Bridging the Gap and Easing the Journey

Sustaining Students’ Information Literacy Journeys

from High School to College

MiALA Conference 2018

Elizabeth Measell

• Adjunct liaison librarian, GVSU
• Adjunct reference librarian, MCC
• Former Middle/High School English Teacher

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Hazel McClure

• Associate librarian, GVSU
• Coordinator of library support of First Year Writing Program

Questions we had

What do our standards and framing documents tell us about higher education’s/our expectations?

What are the explicit and implicit ways Information Literacy and research are taught in Secondary Ed and Higher Ed?

What can we do as librarians in higher education to help students bridge this gap?

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Michigan Requirement for Graduation (since 2014)

https://openclipart.org

https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-28753---,00.html

Post-Secondary Education in Michigan*

* Within 6 months of graduation https://www.mischooldata.org/DistrictSchoolProfiles/PostsecondaryOutcomes/IheEnrollmentByHighSchool2.aspx

11th Grade Research Standards - CCRS (2014)

• Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

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https://oaklandk12-public.rubiconatlas.org/Atlas/Develop/UnitMap/View/Default?BackLink=1157859&SourceSiteID=&UnitID=15792&YearID=2018&CurriculumMapID=734

• Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

Jbcorcer on flicker.com

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

https://openclipart.org

High School Research Lesson

https://oaklandk12-public.rubiconatlas.org/Atlas/Develop/UnitMap/View/Default?BackLink=1157859&SourceSiteID=&UnitID=15792&YearID=2018&CurriculumMapID=734

High School Research Lesson

High School Research Lesson

Kristian Bjornard via flickr

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

https://www.mischooldata.org/Other/DataFiles/StaffingInformation/HistoricalStaffingSummary.aspx

If you have a librarian that carries out duties as teachers, information specialists, and program administrators, you must have the librarian endorsement on your teacher certificate. This does NOT require all school districts to have a teacher-librarian.

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Cert_Reqs_Library_613321_7.pdf

Are Changes Coming?

https://openclipart.org

HB 5909

HB 5910

HB 5911

It’s Time to Bridge the Gap

• High School prepares students for life after graduation - college is one of many options.

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• Teacher-Librarian cuts have been common over the past 15 years, but changes may be coming.

• High School research is primarily done online. K-12 librarians may not be consistently available to help teach research skills.

Mackinac Bridge, 2013

Snapshot of IL at One University

Nationwide Higher Education standards and Practices Libraries

General Education Program

Disciplinary Classroom Faculty & library instruction

Reference services - librarian consultations & research consultants

Online resources (Library Guides, Well designed web site)

First Year Writing Program

First Year Writing Program at GVSU

• Part of the Gen Ed program student learning outcomes are written communication skills and information literacy
• Not standardized in the assignments that instructors used
• Shared goals
• Green Book

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Goals of the First Year Writing Program

Content and Development

• Offer readers a clear purpose for reading.
• Maintain a single focus throughout the entire paper.
• Present ideas and descriptions that engage a college-level audience in your discussion.
• Conduct college-level research to find credible source material for a variety of purposes.
• Present a claim or focus that is developed with discussion, details, and examples, including graphics when useful.
• Discover and integrate sufficient material from outside sources to demonstrate your abilities in college-level writing, research, and thinking.

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Organization

• Establish an overall pattern for a paper to follow.
• Progress from one point, idea, or scene to another in a coherent, logical way.
• Construct paragraphs that are generally well-organized within the overall pattern of a paper.
• Lead readers through the order of your discussion in obvious and helpful ways.

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Style

• Craft sentences with purposefully chosen words and phrases.
• Structure sentences effectively to be clear, logical, and readable.
• Use a variety of sentence structures for good reasons.
• Maintain an overall voice in each paper that is appropriate for its purpose, genre, and audiences.

