Co-hosted by RILA's Information Literacy Action Round Table and School Librarians of Rhode Island
October 26, 2015
4:00-6:30
Cranston Public Library
PRESENTATIONS:
“The
Scholarly Research Process at the Elementary Level” Carrie Kelly, Gorton Jr. High & URI
Libraries
This
interactive Prezi shows teachers and librarians how to mimic the college level
research process at the elementary level by providing a road map to information
literacy instruction that simulates and simplifies the LIB 120 information literacy
class at URI.
“Research
Coach” Kerry Caparco, Johnson & Wales University
This
presentation will explain the program, “Research Coach,” which is a collaboration between Harborside Campus librarians and MBA
Professors in order to assist graduate students with in-depth research. Johnson
& Wales MBA program has a high percentage of international students who may
need additional library support to succeed in an American educational setting.
“My Wicked Good Web Tools” Lisa Zawadzki, Cranston Public Library
This presentation demonstrates
free, easy to use web tools that are useful to all kinds of librarians. Learn about great image sources and editors,
web page creators, file converters, audio and video tools, and much more.
“First Year Information Literacy Assessment @ Bryant University” Mackenzie Dunn, Bryant University, Krupp Library
Bryant University librarians worked
with faculty to develop an assessment tool that would gauge first-year
students’ information literacy backgrounds, abilities, and attitudes. As we
analyze the results from this survey, we hope that the data will provide
valuable insights about incoming students’ prior research experiences and
knowledge. We plan to use these findings to develop strategies for improving
information literacy education at Bryant.
“Wheel of Collaboration” Karisa Tashjian, ALL Access
This session will highlight the
innovative partnership among public libraries and community organizations as
part of Adult Lifelong Learning (ALL) Access.
Over the past two years, the Providence and Cranston Public Libraries,
RIFLI, Tech ACCESS of RI and other partners and libraries have come together to
collectively impact the digital literacy, education and workforce development
of adults in RI.
"Problem-Based Learning in Academic Library Research
Education" Elliott Stevens and Andria Tieman, Providence
College
In academic libraries, three
constraints that librarian instructors have to contend with are a lack of
instruction time, a shortage of faculty involvement, and a dearth of student
interest. In order to address these problems, Andria Tieman and Elliott Stevens
have developed a pair of Problem-Based-Learning instruction sessions that aim
to encourage faculty collaboration and student critical thinking.
“Information Literacy Instruction at the URI Curriculum Materials
Library” Thomas Baer, University of Rhode Island
The Curriculum Materials Library at
URI provides Information Literacy Instruction to future teachers as well as
equipping those teachers to develop information literacy skills in the next
generation. Our tabletop presentation will include a photo of our book display
on Information Literacy. We will also show a sample of the “Kits” Collection to
illustrate one way information literacy theory is realized in the CML. Kits
include a variety of content specific instruction material and are a favorite
tool of aspiring teachers.
“Information
Literacy at St. George’ School: Teaching Lifelong Skills in a College
Preparatory Environment” Laura Hooper, St. George’s School
This presentation will highlight
how librarians and faculty collaborate to help secondary students at St.
George’s School develop lifelong information literacy skills in a scaffolded
structure over four years, sending them off to college and beyond with a strong
foundation in research and critical thinking.
“Pilot to reduce 1st Year IL Overload” Tish Brennan and Dragan Gill,
Rhode Island College
The
First Year curriculum has become a place to load up on information literacy/research
fluency: perhaps overload. The library faculty at RIC has started a
collaborative pilot project to simplify and reduce the number of Research
Fluency concepts/learning behaviors that make up the focus of our teaching
efforts, as well as the assessment focus of the FYW faculty, in hopes of
getting more solid take-away of a few key Research Fluency learning
behaviors. A “less is more” approach.
“Laddered Information Literacy for Engineering Undergraduates:
Practical and Theoretical Issues” Peter Larsen,
University of Rhode Island
Engineering undergraduates at
research universities notably do not use library research in their majors
during the first 2-3 years of their study. This presentation describes the
development and current state of an information literacy program for
engineering undergraduates.
“Financial Literacy @ Your Library” Chris Wallace-Goldstein,
Woonsocket Harris Public Library
Chris is a
member of the Rhode Island Library Association's round table on Financial
Literacy and Co-Chair of Money Smart Week committee. He will have a slide-show
presentation of some of the topics and past programs on free financial literacy
programs in public and academic libraries in RI for the past 4 years.
“Beyond
the Classroom: What’s Happening with Teens and Digital Literacy in Public
Libraries” Jenn Cournoyer, Cumberland Public Library
and Rebecca Ott, Johnston Public Library
Jenn and Rebecca will present simple, fun programming
ideas that public libraries are using to increase digital literacy in middle
and high schoolers.
“Book Discussion Groups for
Young Patrons” Babs
Wells, Children’s Librarian Greenville Public Library
The “Share a Story Book Discussion” group is
for 4th/5th grade students and their parent/caregiver.
The aim is to strengthen the bond between the child and parent, promote
communication and a sense of community.
“If You Craft
It, Teens Will Come: Minecraft for Your Library (and Your Budget)” Christina Dufour, Thayer Public Library,
Braintree, MA
This presentation explains what Minecraft is and contains
information about the different versions and their costs as well as
considerations for planning programs.
