operation: information literacy - amazon s3s3.amazonaws.com › webvault › slj › edit19 › pdf...
TRANSCRIPT
Middle school librarians High school librarians
58%
24%
23%
29%
Local middle school library
Public library
College/university library
Do not partner
54%of librarians partner
with classroom teachers at least monthly in
instruction.
Do you partner with other libraries to develop IL skills?
Public library
Local high school library
Other
Do not partner
How often do you teach IL?
NeverDaily
Weekly
Monthly
Once a semester
Less often
17%
27%
27%19%
9%
1%
90%How important is information literacy (IL)?
96%think that information literacy instruction is
extremely important.
25%of high school libraries
have set goals for preparing students for
college research.
teach some kind of information literacy
at their schools.
What resources do you use for IL instruction?
Databases
Citation management tools
Print materials
Skill development curriculum
Videos
Open content
Apps
Who provides IL instruction in your school?
89% 81%
16%
Classroom teachers
Librarians Techspecialists
Amount spent on digital resources to support IL instruction
Middleschools
Highschools
$5,600$900
$7,000$4,700
Average
Median
40% 48% 11%
46% 43% 7%
43% 42% 7%
40% 41% 17%
37% 45% 17%
39% 38% 19%
28% 34% 33%
35% 36% 24%
36% 40% 18%
38% 45% 16%
Database search strategies
Search engine strategies
Pre-search planning
Establishing authority in sources
Critically evaluating information quality/usefulness
Recognizing types of sources
Seeking multiple perspectives
Using evidence to investigate questions and support arguments
Developing strategies for collecting, organizing, and sharing information
Citation management tools and strategies
In what grade are the skills
�rst introduced? PRIOR TOGRADE 9
GRADE 9
GRADES 10–12
Most skills are introduced in 9th grade or earlier.
What teaching framework do you use?
ACRL
None
AASL, ISTE, ALA, or state/
provincial (Canada)
54%29%
17%
METHODOLOGY: The Information Literacy/College Readiness Survey was developed by SLJ Research in conjunction with Credo Reference. A survey invitation was emailed to a selection of middle and high school libraries on April 26, 2019. The survey closed on May 14 with 443 responses. The data was tabulated and analyzed in-house by SLJ Research. The responses are unweighted.
OPERATION:
Information Literacy
35%
29%
6%
46%
SLJ charts/Illustrations by nadia_bormotova/Ge�y Images Plus
64% of school librarians assess their efforts.
39%
36%
26%12%10%
Performancebased
Informalassessment
Formal testing
Other
Do not assess
How are IL instruction e�orts assessed?