tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10216707028702836892024-03-07T20:43:53.439-08:00Lifelong Information Literacy (LILi)LILi is an acronym for a group of librarians from various types of California libraries. Our mission is to investigate information literacy definitions, standards and instruction in California. Check out our website at https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/homeLifelong Info Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894286657998694659noreply@blogger.comBlogger261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-45625534128360518352013-09-23T11:31:00.000-07:002013-09-23T11:31:16.842-07:00Welcome from Angela Murrell, new LILi Chair<div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">It
is now 'officially' Fall, school is back, the weather is… well not
cooling off yet, and LILi is beginning another year. I have been a
member of LILi for
only a few years, and a now find myself at the helm. Well it’s not
really that big of a job; we are a group of wonderful and amazing
professionals who all work together on shared passions and ideas. I just
get to play Chair for a year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I
want to send a warm thank you to Tony Lin, the 2012-2013 Chair, and
Carol Womack, the 2012-2013 Secretary,
for their hard work and dedication, not only this past year, but for
the many years they have helped shape LILi. Both served and continue to
serve on committees and to contribute to workshops and discussions. This
past year, Tony chaired a committee to revise
our bylaws, helping to clarify membership, elections, and make the
advisory board more dynamic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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also want to welcome the new Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, Angela Boyd, from
UC Santa Barbara; and a relative
newcomer, Lisa Burgert, from University of San Diego, as Secretary.
Both have jumped in head first with me and I think it’s going to be a
fun year. Both Lisa and I work in San Diego, so I am hoping we can
attract more participants from the ‘far south’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But not to worry, Angela Boyd will keep us reaching north, and
next year she will steer us her way (she might be looking for volunteers
already!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Looking
ahead, we have our December meeting in the works (Dec. 13 at Loyola
Marymount University), a
new advisory board to elect, and goals to develop our web and social
media footprint. The Curriculum Mapping project, spearheaded by Esther
Grassian, is moving along wonderfully, and I sense new ideas and
projects are in the works in light of the ACRL’s decision
to <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“revise” the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So I hope to see many of you in December, and maybe work with some more of you on a project or committee.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Warm regards,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Angie Murrell</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2013-2014 LILi Chair</span></span></div>
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Angela Murrell</div>
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Outreach & Instruction Librarian</div>
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Kresge Library, 400-S</div>
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The Scripps Research Institute</div>
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10550 North Torrey Pines Rd.</div>
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La Jolla, Ca 92037</div>
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858-784-8705</div>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:amurrell@scripps.edu">amurrell@scripps.edu</a></div>
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Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-45887703341751324762012-06-28T21:09:00.000-07:002012-06-28T21:09:39.079-07:00ALA Resolution on School Libraries & Librairans<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">ALA "Resolution that School Libraries and Librarians are Critical to Educational Success</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">" p</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">assed by ALA Council, 24 Jun 2012 and now posted (Word doc attachment) to the LILi website: </span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/">https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/</a></span>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-65977054142456748172012-03-17T22:16:00.003-07:002012-03-17T22:16:55.468-07:00<big><span style="font-family: Arial;"><small>***Cross-posted to a number of lists.
Please distribute widely. Apologies for duplication.***</small></span></big><br />
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<big><span style="font-family: Arial;"><small>Hi. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please help me prepare for my June 2012
keynote address at the LOEX of the West 2012 Conference by
completing a short 12-question survey about librarians and
"information literacy"* instruction at your institution or
organization. It should take just 5 to 10 minutes to
complete the survey. Survey results will be freely
available following the Conference. </span></small></span></big></div>
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<big><span style="font-family: Arial;"><small><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Survey url: </span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZB3779G" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZB3779G</a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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PLEASE RESPOND BY APRIL 15TH, and feel free to contact me
if you have any questions: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:esthergrassian@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">esthergrassian@gmail.com</a>.</span>
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<big><span style="font-family: Arial;"><small>Note: Keynote
title: "Occupy Their Minds! The Politics of Information
Literacy." The LOEX of the West Conference will be held at
Woodbury University, Burbank, California, June 6-8, 2012.
You can find more information about the Conference,
including an abstract of my keynote here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://woodbury.libguides.com/lotw2012" moz-do-not-send="true">http://woodbury.libguides.com/lotw2012</a></small></span></big></div>
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Esther Grassian<br />
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<small><big>*"Information literacy" is the ability to identify,
locate, evaluate and use information effectively and ethically.
