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 [email_address] Joe Hardenbrook Educational Technology Coordinator & Librarian, Staley Library, Millikin University [email_address] Dr. Carmella Braniger Director of Critical Writing, Reading and Research & Assistant Professor of English, Millikin University [email_address]

Debbie Myers

Instructional Services Coordinator & Librarian, Staley Library, Millikin University

[email_address]

Joe Hardenbrook

Educational Technology Coordinator & Librarian, Staley Library, Millikin University

[email_address]

Dr. Carmella Braniger

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

[email_address]

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.

Collaboration is great for libraries!

Library users become lifelong learners.

Information literacy is always important.

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)

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

Information Literacy & Research American Association of School Librarians – Standards for the 21 st Century Learner Association of College and Research Libraries – Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

American Association of School Librarians – Standards for the 21 st 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?

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?

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 Retrieval Evaluation of Information Plagiarism/Citing Sources

Completed by first-year students

15 questions

Covers four areas

Library Resources

Information Retrieval

Evaluation of Information

Plagiarism/Citing Sources

Information Literacy Pre-Test Pre-Test (Moodle)

Pre-Test (Moodle)

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

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

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?

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

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

Questions?

Hungry?