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Battling the Unready:Zombies, Einstein & LibrariansKenneth Burhanna
Kent State University Libraries
Crossing the K-20 Continuum: Are Librarians Bridging Information Literacy and 21st Century Skills?
Education & Behavioral Sciences SectionAssociation of College and Research Libraries
29 June 2013
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ABC-CLIO, 2013
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• Zombies & Pieces to the Puzzle• Einstein & Approaching the Problem• Librarians & Glue
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Zombie Pieces
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The Unready
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Our Students Aren’t Ready
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It Is About Brains, Right?
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I Mean, Right?
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Zombie Pieces = Challenges
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Challenges = Differences
K12 Compared to Higher Education:
Role & Status of Librarians Organizational Structures Authority Structures Role of the Student(Carr 2012, Maringe 2006)
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Mismatched Expectations
How well prepared are students for college work?
High school instructors said well-prepared (91%)
College instructors said not well-prepared (74%)(ACT National Curriculum Survey 2009)
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Research Skills: Bridging the Gap Between High School & Post-Secondary http://webapps-1.okanagan.bc.ca/ok/mediagenerator/play.aspx?flv=lib_research.flv&dir=publicaffairs
Jennifer SigaletPublic Services LibrarianOkanagan College Leslie BartonTeacher-LibrarianPleasant Valley Secondary School Armstrong, BC
More Expectations
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Oh yeah, the Educational Crisis!
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Ever feel like a wiener dog on the back of a donkey?
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We Need to Puzzle the Pieces Together for College Readiness
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Einstein: Approaching the Problem
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Einstein: Approaching the Problem
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What color am I, or was I?
Einstein’s Riddle
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A fellow encountered a bear in a wasteland. There was nobody else there. Both were frightened and ran away. Fellow to the north, bear to the west. Suddenly the fellow stopped, aimed his gun to the south and shot the bear. What color was the bear?
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Einstein’s Riddle
Answer to Einstein’s Riddle (see Picture Credit 11 | Picture Credit 14
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Hold On—A Zombie Polar Bear!
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Approaching the Problem and Looking for Connections?Look in the Mirror
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Connections = Similarities
School Librarians Compared to Academic Librarians are a lot alike.
Collaborators by nature, because we don’t:
Directly grade students Own the curriculum Have direct access to students
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Connections = Similarities
School Librarians Compared to Academic Librarians are a lot alike.
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Have strong professional associations Wear multiple hats Are embattled Are standards driven Have a shared responsibility for information literacy education
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Share Responsibility
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“Despite differences in theirs standards, school and academic librarians share similar information-literacy goals” (Carr and Rockman 2003, 52)
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Blueprint for Collaboration
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AASL/ACRL Joint Task Force on the Educational Role of Librarians, 2000
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A Moment for Reflection
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Librarians Are the Glue
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Models for Collaboration
1. Collaborative Dialogues2. Professional Development3. Pre-service Teacher Education4. Instructional Experiences5. Tools & Resources
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College Readiness DialoguesKansas City Metro Area
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Get to know your feeder schools Get to know your librarians Get to know each other’s curriculum Learn each other’s pain points Identify opportunities
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DOE/CUNY Library Collaborative:
High School to College Transition in New York City
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DOE/CUNY Library Collaborative:
High School to College Transition in New York City
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Common Core: Learn It, Live it, Love it
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Metronet Information Literacy Iniative (MILI)Greater Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota
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Metronet Information Literacy Iniativies (MILI)Greater St. Paul, Minnesota
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TRAILS: Tool for Realtime Assessment of Information Literacy skillswww.trails-9.orgKent State University, Kent, Ohio
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TRAILS has:18,473 registered members in90 states/provinces,122 countries, and1 planet - so far.
59,659 sessions have been delivered to 1,100,208 students.
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TRAILS: Tool for Realtime Assessment of Information Literacy skillswww.trails-9.orgKent State University, Kent, Ohio
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Ongoing validation & reliability study:• Students in grades 3,6,8,12 completed assessments
containing all TRAILS items• Scale Reliability (all 4 tests achieved this)• Fit to Scale (all 4 show no fit issues, no bias)• Content Validity (where we are now)• Threshold/Cut Score determinations (coming soon)
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Hey You, the Unready,Do You Feel Lucky Today?
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References 1 ACT. The Condition of College Readiness 2009. Iowa City: Author, 2009. American Association of School Librarians(AASL) and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Task
Force on the Educational Role of Librarians. Blueprint for Collaboration. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/ whitepapers/acrlaaslblueprint.
Burhanna, Kenneth J. Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
Burhanna, Kenneth J. “The Transition Movement: From Blueprint to Construction Zone.” In Kenneth J. Burhanna, ed., Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition (pp. 3-22). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
Carr, Jo Ann. “Crossing the Instructional Divide: Supporting K-20 Information Literacy Iniatives.” In Carroll Wetzel and Courtney Bruch, eds., Transforming Information Literacy Programs: Intersecting Frontiers of Self, Library Culture, and Campus Community( pp. 153-178). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012.