(Adapted from ALA Presidential Committee on Information
Literacy: Final Report. 1989. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/whitepapers/presidential" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/whitepapers/presidential</a>)
</big></small>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-21865350468405117902012-02-07T12:09:00.000-08:002012-02-07T12:09:54.274-08:00Call for Second Life Poster Sessions on Info LitHello. I will be teaching “Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Technique” (IS448) again in Spring Quarter to UCLA Information Studies Department graduate students. This is a course that Joan Kaplowitz and I proposed in 1989 and have alternated teaching approximately every other year since then. Each time I teach, I ask librarians from academic, school, public and special libraries to talk about information literacy instruction (ILI) at their libraries. It's always been of great interest to the students, and to me!<br /><br />In 2009, the last time I taught this course, a number of librarians from various countries and types of libraries responded and created very interesting posters in the 3D virtual world of Second Life (SL). This year I’m asking again if any of you would like to volunteer to participate in an SL poster session by creating a poster that will describe ILI in your library/institution. (NOTE: I can help with uploading images/textures and setting up posters and notecards in SL see details below.) You would also need to staff your poster in SL as you would in RL (real life), during my class, to talk briefly about your ILI and answer questions from teams of my students, who will then do 5-minute oral reports on selected posters.<br /><br />Please note that you will need to get a free Basic Second Life account and download SL software in order to participate. You can find system requirements here:<br /><br /><a href="http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/?lang=en-US">http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/?lang=en-US</a><br /><br />The poster session and student oral reports are scheduled for Tuesday, May 1st, between 1:30 pm and 5 pm SLT/Pacific Time, and both will be open to anyone interested in attending, from anywhere in the world. It will all take place on Stanford University Library’s island in Second Life. (Many thanks to Deni Wicklund at Stanford for her generosity in offering this location!)<br /><br />Please respond directly to me by Friday, February 10th if you are interested in doing an ILI poster in SL: estherg@ucla.edu I’ll need your RL (Real Life) and SL names, your position, your library name and address, and a brief description of the types of ILI available at or through your library.<br /><br />I CAN HELP YOU…<br /><br />If you haven’t done a poster session in SL before, you’ll need to upload images for your poster, called “textures” in SL. I can provide funding for up to 15 textures per poster (L$150), and I can help with setting up posters, or teach you how to do it yourself. <br /><br />Poster session presenters will also have the option of creating free notecards with information about their ILI and links to sites they wish to highlight, in RL and/or SL. Again, I can help you do this or teach you how to do it.<br /><br />If you have instructional materials that you would like to share with my students and other attendees, you may wish to upload them to InfoLit Global http://www.infolitglobal.info/directory/en/ or submit them to SOS for Information Literacy for possible inclusion http://www.informationliteracy.org/ Then you can include mention of those items on your notecard, along with links.<br /><br />I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about this. I look forward to hearing from you by Friday, February 15th: <a href="mailto:estherg@ucla.edu">estherg@ucla.edu</a><br />
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Thank you!<br /><br /> Best,<br /><br /> EstherEsther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-59528647553079047462012-01-25T12:12:00.001-08:002012-01-25T12:12:09.887-08:00Request for SoCal IL Observation Sites<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">***Cross-Posted
to
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Southern California Librarians,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Please
help… Once again, UCLA
Department of Information Studies graduate students will be
enrolling in IS
448, "Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Technique,"
to be
offered in Spring Quarter 2012, beginning April 3d.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The goal of this 10-week-long 4-unit course is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>By the end of this
course, students will be able to identify and analyze </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>information literacy
instructional needs, design, implement, and evaluate </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>appropriate
instructional responses, and make revisions as necessary.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Joan Kaplowitz and I proposed this
course in 1989
and first taught it in 1990. It requires students to complete a
number of
different assignments that incorporate both practical and
theoretical aspects
of Information Literacy Instruction (ILI). One of these
assignments is an
"Instruction Report." Between April 3d (the first day of class)
and
May 8<sup>th</sup> (due date for the assignment), students will
need to interview
a librarian and then observe and comment on her/his synchronous
(live) group ILI
session, online or in person. In addition, they will review and
comment on an
ILI web site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My students will be using the
database of Southern
California librarians willing to have their instruction sessions
observed by
others, maintained by the ACRL California Chapter’s
SCIL--Southern California
Librarians group. Students need to fill out a form and SCIL will
try to match
their requests with librarians who have volunteered to be listed
in this
database. <a href="http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/scil/">http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/scil/</a>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">However, if you have not listed
yourself in this
database, please let me know if you would be willing to have
students observe
one of your synchronous group ILI sessions in April 2012. These
could be any of
the following:<br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">standalone sessions offered independently by the Library</span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">course-integrated one-shot sessions developed in
conjunction with a
teaching faculty <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>member</span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">one class meeting of a credit IL course taught by
librarians</span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">any other synchronous group information-literacy-related
session
involving at least one<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>librarian.
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I will instruct students to keep your names and your
institutions completely confidential in their reports, though
you may request a
copy of the student's paper from the student, if you would like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Students will contact you directly to
make appointments
for a brief interview and to observe one of your sessions.
During the interview
they will ask you about your instructional experience as well as
the context
and expected learning outcomes for the session they will be
observing. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">If you would like to volunteer,
please email me the
following information:</span><br />
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Your institution's name</span><br />
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Your name or the name of the contact person who can make these
arrangements</span><br />
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Your email address & phone number, including area code (for
appointments
and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">
</span>other
information)</span><br />
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4. Type of instruction that
may be observed </span><br />
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</span>5.
