Meeting of the Minds: Practical Meeting of the Minds: Practical Ideas for Information Literacy Ideas for Information Literacy

Collaborations in the 21st CenturyCollaborations in the 21st Century

Kean University Library November 14, 2008

Kean University LibrariansKean University Librarians

Craig AndersonCraig Anderson Linda CifelliLinda Cifelli Janette GonzalezJanette Gonzalez Shirley HorbattShirley Horbatt Chrisler PittsChrisler Pitts

Information Literacy and Information Literacy and the 21the 21stst Century Academy: Century Academy:

Opportunities for PK-20 Opportunities for PK-20 CollaborationCollaboration

Practical Reasons for CollaborationPractical Reasons for Collaboration Generate student interest by exposure Generate student interest by exposure

to the university setting, often to the university setting, often including a greater number of including a greater number of information resourcesinformation resources

Demonstrate that the need for Demonstrate that the need for information literacy skills doesn’t stop information literacy skills doesn’t stop with high school graduation, but with high school graduation, but continues into collegecontinues into college

Help to ease the transition from high Help to ease the transition from high school to college librariesschool to college libraries

Bring information literacy to the Bring information literacy to the attention of both school and attention of both school and university administrations with the university administrations with the goal of generating the allocation of goal of generating the allocation of resources needed to provide resources needed to provide effective information literacy effective information literacy instructioninstruction

Provide an atmosphere of creative Provide an atmosphere of creative synergy where librarians and synergy where librarians and educational media specialists educational media specialists generate new ideasgenerate new ideas

Librarians and teaching faculty Librarians and teaching faculty need to develop students’ critical need to develop students’ critical

thinking and problem solving skills thinking and problem solving skills for lifelong learning to compete in a for lifelong learning to compete in a

global knowledge-based society.global knowledge-based society.

What can we do to advance What can we do to advance integration of information literacy integration of information literacy

into the PK-20 curriculum?into the PK-20 curriculum?

How Are We Going to Teach How Are We Going to Teach Information Literacy Skills to Our Information Literacy Skills to Our

Students?Students? To teach information literacy skills, To teach information literacy skills,

information literacy standards and information literacy standards and indicators have to be integrated into indicators have to be integrated into the subject curriculum. To accomplish the subject curriculum. To accomplish that task it is necessary to have the that task it is necessary to have the library as the principal laboratory, library as the principal laboratory, where faculty and librarians work in where faculty and librarians work in collaboration. collaboration.

Information Literacy CompetencyStandards for Higher Education

“Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education provides a framework for assessing the information literate individual. It also extends the work of the American Association of School Librarians Task Force on Information Literacy Standards, in that way providing higher education an opportunity to articulate its information literacy competencies with those of K-12 so that a continuum of expectations develops for students at all levels.”

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm

AASL Standards for the 21st-AASL Standards for the 21st-Century LearnerCentury Learner

"Standards for the 21st-Century "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner offer vision for teaching Learner offer vision for teaching and learning to both guide and and learning to both guide and beckon our profession as beckon our profession as education leaders. They will education leaders. They will both shape the library program both shape the library program and serve as a tool for library and serve as a tool for library media specialists to use to media specialists to use to shape the learning of students shape the learning of students in the school.” in the school.”

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm

Information Literacy CompetencyStandards for Higher Education

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm

“In the following competencies, there are five standards and twenty-two performance indicators. The standards focus upon the needs of studentsin higher education at all levels. The standards also list a range of outcomes for assessing student progress toward information literacy.”

Information Literacy CompetencyStandards for Higher Education

The Standards describe how The Standards describe how learners use learners use skillsskills, , resourcesresources,,and and toolstools to to1. inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge; 2. draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge;

1. The information literate student determines the nature and extent of the information needed.2. The information literate student accesses needed information effectively and efficiently.

The StandardsPK to 12 Higher Education

3. pursue personal and 3. pursue personal and aesthetic growth.aesthetic growth.

4. share knowledge and 4. share knowledge and participate ethically and participate ethically and productively as members productively as members of our democratic society;of our democratic society;

3. The information literate 3. The information literate student evaluates student evaluates information and its sources information and its sources critically and incorporates critically and incorporates selected information into selected information into his or her knowledge base his or her knowledge base and value system.and value system.

4. The information literate 4. The information literate student, individually or as student, individually or as a member of a group, uses a member of a group, uses information effectively to information effectively to accomplish a specific accomplish a specific purpose.purpose.

PK to 12 Higher Education

Possibilities for Fostering Possibilities for Fostering Collaborations in the PK-Collaborations in the PK-20 Information Literacy 20 Information Literacy

EnvironmentEnvironment

Strive for a commitment Strive for a commitment regarding information literacy regarding information literacy integration in your integration in your institution’s strategic plan institution’s strategic plan and mission statement.and mission statement.

Collaborate with undergraduate Collaborate with undergraduate and graduate teacher education and graduate teacher education programs to integrate information programs to integrate information literacy instruction and literacy instruction and assessment into education assessment into education courses (American Library courses (American Library Association, 2006).Association, 2006).

Find information literacy “champions” Find information literacy “champions” among the teaching faculty. Call upon among the teaching faculty. Call upon faculty to share their own best faculty to share their own best practices for information literacy practices for information literacy instruction and assessment and to instruction and assessment and to advocate for information literacy advocate for information literacy integration in their departments.integration in their departments.

Increase collaborative efforts by Increase collaborative efforts by teachers and librarians to develop teachers and librarians to develop research projects (Breivik, 2000). research projects (Breivik, 2000). Take advantage of the Net Take advantage of the Net generation’s tech savvy. Assessment generation’s tech savvy. Assessment can focus on student-created can focus on student-created authentic information products, such authentic information products, such as web pages, e-journals, blogs, as web pages, e-journals, blogs, podcasts, multimedia presentations, podcasts, multimedia presentations, etc. etc.

