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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.

PostHigher Education Accreditation Standards for Information Literacy

by Annemarie Roscello on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 8:27am

Links to the information literacy standards for accreditation can be found at the ACRL Instruction Section site: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/is/projpubs/infolitdisciplines/regional.cfm The Western Association link is not working. The proper link is: http://www.accjc.org/pdf/ACCJC_NEW_STANDARDS.pdf

PostTRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills

by Kenneth Burhanna on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 11:20am

TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. This freely available, Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for library media specialists and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students.

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PostTransitioning to College: Helping You Succeed Web Site

by Kenneth Burhanna on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 11:16am

Transitioning to College -- This is a Web site targetted at high school students and college freshmen and their educators to provide a collection of online resources and tools that can aid college transitions. This site was developed at Kent State University with input from Ohio academic and high school librarians.

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PostRefWorks Bibliography - 12-13 Transition to College Libraries

by Louis Mays on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 7:22pm

This bibliography was created by Louis Mays, Professor and Librarian, at Southern State Community College in Ohio. He used RefWorks to create the works cited page of references dealing with transitioning to college and academic libraries for high school students. Click here to link to the references: http://www.refworks.com/refshare?site=030811120201200000/RWWS2A23391/12-13%20Transitioning.

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PostWebsite of INFOhio/OhioLINK high school to college transition project

by Paula Deal on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 12:59pm

http://www.infohio.org/PreparingOhioLearners.html

Preparing 21st Century Ohio Learners for Success