Dates, times and places when your ILI sessions will be offered</span><br />
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Any other pertinent information you would like to offer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Students may call or email you to set
up an
appointment any time beginning the first day of class, April 3,
2012. Their
Instruction Report is due May 8, 2012, so I would be grateful
for any and all
responses. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Please share widely, and feel free to
contact me if you have any
questions: <a href="mailto:estherg@ucla.edu">estherg@ucla.edu</a>
</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thank you in advance for your help!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">
</span>Best,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Esther</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Esther Grassian</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Adjunct Lecturer</span><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">UCLA
Department of Information Studies</span></span>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-75161494071357515352012-01-12T18:22:00.000-08:002012-01-12T18:22:59.682-08:00ILI Problems for Case Studies<div align="center">
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Apologies for any duplication.***</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I discovered a few years
ago that the very act of describing a difficult information
literacy instructional (ILI) problem in writing can help make
it more manageable, as it causes you to think about its most
important and vexing aspects. Once you have gone through this
process, you may find it easier to come up with ideas for
solving the problem. </span><br />
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Department of Information Studies graduate students taking
"Information Literacy Instruction" (IS 448) in Spring Quarter
2012 (beginning April 2012) will need to do a project focused
on an ILI case study, preferably, representing a real-life
problem. The project will be in the form of a mock grant
proposal to address and help solve this problem. (See example
below.) I need your help in developing up to date, real life
case studies, so I'm asking readers of this post to send me some of your
difficult or challenging ILI problems. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Teams of
students will select from among a number of case studies for
their projects, and some of their ideas may help you. While
there is no guarantee that they will select your case study,
if they do, with their permission, I will send you a copy of
their grant proposal ideas regarding your instructional
problem. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">If you
would like to submit a case study, I would really appreciate
it if you would do so by following the format and categories
utilized in the sample case study below. Please include your
name, address, phone number and email if you would like a copy
of their proposed solutions, and indicate whether or not
students may contact you if they have questions about your
case study. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Please send
case studies directly to me, rather than responding to the
list: <a href="mailto:estherg@ucla.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">estherg@ucla.edu</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks in
advance for your help!<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Esther
Grassian<br />
Adjunct Lecturer<br />
UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, <br />
Department of Information Studies<br />
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:estherg@ucla.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">estherg@ucla.edu</a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">SAMPLE ILI CASE STUDY</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">"Blended"
Information Literacy Instruction (ILI) Credit Course for
Undergrads</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Institutional context: </span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">One of nine
campuses in a large public research university system,
offering Bachelors, Masters, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral
programs. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">User Population: </span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">32,000
students total; 24,000 undergraduates (top 12% of high school
senior class); 8% of undergraduates are underrepresented
minorities; 4% of all students are international students;
8,000 graduate students (graduate Teaching Assistants teach a
number of undergraduate courses); 2,800 faculty members;
members of the general community, including "advanced
placement" high school students, college students from
surrounding areas, teachers, visiting scholars and
researchers. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Library context: </span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Third
largest academic library in the country; 8 million volumes;
91,000 periodical subscriptions (print and online); 12
libraries on campus, one off-campus library; online catalog
with automated circulation; 110 librarians; 300 support staff;
Undergraduate Library has 175,000 volumes, subscribes to 250
periodicals, and provides access to all of the electronic
resources available to other campus libraries through local
and statewide licensing, with the exception of databases
restricted to Law School and Management students and faculty. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Instructional Problem &
Existing IL Programs: </span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">You are one
of five reference/instruction librarians in the undergraduate
library. Librarians all participate in an extremely heavy
instructional program, including customized one-shot
course-integrated sessions for 30-40 classes/10-week Quarter,
as well as individual research appointments, paper
point-of-use guides, various instructional Web pages, and
online information literacy tutorials. Librarians also spend
about 10 hours/week at the Reference Desk or on digital
reference. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Your
library has been a leader in reaching out to faculty and TAs
on campus regarding basic ILI for undergraduates, and in
developing new and innovative forms of ILI. One librarian in
your library has developed an interactive tutorial focused on
plagiarism and documentation. You have been the primary
developer of another general interactive IL tutorial that
includes Camtasia Studio videos output as Flash movies. You
have also developed and taught one-unit ILI courses for
undergrads, one for upper-division students, and the other for
freshmen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
support of the Head of your library, you have been trying to
encourage other librarians to teach these and other one-unit
IL courses, and you think that a "blended" course (part
in-person/part online) would entice more of them to give it a
try. The Head of your library is very supportive of this
innovative approach and wants you to work with other
librarians, faculty, grad students, and IT staff to develop a
grant proposal to support it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of the librarians in
the Undergraduate Library are available to assist with
instruction, though at different levels and with different
skills, and other partners may assist as well.</span></div>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Esther Grassian
Distinguished Librarian
Adjunct Lecturer
UCLA Information Studies Dept.