Social Networking 1635-2002

Social Networking 2003-Present

Flash Mobs

Utilize Web 2.0 technologies to offer Utilize Web 2.0 technologies to offer Library 2.0 services (Casey & Library 2.0 services (Casey & Savastinuk, 2006). Making library Savastinuk, 2006). Making library research information and assistance research information and assistance available through IM, text messaging, available through IM, text messaging, blogs, wikis, MySpace, Facebook, blogs, wikis, MySpace, Facebook, Second Life, etc. could “better meet Second Life, etc. could “better meet the social norms, behaviors and the social norms, behaviors and expectations of millenial generation expectations of millenial generation students” (Bell, 2007). students” (Bell, 2007).

Library 2.0

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What is the status ofWhat is the status of PK-20 Information Literacy PK-20 Information Literacy

collaboration?collaboration?

National Collaborative Efforts:National Collaborative Efforts:

Task Force:Task Force: Blueprint for Collaboration

, AASL/ACRL Task Force on the Educational Role of Libraries (American Library Association, 2006)(American Library Association, 2006)

Professional Association/Committee Professional Association/Committee Memberships:Memberships:

AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy Library Instruction Round Table (ALA)Library Instruction Round Table (ALA) Instruction Section (ACRL)Instruction Section (ACRL) Professional listservs (including INFOLIT and ILI-L) Professional listservs (including INFOLIT and ILI-L)

Conferences and Workshops:Conferences and Workshops: ALA conferencesALA conferences AASL conferencesAASL conferences LOEX conferencesLOEX conferences

National Collaborative Efforts:

Look to other states for benchmarkLook to other states for benchmarkcollaborative efforts. Some examples:collaborative efforts. Some examples:

Central Pennsylvania K-16 Information Literacy Network (Pennsylvania State University, 2008) (Pennsylvania State University, 2008)

CLOC (Community Librarians Outreach and (Community Librarians Outreach and Collaboration, 2008) Collaboration, 2008)

Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education (Burhanna & Jensen, 2006; Kent State (Burhanna & Jensen, 2006; Kent State University, 2008) University, 2008)

Statewide Collaborative Efforts:Statewide Collaborative Efforts:

Professional Association & Committee Professional Association & Committee Memberships:Memberships:

New Jersey Association of School LibrariansNew Jersey Association of School Librarians User Education Committee of the NJLA-CUS / ACRL-NJUser Education Committee of the NJLA-CUS / ACRL-NJ

Conferences and Workshops:Conferences and Workshops: Professional development activities sponsored by the User Professional development activities sponsored by the User

Education Committee of the New Jersey Library Association, Education Committee of the New Jersey Library Association, College and University Section (NJLA-CUS) and the New Jersey College and University Section (NJLA-CUS) and the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL-NJ)(ACRL-NJ)

Professional development activities sponsored by the New Professional development activities sponsored by the New Jersey Association of School LibrariansJersey Association of School Librarians

Local Collaborative Efforts:Local Collaborative Efforts:

PK-12/Higher Education Collaborations:PK-12/Higher Education Collaborations: Librarians work with teachers and media specialists to plan Librarians work with teachers and media specialists to plan

learning activities for PK-12 classes that visit university libraries.learning activities for PK-12 classes that visit university libraries. Librarians work with PK-12 students participating in programs Librarians work with PK-12 students participating in programs

such as Upward Bound, Adelante Scholars, and Science Star.such as Upward Bound, Adelante Scholars, and Science Star. Community College/4-year College Community College/4-year College

Collaborations:Collaborations: Librarians at 4-year colleges and community college librarians Librarians at 4-year colleges and community college librarians

share information literacy documents. share information literacy documents. First Year Experience (FYE) Collaboration:First Year Experience (FYE) Collaboration:

Librarians collaborate with FYE instructors to incorporate Librarians collaborate with FYE instructors to incorporate information literacy objectives and activities into the course.information literacy objectives and activities into the course.

General Education Collaboration:General Education Collaboration: Librarians collaborate with faculty in integrating information Librarians collaborate with faculty in integrating information

literacy activities and assessment into General Education courses. literacy activities and assessment into General Education courses. Collaborations with Upper-level and Graduate Collaborations with Upper-level and Graduate

courses:courses: Librarians collaborate with faculty in integrating information Librarians collaborate with faculty in integrating information

literacy activities and assessment into numerous courses. literacy activities and assessment into numerous courses.

Local Collaborative Local Collaborative Efforts at Kean UniversityEfforts at Kean University

In January 2008, a team of Kean In January 2008, a team of Kean University librarians applied for a University librarians applied for a 2008-2009 Quality First Initiative 2008-2009 Quality First Initiative (QFI) grant. (QFI) grant.

The QFI proposal requested funding The QFI proposal requested funding for Kean University librarians to work for Kean University librarians to work collaboratively with area high school collaboratively with area high school teachers and library media teachers and library media specialists to develop and implement specialists to develop and implement information literacy lesson plans.information literacy lesson plans.

QFI Grant Funding AwardedQFI Grant Funding AwardedApril 2008 April 2008

The team invited several area high The team invited several area high schools to participate in the schools to participate in the collaborative information literacy collaborative information literacy project.project.

Two high schools are coming in the Two high schools are coming in the fall semester of 2008.fall semester of 2008.

Three high schools are coming in the Three high schools are coming in the spring semester of 2009.spring semester of 2009.

Looking Ahead….Looking Ahead….

We look forward to working with We look forward to working with the students, library media the students, library media specialists and teachers of the specialists and teachers of the participating high schools.participating high schools.

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