Professional Development Linking Multi-Type Libraries with Information Literacy Instruction Across the Ocean State

Building the Bridge

Cheryl A. McCarthy, URI-GSLIS and Mary MacDonald URI, University Libraries, LOEX Annual Conference 2014

We’re ALL in it Together:

OLIS planned, organized, and sponsored this

event!

The OLIS PD Panel

Prof. Mary MacDonald URI Libraries

Amanda RichmanRhode Island Hospital Library

Prof. Cheryl A. McCarthy URI-GSLIS

Jen ThomasHigh School Librarian

Julie HoldenCranston Public Library

Why? Goals of PD Workshop

• Present best practices of information literacy instruction• Engage Participants in Round Table Discussions• Provide facilitators and note takers to add to the LibGuide• Share ideas for future PD and collaboration across libraries

LibGuide for Communication and Collaborationhttp://libraryschool.libguidescms.com/alltogether

Success of PD Workshop: Participation with Facilitators and

Note Takers!

Patricia Brennan, RIC Library Amanda Izenstark, URI Libraries

Round Table Discussion Topics:http://libraryschool.libguidescms.com/alltogether

1. Information Literacy Continuum K-20 2. Are You Ready for the Common Core?3. Free and Cool Tech Tools4. Finding and Evaluating Health Information5. Marketing Your Invisible Resources

Information Literacy Across Rhode Island

• Can we do it? Yes, we can! It exists and we can build more bridges!

• School Libraries: over 300 in RI• Academic Libraries: 11 in RI• Public Libraries: 39 Cities and Towns in RI• Special Libraries: All types including hospital, law

libraries, corporate libraries, historical libraries, museum libraries, and other special libraries

Best Practices:Sharing Ideas and Program Models

Building Bridges

• Mission• Goals• Services • Pedagogy

Outcomes: Sustainability

• Keeping the conversation moving forward!

• Conveners and participants shared hopes to sustain and nurture ideas

• Plans simmering for new adventures!

Outcomes: ILART• Information Literacy Action Round Table (ILART)• RILA as state-wide umbrella for librarians• Information Literacy Proclamation Project• October Celebration of IL Month- Governor’s Proclamation

ILART Events!

• What Do College Professors Expect?• Building Bridges • Articulating ACRL Framework• Threshold Concepts

ILART: How can we build capacity?

Things To Consider• How can we help librarians embrace the role of

teaching information literacy in all types of libraries or should we?• How can we become more effective teachers of

information literacy in all types of libraries?

Your Questions?

Thank You!Cheryl A. McCarthy chermc@mail.uri.edu

Mary C. MacDonald marymac@mail.uri.edu

ReferencesAASL. Standards for the 21st Century Learner. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, fromhttp://www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/learning-standardsACRL. Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency ACRL. Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Draft 1. Part 1. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Framework-for-IL-for-HE-Draft-1-Part-1.pdfACRL. Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Draft 1 Part 2. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Framework-for-IL-for-HE-Draft-1-Part-2.pdfALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT). (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://www.ala.org/lirt/frontAskRI.Org (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://www.askri.orgBurhanna, K. J. (Ed.). (2013). Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to CollegeTransition. (2013). Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited.

ReferencesCommon Core State Standards Initiative. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://www.corestandards.orgCollege Readiness Dialogues. (2014) Sponsored by the Libraries of Blue Valley High School and Rockhurst University. Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://bvhLearningCommons.bluevalleyk12.org/collegereadinessdialogues Illinois Information Literacy Summit, April 25, 2014. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://informationliteracysummit.org/ Medical Library Association. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from https://www.mlanet.org/aboutMedical Library Association. MLA Top Health Websites. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from https://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/topten.htmlOffice of Library and Information Services. (2014) State of Rhode Island. Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://www.olis.state.ri.us/ Information Literacy Advisory Group of Oregon (ILAGO). (2014) Oregon Information Literacy Summit, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://ilago.wordpress.com/oregon-il-summit-2014/Owen, P. (2010). A Transition Checklist for High School Seniors. School Library Monthly, 26(8), 20-23.

ReferencesPennsylvania Libraries. (2014) PA Forward. Information Literacy sponsored by the Pennsylvania Library Association. Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://www.paforward.org/home/informationliteracy.aspxRhode Island Department of Education. (2014) Transition to the Common Core State Standards CCSS and to PARCC. Retrieved May 2, 2014, from https://www.ride.ri.gov/InstructionAssessment/TransitiontotheCCSSandPARCC.aspxRhode Island Library Association. (2014) RILA Constitution Article XI.: Information Literacy Action Round Table (ILART) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://rilibraries.org/rila-roundtablesSchool Librarians of Rhode Island. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://www.slri.infoWe’re All In It Together: Connecting Reference & Information Literacy Across All Rhode Island Libraries. (2014) Retrieved May 2, 2014, from http://libraryschool.libguidescms.com/alltogether