Meeting of the Minds: Practical Ideas for Information Literacy Collaborations in the 21st CenturyKean University LibrariansInformation Literacy and the 21st Century Academy: Opportunities for PK-20 CollaborationPractical Reasons for CollaborationSlide 5Librarians and teaching faculty need to develop students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills for lifelong learning to compete in a global knowledge-based society.What can we do to advance integration of information literacy into the PK-20 curriculum?How Are We Going to Teach Information Literacy Skills to Our Students?Slide 9AASL Standards for the 21st-Century LearnerSlide 11Slide 12Slide 13Possibilities for Fostering Collaborations in the PK-20 Information Literacy EnvironmentSlide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Social Networking 1635-2002Social Networking 2003-PresentFlash MobsSlide 22Library 2.0NJPLP21What is the status of PK-20 Information Literacy collaboration?National Collaborative Efforts:Slide 27Statewide Collaborative Efforts:Local Collaborative Efforts:Local Collaborative Efforts at Kean UniversityQFI Grant Funding Awarded April 2008Looking Ahead….ReferencesReferences (continued)Slide 35Meeting 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 CenturyKean University Library November 14, 2008Kean University LibrariansKean University LibrariansCraig AndersonCraig AndersonLinda CifelliLinda CifelliJanette GonzalezJanette GonzalezShirley HorbattShirley HorbattChrisler PittsChrisler PittsInformation Literacy and Information Literacy and the 21the 21stst Century Academy: Century Academy: Opportunities for PK-20 Opportunities for PK-20 CollaborationCollaborationPractical Reasons for CollaborationPractical Reasons for CollaborationGenerate student interest by exposure Generate student interest by exposure to the university setting, often including to the university setting, often including a greater number of information a greater number of information resourcesresources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 ideasLibrarians 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.cfmAASL 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 in shape the learning of students in the school.” the school.” http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.c fmInformation Literacy CompetencyStandards for Higher EducationInformation Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Educationhttp://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 EducationThe Standards describe how The Standards describe how learners use learners use skillsskills, , resourcesresources,,and and toolstools to to1. inquire, think