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K-16 Information Literacy Community

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Hosted by the AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy, this community is a place for sharing ideas, resources, and information. We want to use the power of community to make this THE place to go to promote the seamless integration of information literacy from K-12 education through college.

Post"Helping High School Students Become 'College Ready'"

by Paula Garrett on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 8:51am

The LIRT committee, Transitions to College, hosted a Brown Bag discussion that followed the main LIRT program at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, July 2009. The attached document provides a summary.

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PostLinks to INFOhio and OhioLINK

by Paula Deal on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 10:27am

For more information about

INFOhio, the Information Network for Ohio Schools, the Ohio state virtual school library network, go to http://www.infohio.org.

OhioLINK , the Ohio Library and Information Network, is a consortium of 88 Ohio's college and university libraries and the State Library of Ohio, go to http://www.ohiolink.edu/.

Post Preparing 21st Century Ohio Learners for Success: Closing the Gap session (PDF of PPT)

by Paula Deal on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 10:21am

PDF of presentation by Paula Deal from ALA Sat. 7/11 8 a.m.

Closing the Gap session. Preparing 21st Century Ohio Learners for Success

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PostGeorgia Conference on Information Literacy

by Judi Repman on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 8:59pm

We'd love to have you join us in beautiful Savannah in September!

http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolit.html

PostRochester Information Literacy Continuum Committee

by Annemarie Roscello on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 7:03am

A committee of high school and academic librarians in Rochester, NY who have worked together to create a 9-14 continuum document. http://www.rrlc.org/tabid/492/mid/851/default.aspx

PostNIRC Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges

by Annemarie Roscello on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 6:56am

Here is a great program executed using an IMLS grant. This program focuses on at-risk students. http://www.nilrc.org/IMLS/

PostINFOhio Go Further Student Website

by Paula Deal on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 11:08am

Go Further site for Ohio K12 students. Part of INFOhio and OhioLINK Taskforce "Preparing 21st Century Ohio Learners for Success" toolkit.

PostResearch Project Calculator (Minnesota)

by Jane Prestebak on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:23am

The Research Project Calculator (RPC) offers students a simple and comprehensive five-step model for navigating the research process. Select a project format and enter the due date. The RPC offers reasonable dates for each step in the process. Users may request email reminders. Support materials for teachers may also be displayed.