&
Information Literacy Librarian, Retired
(Formerly, UCLA College Library)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:estherg@ucla.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">estherg@ucla.edu</a>
Twitter: estherg
SL: Alexandria Knight
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/site/esthergrassian/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://sites.google.com/site/esthergrassian/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/</a></pre>
</div>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-82850821814753130272011-12-24T14:13:00.000-08:002011-12-24T14:13:54.397-08:00"K12 Digital Citizenship Wiki"Just added to the LILi website in <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/k-5/directories-megasites">Grades K-5 Directories & Megasites</a> and in <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/grades-6-12/directories-megasites">Grades 6-12 Directories & Megasites</a>, Lesley Farmer's <a href="http://k12digitalcitizenship.wikispaces.com/">K12 Digital Citizenship Wiki</a>. From the Wiki site: "This site provides k12 curriculum on digital citizenship and
professional development for adults working with K12 students on digital
citizenship."<a href="http://k12digitalcitizenship.wikispaces.com/">http://k12digitalcitizenship.wikispaces.com/</a>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-8940020640334950932011-12-14T15:17:00.000-08:002011-12-14T15:17:57.353-08:00"Information Literacy - Library Qualities Matrix"Newly added category to LILi website, "Grades 6-12" page: "Rubrics": a new category to the Grades <br />
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/grades-6-12">https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/grades-6-12</a>. <br />
<br />
That category links to a new page labeled Rubrics, with one pdf
attachment in it for now: Lydia Smith-Davis' "Information Literacy -
Library Qualities Matrix": <br />
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/grades-6-12/rubrics">https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/grades-6-12/rubrics</a><br />
<br />
The rubric is freely available for viewing or downloading, with a Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-7125273162496321672011-09-20T21:33:00.000-07:002011-09-20T21:33:36.586-07:00Just posted to the LILi website, <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/k-5">Grades K-5 </a>and <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/grades-6-12">Grades 6-12</a>: FREE NEA publication, <a href="http://www.nea.org/tools/47976.htm">"8 Classroom Disruptors: Getting Them Back on Track."</a>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-10002007166349185692011-09-14T18:32:00.000-07:002011-09-14T18:32:49.391-07:00Publication opportunity...From the ILI Listserv...<br />
<br />
Dear colleagues,<br />
<br />
I am writing to solicit reviewers and website suggestions for the Internet Resources Column of Public Services Quarterly. PSQ is a peer-reviewed journal covering a wide variety of public services issues in academic libraries and the Internet Resources Column features reviews of resources that would be useful to public services librarians.<br />
<br />
The theme for the upcoming column is online learning and instruction. We want to focus on free sites that assist librarians with providing online or distance reference and instructional services, as well as sites that feature best practices or tips for librarians.<br />
<br />
If you would like to review for the next issue, please respond to me at <a href="mailto:melissa.mallon@wichita.edu">melissa.mallon@wichita.edu</a> by Wednesday, September 21 with a short note about your interest and any relevant experience. If you don't have time to review for the next issue, but would be interested in being added to the pool of reviewers, please let me know. I also welcome suggestions for websites and/or column themes for future issues.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,
Melissa<br />
--<br />
Melissa Mallon, MLIS<br />
Assistant Professor
Research & Information Services Librarian<br />
Liaison to English, MCLL, Philosophy, Religion,<br />
Elliot School of Communication, and Barton School of
Business (Accountancy, Management, Marketing, & FREDS)
Wichita State University Libraries
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0068
(316) 978-5077
<a href="mailto:melissa.mallon@wichita.edu">melissa.mallon@wichita.edu</a><applewebdata: 0de63119-0aa2-41ed-ac75-3ae06e5f25a9="" melissa.mallon@wichita.edu%20=""></applewebdata:>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-41885030628174950282011-09-09T12:43:00.000-07:002011-09-09T12:43:41.946-07:00"What teachers really want to tell parents" CNN ArticleRon Clark's <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/06/living/teachers-want-to-tell-parents/index.html">September 6th CNN article</a> provides the teacher's point of view regarding grading, student behavior, and helicopter parents.Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-39266674031694678922011-08-13T22:08:00.000-07:002011-08-13T22:10:48.797-07:0011th Annual "Brick & Click" Conference***Register by October 14th***
<br />
<br />We invite you to attend the 11th Annual "Brick and Click Libraries” Symposium
<br />November 4, 2011, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
<br /><a href="http://www.brickandclick.org">brickandclick.org </a><http: org="">
<br />
<br /> Why attend?
<br /> 1. Stay on top of technology applications
<br /> 2. Learn about best academic library practices
<br /> 3. Meet other professionals
<br /> 4. Get practical information to take home
<br />
<br />Questions?
<br />Go to <a href="http://bit.ly/contactBC">http://bit.ly/contactBC </a><http: ly="" contactbc="">
<br />or call (660) 562-1846.
<br />
<br />Hope to see you at Brick & Click!
<br />Kathy Hart and Carolyn Johnson
<br />
<br />Coordinators, Brick & Click Libraries
<br /><a href="http://www.brickandclick.org">brickandclick.org</a> <http: org="">
<br />Northwest Missouri State University
<br />B.D. Owens Library
<br />800 University Drive
<br />Maryville, MO 64468</http:></http:></http:>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-31768787796850424062011-08-13T10:05:00.000-07:002011-08-13T10:08:02.155-07:00Digital DivideFrom a tweet...
<br />
<br />The <a href="http://lisnews.org/seattle_librarian_finds_digital_divide_has_changed_his_job">digital divide is still with us</a>, according to a Seattle librarian.
