Greetings!
First I want to thank everyone who took the IL survey last spring. I complied results over the summer and will post them to this list later this fall. As part of my research I have also been gathering qualitative data and want to experiment with an “online focus group” using Facebook.
If you have a Facebook account and are interested in discussing Information literacy issues—especially the relationship between high school librarian and college/university librarian expectations—please check out the Facebook page “Connecticut Librarians Discuss Information Literacy.”
I’m interested in how AASL standards match Common Core and ACRL standards; how teachers use (or don’t) librarians to enhance IL instruction; whether administrators recognize the value and skills of the school librarians etc. Suggestions for academic outreach to high schools (middle schools?) is also of interest.
I have posted some “conversation starters” on the site so feel free to respond to those or add your own comments. For example one question is: At this time there are no librarians on the Connecticut P-20 Council which means librarian input was minimal at best for the “College and Career readiness workshops.” Is this a problem?
To join the discussion go to www.facebook.com/ConnecticutLibrariansDiscussInformationLiteracy.
Thanks!
Cindy
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Cindy K. Schofield
Technical Services Division Head
Hilton C. Buley Library
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT
203 392-5778
http://librarianonskis.blogspot.com/