nelig 2015 questioning the status quo

“You Guys Still Here?” by Mike Norkum CC BY-ND 2.0

Keene State College

• 8 full time library faculty (7 teaching)

• 250-330 session per year until spring semester 2014

Dependent

upon

successful

collaboration

“Collaboration” by Chris Lott CC BY 2.0

The Matchmaker Match MakerOr

Librarian?

“Millionaire Matchmaker” by Fred Rockwood CC BY-SA 2.0

"Vanna White Stands Beside Puzzle ." US Federal Government.  Public Domain.  

Have you ever been a Vanna ???

Ability to assess students

readiness for the session &

engage in best practices in

teaching and learning

The problem"We continue to do one-shot generic and

subject-specific sessions, as well as

offering point-of-need guidance at the

reference desk, recognizing

that such “training” does

not even begin to make a

student literate within the

world of information.”

Badke, William B. “Can’t get no respect: helping faculty to

understand the educational power of information literacy.” The

Reference Librarian 43.89-90 (2005): 63-80.

“Literacy can not be

described, therefore in

broad terms, literacy is

in constant flux and

embedded in cultural

situations, each situation

nuanced and different

from the others.”

Elmborg, 2006

Sustainability

“Felling Snags on Fire Line” Gerald W. Williams Collection. Public Domain.

What makes it a

“Program”

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Questioning the status quo…

Integrative Learning

Promoted by the intentional design of programs to facilitate students making connections between knowledge from multiple disparate experiences, concepts, or subjects and adapting skills learned in one situation to problems encountered in another

See report: Integrative Learning: Mapping the Terrain & the Carnegie Integrative Learning Project http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/ilp/

High Impact Practices

• First year seminars and experiences

• Common Intellectual Experiences

• Living & Learning Communities• Writing Intensive Courses• Undergraduate Research

experiences• Service / Community based

learning • Internships• Capstone Courses

http://www.aacu.org/leap/hips

COMPLEX INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM ENGAGEMENT

METALITERACY

Collaborative student work

INTERGRATIVE

conversation

CREATORS & PARTICIPANTS

Multi-media Teams

Undergraduate research

Digital projects

Interactive

engaging

Learning communities Cross disciplinary

ACCESSING & PRODUCING

Critical thinking

Blended learning

metacognition

HOLISTIC

INTERSECTIONS

CRITICAL DISPOSITIONS

Deeper learning

High impact

“The Framework redefines the

boundaries of what librarians teach and

how we conceptualize the

study of information within the curriculum

of higher education institutions.”

“The Track Not Taken” Gagan Moorthy CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Information Studies minor

• Engages students in the study of the information ecosystem as content

• Develop critical thinking and information literacy

• 5 courses• “Value Added” minor,

adaptable to any major

Information Studies minor

• Information Environment*• History of the Book• Participatory Culture• Information Policy*• Special Topics

The Proposal • Took advantage of the Framework’s call

to engage in high impact practices & description of the dynamic information ecosystem

• Used national and regional data on skills most cited by employers

“The Track Not Taken” Gagan Moorthy CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Research &

Technology Fellows

“It's given me experience with being on my toes and learning to help students with just the little information they give me and manage to create a whole drafts of papers. It's also open many doors for me in my department and is something I'm proud to put on my resume.”

Revising IL outcomes for General Education

• Students will engage in an iterative and

recursive inquiry process and explore diverse perspectives.

• Students will recognize how information is produced, accessed, and valued.

• Students will participate ethically in the information environment and advance from consumers to producers.

Elizabeth Dolingeredolinger@keene.

edu@ grateflibrarian

QUESTIONS ?My fellow Keene State

teaching Librarians Rock Stars:Jen Ditkoff

Irene McGarrityAmanda ScullRodney Obien

https://elizabethdolinger.wordpress.com/

Information Studies minor Program Objectives:

• Students will think critically and creatively about how information is

produced, organized, shared, and preserved in a variety of formats, both

traditional and social, and recognize the significance of the format to

communicating and accessing information; the production of knowledge

and the information publication cycle are addressed.

• Students will explore the social and legal implications of information

policy issues, intellectual property, transfer of knowledge, and copyright

through a historical and contemporary lens.

• Students will evaluate the impact that information and information

technology has on their person and society both locally and globally;

issues of accessibility, digital divide, privacy, censorship, governance of

Word Wide Web are explored.

• Students will learn to navigate and participate in the information

environment and utilize information technology in the creation of new

products.