<br /><a href="http://lisnews.org/seattle_librarian_finds_digital_divide_has_changed_his_job">
<br /></a>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-72953685084935220382011-08-13T09:10:00.000-07:002011-08-13T09:19:07.660-07:00Redesign: "Teach IL..." & LILi websitesI mentioned in a previous post that I had moved all of the content from the LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy group) LibGuide and my “Teach Information Literacy & Critical Thinking!” LibGuide to Google Sites websites when I retired from the UCLA Library at the end of June. But I’m still learning how to use Google Sites, and have finally figured out how to create navigation tabs at the top of each page, similar to the tabs utilized in LibGuides, rather than having user-unfriendly very long and skinny navigation sidebars. I hope this will make these sites easier to use and more helpful, though you still need to scroll down to the bottom of each page to see links to subpages.
<br />
<br />As a reminder, on the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/">"Teach Information Literacy..."</a> site, I’ve mounted many of my materials (slide shows, handouts, etc.) in the “For Librarians” page, all freely available for downloading and adaptation, under a Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.
<br />
<br />The <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/">LILi Google Site</a> includes downloadable minutes, as well as information and materials from LILi projects and research.
<br />
<br />I hope this is helpful and would appreciate any suggestions for improvement (see contact information below). Thank you!
<br />
<br /> Best,
<br /> Esther
<br />--
<br />Esther Grassian
<br />Information Literacy Librarian, Retired
<br />UCLA College Library
<br /><a href="mailto:estherg@ucla.edu">estherg@ucla.edu</a>
<br />SL: Alexandria Knight
<br />Twitter: estherg
<br />Skype: egrassian
<br /><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/esthergrassian/">https://sites.google.com/site/esthergrassian/</a>
<br />Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-79980828010250904472011-08-12T08:29:00.000-07:002011-08-12T08:37:47.954-07:00RSVP for This Saturday: AAUW workshops in Second LifeFrom... S. Collingwood <a href="mailto:collingwood.7@osu.edu">collingwood.7@osu.edu</a>
<br />
<br />The American Association of University Women's lecture series in Second Life will be starting up again this week with a series of workshops on conducting group meetings in virtual worlds. If you have been thinking of starting a group, establishing meetings or seminars or teaching in virtual worlds, these free workshops should be useful to you. The workshops will be held at Minerva, the research and study space for the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University.
<br />
<br />The workshops are at the beginner level; you may wish to take only one, or you may attend all three. If you feel insecure about your avatar skills you can attend an informal orientation session in the hour preceding the workshop. During the workshops you will be given a set of free and customizable tools; you will be shown how to use these tools (written instructions are also included in your toolkit) and you will have the time to practice with them.
<br />
<br />
<br />Checklist for joining a workshop:
<br />
<br />(1) Check to be sure your system can run Second Life (most can).
<br /><a href="http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/">http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/</a>
<br />
<br />(2) Join Second Life:<a href="https://join.secondlife.com/?lang=en-US"> https://join.secondlife.com/?lang=en-US</a>
<br />A premium (paid) account is unnecessary. We will not be using the Second Life viewer in our workshops.
<br />
<br />(3) Download the Phoenix Firestorm viewer: <a href="http://www.phoenixviewer.com/">http://www.phoenixviewer.com/</a>
<br />We will be using the Firestorm viewer because it has a simpler interface. There are other viewers; if you prefer to use another viewer, please be sure you are familiar with it.
<br />
<br />(4) Unsure of your avatar skills? If you would like to practice before the workshops begin, you are welcome to use Minerva Island, it's a very quiet place to work or study, and it is open to the public:
<br /><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/46/225/28">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/46/225/28</a>
<br />
<br />(5) E-mail Sharon Collingwood (<a href="mailto:collingwood.7@osu.edu">collingwood.7@osu.edu</a>) to reserve a space in the workshops. Please include your name and avatar name.
<br />
<br />
<br />Workshop 1: BUILDING COMMUNITY
<br />
<br />Saturday, August 13 at 4pm Eastern Time (1pm Pacific)
<br />There will be an informal orientation session in the hour preceding the workshop.
<br />
<br />To attend:
<br />1. click this link <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/46/225/28">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/46/225/28
<br /></a>
<br />2. open the link using the Phoenix Firestorm viewer
<br />(see instructions on our events page <a href="http://bit.ly/1tnCb1">http://bit.ly/1tnCb1</a>)
<br />
<br />In this first workshop we'll cover basic avatar skills (moving around, looking around, communication), then discuss how communities grow in virtual worlds. We'll practice setting up a group and discuss how to use groups in networking, then look at some of the tools for membership management. We'll conclude with a tour of the Garden for Change, which replicates an award-winning garden built by volunteers from homeless shelters for the Chelsea flower show in 2010.
<br />
<br />
<br />Workshop 2: USING SIMPLE TOOLS
<br />
<br />Saturday, August 20 at 4pm Eastern Time (1pm Pacific)
<br />There will be an informal orientation session in the hour preceding the workshop.
<br />
<br />To attend:
<br />1. click this link <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/46/225/28">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/46/225/28
<br /></a>
<br />2. open the link using the Phoenix Firestorm viewer
<br />(see instructions on our events page <a href="http://bit.ly/1tnCb1">http://bit.ly/1tnCb1</a>)
<br />
<br />We'll review what was done in the first workshop, then you will be given some simple tools to facilitate a group discussion. We'll practice with these, then conclude with a tour of the Path of Support on Health Info Island, which features over 100 of the many active health peer support groups in Second Life.