Carr, Jo Ann, and Ilene F. Rockman. “Information-Literacy Collaboration: A Shared Responsibility.” American Libraries 34, no. 8 (September 2003): 52–54.
Ellis, Leanne, Robert Farrell, Curtis L. Kendrick, Meghann Suzanne Walk, and Barbara K. Stripling. “The DOE/CUNY Library Collaborative: High School to College Transition in New York City.” In Kenneth J. Burhanna, ed., Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition (pp. 89-96). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
Oakleaf, Megan and Patricia L. Owen. “Closing the 12-13 Gap Together: School and Academic Librarians Supporting 21st Century Learners.” In Kenneth J. Burhanna, ed., Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition (pp. 23-38). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
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References 2 National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS. “Student Pipeline: Transition
Completion Rates from 9th Grade to College.” Boulder, CO: NCHEMS, 2012. http://www.higheredinfo.org/dbrowser/?year=2008&level=nation&mode=graph&state=0.&submeasure=119 (accessed May 12, 2012).
Maringe, Felix. “University and Course Choice.” International Journal of Educational Management 20, no. 6 (2006): 466–479.
Sigalet, Jennifer, Leslie Barton, and Sherri Savage. “Research Skills: What College Professors Expect Incoming Students to Know.” In Kenneth J. Burhanna, ed., Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition (pp. 39-50). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
Smalley, Ann Walker and LeAnn Suchy. “Information Literacy and 21st-Century Skills.” In Kenneth J. Burhanna, ed., Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition (pp. 123-132). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
Stewart, Ken W. and Laurie Hathman. “College Readiness at the Grassroots Level.” In Kenneth J. Burhanna, ed., Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition (pp. 63-70). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
Voelker, Tammy J. Eschedor, Barbara F. Schloman and Julie A. Gedeon. “Pathways for Success: The Evolution of TRAILS and Transitioning to College.” In Kenneth J. Burhanna, ed., Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition (pp. 209--216). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
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Picture Credits1. Compete 3D Zombie - http://www.fun-world.net/1652.html2. Einstein Wikipedia entry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein3. Ask A Librarian Superheroes - http://info.askalibrarian.org/2012/10/19/ask-a-librarian-superheroes/4. Exploded Zombie - http://shirtoid.com/14100/exploded-zombie5. http://kwjwrites.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/zombie-classroom-76086.jpg6. Alley Up - http://www.alleyoop.com7. Ben Johnson, Edutopia blogger - http://www.edutopia.org/blog/abstract-thinking-skills-students-ben-johnson8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - http://thefatboylarry.tumblr.com/post/216493851479. Crisis - http://lasersebeam.blogspot.com/2012/10/claiming-pension-crisis.html10. Tattoo’s Two - http://tattoostwo.tumblr.com/post/283856587211. Einstein’s Riddle – Answer - http://www.manbottle.com/trivia/einstein_s_riddle/einstein_s_riddle_answer12. Zombie Einstein - http://yayzus.deviantart.com/art/Zombie-einstein-17596077013. Polar Bear - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_Bear_0319_-_23-11-06.jpg14. Einstein’s Riddle - http://9gag.com/gag/413734415. Zombie Jombie Polar Bear - http://gamesdreams.com/showthread.php?6763-Zombie-Jombie-Polar-Bear16. Self-Awareness - http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pears773/myblog/17. Character Education: A Shared Responsibility - http://www.examiner.com/article/character-education-a-shared-responsibility18. Star Trek Blueprint Collection - http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/star-trek-blueprint-collection.php19. Zombie Trek - http://molitorious.blogspot.com/2009/06/zombie-trek.html20. Wanderer Above the Sea Fog - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog21. College Readiness Dialogues Kansas City - http://bvhlearningcommons.bluevalleyk12.org/collegereadinessdialogues22. NY City Young Government Leaders - http://younggov.org/chapters/new-york-city/23. Empire State Information Fluency Continuum -
http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1A931D4E-1620-4672-ABEF-460A273D0D5F/0/EmpireStateIFC.pdf24. Common Core State Standards Initiative - http://www.corestandards.org/25. St. Paul, Minnesota - http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/index.aspx?nid=268626. MILI Slideshow - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jHPiCl5jYRCDMDP3sYM2q3OLeZAx3zQ6SxI1GFkA2ZE/edit?pli=1#slide=id.i12727. Kent State University Libraries – http://www.kent.edulibrary28. Best Zombie Hunter Librarians Ever - http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/28/best-zombie-hunter-librarians-ever/29. Kent State University Child Development Center – www.kent.edu
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Thank you
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