InfoPOWer: Super librarians to the rescue during the transition to college
Maureen Barry, Librarian for First-Year Services, Wright State University, Dayton, OH - [email protected]
Lindsay Miller, First Year Experience Librarian, Miami University, Oxford, OH - [email protected]
Catherine Queener, Learning Communities Director, Wright State University, Dayton, OH - [email protected]
Teamwork + Confidence + Information Literacy Skills = InfoPOWer
Partnerships with high school educators & librarians
Readings and Resources:
Burhanna, K. J., & Jensen, M. L. (2006). Collaborations for success: High school to college transitions.
Reference Services Review, 34(4), 509-519.
Donham, J. (2003). My senior is your first-year student: High school transition to college. Knowledge Quest,
32(1), 32.
Martorana, J., Curtis, S., DeDecker, S., & Edgerton, S. (2001). Bridging the gap: Information literacy
workshops for high school teachers. Research Strategies, 18(2), 113-120.
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.
Owen, P. (2010). A transition checklist for high school seniors. School Library Monthly, 26(8), 20-23.
Transitioning to College: http://www.transitioning2college.org/
Confidence
Readings & Resources:
Mellon, C. (1986). Library anxiety: a grounded theory and its development. College & Research Libraries,
47(2), 160-165.
Nicol, E. (2009). Alleviating library anxiety. Public Services Quarterly, 5(4), 278-281.
Regalado, M. (2003). Competence, confidence, and connections: Aiding the transition to college. College &
Undergraduate Libraries, 10(2), 89.
Information Literacy Skills
Readings & Resources:
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: http://www.p21.org/index.php
AASL Information Literacy: http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards
ACRL Information Literacy: http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency
Information Literacy Assessment: http://www.trails-9.org/
Ostrow, Michele, Meghan Sitar, and Cindy Fisher. "Letting Go: Giving Up Control to Improve First-year
Information Literacy Programs." ACRL National Conference 2011.
Slides with audio:
http://www.learningtimes.net/acrl/2011/letting-go-giving-up-control-to-improve-first-year-informationliteracy-programs/
Powerpoint with presentation notes:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/services/instruction/michele/letting%20go
%20presentation.pptx
Signature Course Faculty Toolkit http://lib.utexas.edu/signaturecourses/ [This website supports the UTAustin program discussed in the presentation above].