<br />
<br />
<br />Workshop 3: SIMPLE BUILDING FOR EVENTS
<br />
<br />Saturday, August 27 at 4pm Eastern Time (1pm Pacific)
<br />There will be an informal orientation session in the hour preceding the workshop.
<br />
<br />To attend:
<br />1. click this link <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/46/225/28">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/46/225/28
<br /></a>
<br />2. open the link using the Phoenix Firestorm viewer
<br />(see instructions on our events page <a href="http://bit.ly/1tnCb1">http://bit.ly/1tnCb1</a>)
<br />
<br />In this final workshop we'll practice what we have learned, then go over some simple techniques for creating objects to facilitate gatherings. You will be given a collection of open source seating arrangements for large and small gatherings, and instructed on how to manage them. We will conclude with a tour of the Plush Nonprofit Commons, an archipelago of islands in Second Life housing social benefit organizations from around the globe.
<br />Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-68177318613350942962011-08-04T15:04:00.000-07:002011-08-04T15:06:08.204-07:00Updated LILi Google Sites websiteThe <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/home">new LILi website</a> has been updated with links and comments by Kitty Lucero regarding information literacy assessment instruments.Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-34508443205433879422011-07-18T13:10:00.000-07:002011-07-18T13:13:59.285-07:00New LILi Google Sites WebsiteThe LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) group has a <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/lifelonginformationliteracy/home">new website</a>.<br /><br />Please send questions or comments to: <a href="mailto:estherg@ucla.edu">estherg@ucla.edu</a>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-83378349627079435842011-07-18T13:05:00.000-07:002011-07-18T13:14:27.015-07:00New Google Sites Website: "Teach IL & Critical Thinking!"Esther Grassian has retired from the UCLA Library (as of June 30, 2011), and has moved all content from the "Teach Information Literacy & Critical Thinking!" LibGuide to a new FREE <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/">Google Sites website</a> with the same title.<br /><br />Check the Sitemap or the left column of that website for links to content, especially under "S. For Librarians."<br /><br />Please send questions or comments to <a href="mailto:estherg@ucla.edu">estherg@ucla.edu</a><br /><br />Thank you!Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-61556824584252379672011-05-21T10:52:00.001-07:002011-05-21T10:57:24.739-07:00An open letter to LAUSDAn <a href="http://www.carl-acrl.org/">open letter to LAUSD</a> from Ned Fielden, California Academic and Research Libraries Association (CARL) President, and the CARL Executive Board.<div><br /></div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div>billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808048353061025251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-11618527310510751792011-05-12T10:13:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:27:40.070-07:00LAUSD Lawyers Grill Teacher-LibrariansIn a lengthy and very moving <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3pvbnzn">blog post</a>, Mizz Murphy describes how LAUSD lawyers are grilling laid-off Teacher-Librarians protesting the ruling that does not allow them to return to classroom teaching. This is a must-read! Scroll down to read scenarios.Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-4139055984714845672011-03-31T15:07:00.000-07:002011-03-31T15:10:41.556-07:00Footnotes for 2d letter: 85 Teacher Librarians Laid OffFollowing are the footnote references for the Kathleen Sheppard's (Teacher Librarian, Taft High School) sample advocacy letter in support of the 85 LAUSD Teacher Librarians just laid off:<br /><br />1. Todd, Dr. Ross J. and Dr. Carol A. Gordon. “School Libraries, now more than ever: a Position Paper of The Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries.” CISSL and Rutgers State University of New Jersey. 12 Mar. 2011. <http: edu=""> 14 March 2011.<br /><br />2. California School Library Association. Model School Library Standards. Sept. 19, 2010. <a href="http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb">http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb</a> 14 Mar. 2011.<br /><br />3. Achterman, Douglas. Halves, Haves and Have-Nots: School Libraries and Student Achievement in California: Doctoral Research. <a href="http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9800/">http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9800/</a> 14 Mar. 2011.<br /><br />4. See Todd, Dr. Ross J. and Dr. Carol A. Gordon<br /><br />5. See Todd, Dr. Ross J. and Dr. Carol A. Gordon<br /></http:>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-82723811140540602482011-03-31T14:09:00.000-07:002011-03-31T14:17:59.965-07:002d Letter: Sample Advocacy Letter: 85 LAUSD Teacher-Librarians Laid Off2d of 2 letters from Kathleen Sheppard, Teacher Librarian, Taft High School, Woodland Hills, CA (Los Angeles Unified School District or LAUSD). <br /><br />She urges all to write, email and call to advocate on behalf of the 85 Teacher Librarians laid off by LAUSD...<br /><br />SAMPLE ADVOCACY LETTER<br /><br />Dear Mr. Cortines and LAUSD Board Members:<br /><br />Strong School Libraries Build Strong Students! Our students need strong school libraries.<br /> <br />Students need the library team of a certificated Teacher Librarian and a paraprofessional library aide. Five decades of research substantiates that school libraries help students learn. “School libraries are learning laboratories where information, technology and inquiry come together in a dynamic that resonates with 21st century learners.” Teacher Librarians are dually credentialed teachers---teachers of essential skills including research, cyber safety and digital literacy.