The role of School Library in making students research and college ready. Need and importance of recruiting librarians in schools and implementing an Information Literacy Curriculum.

1. S. L. FAISAL
www.slfaisal.com
Research Readiness of Students:
The Role of School Library
National Seminar on Role of Libraries
in Academic Research and Publishing;
March 10, 2023; RBS, Kochi

2. Outline
College Readiness
Research in School & College
Fresher's dilemma
Transition & Trends
Filling the gap
Role of School Library
Role of Librarian
What we miss?
Takeaways

3. College Readiness
College readiness can be defined
operationally as the level of preparation a
student needs in order to enroll and
succeed—without remediation—in a
credit-bearing general education course
at a postsecondary institution that offers
a baccalaureate degree or transfer to a
baccalaureate program.
-David T. Conley

4. Academic Knowledge & Skills
Facets of College Readiness
and core areas of relevance
Writing Research
Conley, D. T. (2007)

5. Resaerch in School & College
Mandatory part of the course.
Independent choice of topics.
Demands deep exploration.
Access to a big Library.
Huge collections of digital
resources.
Evaluation and verification of
resources for authenticity.
Limited requirements.
Pre-assigned topics.
Simple search.
No or little access to Library.
Fixed set of limited information
sources (mostly physical).
Lacks proper evaluation and
verification for originality.

6. Fresher's dilemma
Research. Conceptual clarity.
How to use the Library?
Literature search.
Information resources,
formats and tools.
How to refer, cite and present.
Copyright, plagiarism,
Creative Commons, OER.
Whom to ask for help?
Limited Research Skills & Experience.
No idea of
Lack of Professional guidance & support.

7. Transition & Trends
Classroom to LMS
Conventional to Hybrid, Blended, Flipped
Microlearning, Bit-sized learning
Printed to Online
Library to Virtual/Digital Library
OPAC to Web-OPAC
Google to Google Scholar, Federated
Wikipedia to Databases
Physical Labs to VR, AR environments
Paid to Open
No device to BYOD
Experiential Learning, Mindfulness,
Digital Citizenship

8. --Susannah Goldstein, School librarian, Brearley School, New York
Doing research

9. “What do you wish students knew about
research before they arrive at your
campus?”
Learning Research Skills at
School Level.
Research Readiness
Filling the Gap

10. Implement an Information Literacy
Curriculum.
Prepare students for post-secondary
studies.
Research Topic, objectives
Sources (offline & online), Search strategies,
catalogues, journals, databases, etc.
Evaluate and use
Citation & referencing
Creating a presentation
Writing the report/paper/thesis
Copyright, plagiarism, Fake News, etc
Focus on
Resaerch skills
Role of School Library

11. Role of Librarian
“Research is a conversation
between sources.”
-Jeremiah Mercurio
and
Librarians make it happen.
Understanding Information
Literacy (IL) & its importance.
Plan and implement IL
Programmes.
Collaborate with Academic
Librarians (college & school).
Research, experiment, evaluate
and update.

12. What we miss?
A well designed, organized and
dynamic school library with selected
offline and online resources.
A strong Library Programme.
A professionally qualified and trained
Librarian.
Open & Proactive with regular
updation of knowledge and skills.
Library!
Librarian!

13. Takaways
Role of School Library in making students
college/research ready.
Need and importance of Information
Literacy Curriculum in Schools; that to be
extended to colleges.
Need and importance of professionally
qualified librarian with a strong library
programme in a school.
Importance of collaboration among
academic librarians.
Illustration by Thomas Pitilli, SLJ, 2019

14. Reference
Conley, D. T. (2007). Redefining college readiness. Eugene, OR: Educational Policy
Improvement Center. http://www.aypf.org/documents/RedefiningCollegeReadiness.pdf.
Retrived March 3, 2023.
D’Orio, Wayne. (2017). Lacking Research Skills, Students Struggle. School Librarians Can
Help Solve the College Readiness Gap.
https://www.slj.com/story/lacking-research-skills-students-struggle-school-librarians-
solve-college-readiness-gap-information-literacy. Retrived March 3, 2023.
Head, Alison J. (2013). How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter
College. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED548262.pdf . Retrived March 3, 2023.
Image Courtesy: DALL.E (https://labs.openai.com/)

15. Questions?
slfaizal at gmail.com
9447699724
www.slfaisal.com