libraries/college/lili/index . htm

Why? Lit Review
Hypothesis : ILI efforts across various types of libraries are not sequentially coordinated.

More…
Interesting surprises re AASL and ACRL’s Blueprint for Collaboration
http://tinyurl.com/38d45t
IFLA and UNESCO don’t mention sequential ILI

Even more…
Pipeline & Lifelong ILI Underdeveloped
Cross-Institutional Collaboration Limited or Non-Existent
Obstacles
Budget
Time
Personnel

California-Specific Problems
Fewest FTE Library Media Teachers (LMTs) in Nation
No State IL Mandate

How? LILi Methodology: Survey Instrument
Broad IL Definition
Goal re ILI in California: To ID…
current practice
gaps
overlaps

Issues
IL Offered, but Not Labeled as IL
Instruction Differs Even Within Institutions

Questions…
# of Surveys to Use
No Funding
Soliciting Broad Cross-Section of Responses
Consciousness-Raising
Decision : 1 Zoomerang Survey

No Precedent
First Grassroots IL Survey Across All Types of Libraries

Data Collection
Two Question Reviews by Expert
Spring 2006 Pilot
Fall 2006 Final Survey Mounted

More Issues…
Difficult to Determine Total # of California Libraries
Missing Numbers…
Academic Library Branches
Public Library Departments
Private School Libraries or Library Media Centers

Numbers Available
Public Libraries: 1,153
Special Libraries: 1,017
Academic Libraries: 346
Public School Libraries or Library Media Centers: 6,340
TOTAL : 8,856

Survey Responses
300 Total Responses
Geographically Distributed Across California
247 Usable Responses

Issues
Results Cannot be Generalized
Interesting Data Tell Anecdotal Story
Reflects Range of Current IL Practice in California
Survey Analysis=Significance & Broadest Interest

Sample {n=247}
Academic = 32%
Public = 16%
School = 48%
Special = 1%
Other = 5%
98% have an operating Library or Library Media Center

Serving a range of populations
Up to 500 = 11%
501-5000 = 48%
5,001-20,000 = 16%
20,001-50,000 = 12%
Over 50,000 = 11%

4 Preliminary Findings
Professional Instruction using IL standards
Teaching infrequently assessed and not mandatory
Articulation beyond the institution is rare
Achievements and obstacles common across libraries

1. Professional instruction using IL standards 95%
For school or course-related assignments
44% High school
36% Undergraduates
74% Using Librarians to teach (MLS/MLIS) 71% Using professionally developed standards 69% With a definition of IL 76% Offering instruction The number of libraries…

Type of instruction
For ILI, few use blogs (7%), RSS feeds (4%), podcasts (2%) or wikis (2%)
21%
Interactive tutorials
62%
Instructional materials (bibliographies, finding aids)
67%
Group instruction
71%
Informational web pages
90%
Point of use or 1-on-1

2. Teaching not assessed frequently and not mandatory 18% With mandatory ILI 43% Without formal assessment practices Number of libraries…

We are teaching the same topics
Surprises:
36% teach evaluation of periodical articles
18% teach blogs and wikis
51% Basic computer functions 67% How the web works 89% Locating materials 95% Library catalog Overlapping instruction

3. Articulation Beyond the Institution is Rare
Only 7 of 247 libraries reported contact or collaboration with a sequencing institution
Only 48% include “ability to engage in lifelong learning” in their IL definition

4. Achievements & Obstacles Common Across Libraries
Highly valued achievements {N=195}
empowered users
establishing course-integrated or sequenced instruction
collaboration with faculty
ILI required or reaches most of their users
community support for ILI

4. Achievements & Obstacles Common Across Libraries
Challenges to ILI {N=195}
faculty resistance
staffing
time
funding
poor outreach
no mandate
a very small number noted lack of IL or poor quality IL at preceding (feeder) institution as impediment to instruction

Data for Academic Institutions

27 Community Colleges 30% Senior citizens 30% General public teens 41% General public adults 7% Parents of college students 15% High school faculty 30% High school students 7% Middle school students Reach the following:

27 Community Colleges
All respondents assess student learning
81% formally assess
100% informally assess
70% use “direct” assessment
30% use “indirect”

27 Community Colleges
Shasta College
Teaches distinguishing among & using different types of images
Santa Rosa Junior College
Teaches problem-solving & decision-making

17 California State Universities (CSU) 29% Senior Citizens 35% General public 82% College faculty 100% Undergraduate/Graduates 65% High school students 29% Middle school students 18% Elementary school students Reach the following:

17 California State Universities
All respondents assess student learning
100% informally assess
89% formally assess

21 Private Colleges & Universities
Use ACRL Standards + Big 6 (U of Redlands)
Teach not to procrastinate (Loyola Marymount)
Teach how to set up alerts, use clipboard, get database help (Samuel Merritt College)

12 University of California Libraries
UC Irvine
Teaches elementary school, junior high & high school students & faculty
Reaches every freshperson (4000/year)
UC Santa Barbara
Does IL in social settings
Uses cellphones

Data For Other Types of Libraries

40 Public Libraries
Santa Clara County
>100,000 users
80 full-time librarians
Use iPods & publicize widely
Reach 101-205/year

More public libraries…
Outreach to schools
“Visit schools doing all day sessions for classes” (Palos Verdes District, Peninsula Center Library)
Berkeley Public Library
No classes
81-100% of users have serious or profound IL needs

3 Special Libraries
Boeing Library
>100,000 users
47 full-time & 3 part-time librarians
Teach “how to avoid copyright problems”
Publicity : Corporate Intranet & Business Partner Staff Meetings

Lessons Learned
Need 4 Different Surveys
Focus on Smaller Geographic Area as Model
Ask Directly re Sequential IL
Funding Needed for Professional Survey

Further Research Is Needed
Goal : An information literate populace

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