<br /> <br />The Teacher Librarian teaches the Model School Library Standards: “School Library Standards for Students’ that incorporate information literacy skills in which students learn to access, evaluate, use and integrate information and ideas found in print, media and digital resources enabling them to function in a knowledge-based economy and technologically-oriented society.” California public schools with strong school library programs tend to outperform those without such programs on the state’s STAR tests. This trend holds regardless of the school community’s parent education and poverty levels, ethnicity, and percentage of English language learners. Strong school libraries help students learn.<br /><br />Students that have access to more books and a teacher librarian read more and learn more. Collective evidence suggests that the number of books per student in a school library is a significant predictor of reading achievement. Teacher Librarians help students at the convergence of reading, information and thinking. Today’s students are challenged by texts they retrieve from subscription databases, Internet web sites and electronic books in addition to traditional print. Reading is different today and Librarians teach students about digital text.<br /><br />"Despite the facility that the 'Google generation' uses the Internet, today’s learners are not more information literate than previous generations.” Multiple literacies, including digital, visual and technological literacy are critical and require explicit help to make sense of the store of information, disinformation, and misinformation encountered daily. The instructional role of the Teacher Librarian is critical in this sense-making process.<br /><br />Our school libraries provide a learning laboratory with resources in multiple formats that can differentiate instruction for diverse learners and providing equitable access for equal educational opportunity.<br /> <br />Our school libraries contain over $280 million of taxpayer funded print and electronic information in addition to the technology, including hardware and software. It’s irresponsible to leave these valuable taxpayer resources unused and vulnerable to destruction. Teacher Librarians maximize through collaboration students' access and use.<br /><br />I urge you to reconsider the lack of centrally funding both middle and high school Teacher Librarians. Our students and our communities will lose. The challenges of the 21st century call for a more collaborative teaching model with a natural synergism of information, technology and reading. Cutting Teacher Librarians is not the solution to facing the challenges of preparing students for the future.<br /> <br />READ the research. Review the data. How much of a difference do school libraries make? <br /><br />It’s clear. Promote equity, opportunity, and achievement: restore central funding of Teacher Librarians for both middle and high school students. It’s about the bottom line, student achievement. “School libraries, now more than ever, are integral to quality learning and teaching in 21st century schools.” <br /><br />Our students---all our students---need strong school libraries.<br /><br />Sincerely,Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-11917837816957615272011-03-31T13:58:00.000-07:002011-03-31T14:09:22.264-07:002 Letters: District Letter: 85 Teacher-Librarians Laid OffFirst of 2 posts with letter texts:<br /><br />Following is a letter from Kathleen Sheppard, Teacher-Librarian at Taft High School in Los Angeles, re layoffs of 85 Teacher-Librarians:<br /><br />Dear Parents, Teachers, Staff and Community members,<br /><br />Strong School Libraries Build Strong Students! Our students need strong school libraries.<br /><br />As of the February 15, 2011 LAUSD Board decision, 85 Teacher Librarians have received reduction in force notices issued by March 15, 2011. LAUSD has already closed 13 middle school and 156 elementary school libraries. Your voices make a big difference in rescinding that board action!<br /><br />School sites may be able to purchase through Title 1 funding a Teacher Librarian position. However, many schools will not have funding creating a lack of equity to educational resources across the district for our students.<br /><br />Teacher Librarians are teachers of essential skills-research, cyber safety, digital literacy. We teach the Model School Library Standards: “School Library Standards for Students’ incorporate information literacy skills in which students learn to access, evaluate, use and integrate information and ideas found in print, media and digital resources enabling them to function in a knowledge-based economy and technologically-oriented society.”<br /><br />Our students need strong school libraries in order to become informed citizens, who are ethical users of information and ideas, digitally literate, good readers and lifelong learners prepared for college and careers in the 21st century. Teacher Librarian positions must be centrally funded by the District.<br /><br />What can you do?<br /><br />1. Contact through e-mail, FAX and mail both the Superintendent, incoming Superintendent and School Board Members listed below. A sample letter has been emailed to you to use or write your own. [NOTE: Will be posted next.]