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Mechanics

• Adopt a format that is acceptable and appropriate for academic writing.
• Refer to outside sources that are introduced, integrated, and documented.
• Attend carefully to grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage in final, edited writing.
• Use with care a standard academic style guide, such as the MLA or APA style guides.

Library Involvement with First Year Writing

Fall 2017:

• 61 Sections of 150, 28 sections of 098
• 33 Instructors (Including a dean!) & 9 librarians
• ILCCs targeted
• 90 visits by librarians
• 4 instructors chose not to invite a librarian

Currently in the works:

• Establishing shared learning objectives

Data analysis with SpringShare’s LibInsight

Rewind…

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Stuart.childs on flickr.com BASF ferro super LH SM cassette 60 - Tape - As New - Face https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Junior Year Mix Tape

What information seeking behaviors have you observed in Freshmen students that exemplify the gap between HS and College?

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What are your current practices when attempting to meet students "where they are" as first year students?

Pie in the Sky:

If there were no money or time obstacles, what could we do to help make that a reality.

References

Academic Standards. (2017, November 1). Michigan Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-28753---,00.html

Association of American Colleges and Universities. (2009). Information Literacy VALUE Rubric. Retrieved from https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/inquiry-analysis

Camilleri, Greig, Chang, LaGrand, Wittenberg, Love, … Zemke. House Bill No 5910, Pub. L. No. HB 5910 (2018). Retrieved from http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(qkazhnv1qebh4qwspf1vj1os))/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&objectname=2018-HB-5910

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. (2016, January 11). ACRL. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework

Grade 11 unit of study: Informational Essay. (2018, April 2). MAISA. Retrieved from https://oaklandk12-public.rubiconatlas.org/Atlas/Develop/UnitMap/View/Default?SourceSiteID=&UnitID=15792&YearID=2018&CurriculumMapID=734&

Greig, Camilleri, Chang, LaGrand, Wittenberg, Love, … Zemke. House Bill 5911 (2018). Retrieved from http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(qkazhnv1qebh4qwspf1vj1os))/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&objectname=2018-HB-5911

J.P. Eubanks. (2014). Potential Ramifications of Common Core State Standards Adoption on Information Literacy. Communications in Information Literacy, 8(1), 23–31.

Memorandum: Certification Requirements for Library Media Staff. (2018, February 8). Michigan Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/lm_SL21_313134_7.pdf

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Mi School Data. (2017). College enrollment by high school trend. Retrieved from https://www.mischooldata.org/DistrictSchoolProfiles/PostsecondaryOutcomes/IheEnrollmentByHighSchool2.aspx

Mi School Data. (2018). Staffing Information: School Personnel Data and Reports. Retrieved from https://www.mischooldata.org/Other2/DataFiles/StaffingInformation/HistoricalStaffingSummary.aspx

Michigan K-12 Standards English Language Arts. (2017, October 26). Michigan Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/MDE_ELA_Standards_599599_7.pdf

Nelson, E. (2017). Information Literacy Needs of Community College Students in Transition: A literature review. Reference Services Review, 45(2), 278–285. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-11-2016-0078

Oakleaf, M., & Owen, P. L. (2010). Closing the 12-13 gap together: School and college librarians supporting 21st century learners. Teacher Librarian, 37(4), 52–58.

Rodney, M., Lance, K. C., & Hamilton-Pennell, C. (2003). The Impact of Michigan School Librarians on Academic Achievement: Kids who have libraries succeed. Library of Michigan. Retrieved from http://wayback.archive-it.org/418/20150104053005/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_lm_schllibstudy03_76626_7.pdf

Units of Study. (n.d.). Oakland Schools Literacy. Retrieved from http://www.oaklandschoolsliteracy.org/resources/common-core-resources/ccss-curriculum/

Zemke, Camilleri, Greig, Chang, LaGrand, Wittenberg, … Guerra. House Bill No. 5909, Pub. L. No. 5909 (2018). Retrieved from http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(qkazhnv1qebh4qwspf1vj1os))/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&objectname=2018-HB-5909

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