<br /><br />2. Speak at an upcoming LAUSD Board meeting. Contact me directly, <a href="mailto:krsheppard814@gmail.com">krsheppard814@gmail.com</a><br /><br />3. Join the guestbook at the California Campaign for Strong School Libraries website at <a href="http://librarycampaign.csla.net">http://librarycampaign.csla.net</a><br /><br />4. Contact your local elected officials ask request that the tax extensions appear on the June ballot! Call your legislator and tell them to let the people vote.<br /><br />5. Request that the board RESCIND the decision to layoff personnel that affects the classroom.<br /><br />Thank you! Your voice and that of LAUSD students make a difference.<br /><br />Kathleen Sheppard<br />Teacher Librarian<br />Taft High School<br />5461 Winnetka Avenue<br />Woodland Hills, CA 91364<br /><a href="mailto:krsheppard814@gmail.com">krsheppard814@gmail.com</a><br />818.227.3624<br /><br />Ramon C. Cortines <br />Board of Education<br />Superintendent of Schools <br />333 S. Beaudry Ave., 24th Floor<br />Office of the Superintendent <br />Los Angeles, CA 90017<br />333 S. Beaudry Ave., 24th Floor <br />Tel: 213.241.6389<br />Los Angeles, CA 90017 <br />FAX: 213.241.8953 or 213.481.9023<br />Tel: 213.241.7000 <br />FAX: 213.241.8442<br /><a href="mailto:superintendent@lausd.net">superintendent@lausd.net</a> and<br /><a href="mailto:ramon.cortines@lausd.net">ramon.cortines@lausd.net</a><br /><br />1. Ms. Marguerite LaMotte <br />213.241.6382 <br /><a href="mailto:marguerite.lamotte@lausd.net">marguerite.lamotte@lausd.net</a><br /><br />2. Ms. Monica Garcia <br />213.241.6180 <br /><a href="mailto:monica.garcia@lausd.net">monica.garcia@lausd.net</a><br /><br />3. Ms. Tamar Galatzan <br />213.241.6386 <br /><a href="mailto:tamar.galatzan@lausd.net">tamar.galatzan@lausd.net</a><br /><br />4. Mr. Steve Zimmer <br />213.241.6387 <br /><a href="mailto:steve.zimmer@lausd.net">steve.zimmer@lausd.net</a><br /><br />5. Ms. Yolie Flores <br />213.241.6383 <br /><a href="mailto:yolie.flores@lausd.net">yolie.flores@lausd.net</a><br /><br />6. Ms. Nury Martinez <br />213.241.6388 <br /><a href="mailto:nury.martinez@lausd.net">nury.martinez@lausd.net</a><br /><br />7. Mr. Richard Vladovic <br />213.241.6385 <br /><a href="mailto:richard.vladovic@lausd.net">richard.vladovic@lausd.net</a><br /><br />John E. Deasy<br />Deputy Superintendent of Schools (Incoming Superintendent)<br />Office of the Superintendent<br />333 S. Beaudry Ave., 24th Floor<br />Los Angeles, CA 90017<br />Tel: 213.241.7000<br />FAX: 213.241.8442Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-38170246270074669672011-03-31T13:33:00.000-07:002011-03-31T13:35:16.422-07:00Post 3: 85 Teacher-Librarians laid off-Los Angeles Unified School DistrictPost 3 of 3 on this issue... NOTE: Sample letters will be posted to this blog shortly.<br /><br />And finally…<br /><br />“Last night my school site [Taft High School] with reduced funds did not fund the Teacher Librarian for 2011-12 school year. Although the principal is supportive, I have found an extreme lack of knowledge regarding the critical need for our students to have skills taught by Teacher Librarians. I believe that the district intends to close all school libraries. I shared the Ed Code clearly stating the requirement for a Teacher Librarian-a dually credentialed teacher especially at the high school level.<br /><br />Last year, after some negotiations the District centrally funded Teacher Librarians at the high school level but not the middle school. In reading my letter you can learn what happened given that reality--I believe a civil rights violation.<br /><br />I'm attaching two letters that I've written and will be sharing with advocacy groups. Please use the information and share.<br /><br />Thanks for your assistance!<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Kathy<br /><br />Kathleen Sheppard<br />Teacher Librarian<br />Taft High School<br />5461 Winnetka Avenue<br />Woodland Hills, CA 91364<br /><a href="mailto:krsheppard814@gmail.com">krsheppard814@gmail.com </a>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021670702870283689.post-58000847527849650022011-03-31T13:31:00.000-07:002011-03-31T13:33:22.930-07:00Post 2: 85 Teacher-Librarians laid off-Los Angeles Unified School District2 of 3 posts...<br /><br />More from Kathleen Sheppard, Taft High School:<br /><br />“…As a class code of dually credentialed teachers we believe<br />that the intent is to close the libraries. And eliminate us. Our<br />layoffs hit teacher librarians who have worked for the district for 22<br />years. That's much greater we believe than other district teachers.<br />Last year both MS [middle school] and HS [high school] were possibly going to get RIF. Though negotiations, the district funded Teacher Librarians at the high<br />schools but not middle schools. Most middle schools were able to<br />"purchase" their teacher librarian. 13 middle school libraries are<br />closed now. I believe this is a civil rights issue. We have a meeting<br />with an attorney at UTLA tomorrow. The "recency clause" is also a<br />district attempt to render us as NOT suitable to teach in our first<br />credential. As of today, 85 will not have a job after June 30. We were<br />told that we could sub. Ed Code and our contracts specify that Teacher<br />Librarians are the only teacher qualified to teach in the library<br />classroom. The district is already violating that Ed Code too.<br /><br />Strong school libraries = greater student achievement.<br /><br />Yes, share and circulate the ignorance in this thinking by the<br />district.<br />It's about our students,<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Kathleen”<br /><br />Kathleen Sheppard<br />Teacher Librarian<br />Taft High School<br />5461 Winnetka Avenue<br />Woodland Hills, CA 91364<br /><a href="mailto:krsheppard814@gmail.com">krsheppard814@gmail.com </a>Esther Grassianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217191914673481842noreply@blogger.com0