The Librarian Knows More than Google--and Your Mom
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College-bound students frequently enter higher education lacking essential research skills, such as evaluating and determining the relevance of information. Libraries play a crucial role in teaching students effective research strategies, critical thinking, and citation practices. Educators are encouraged to collaborate with librarians and develop assignments that reinforce these skills to prepare students for academic success.
The Librarian Knows More than Google--and Your Mom
- 1. WHAT COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS NEED FROM THE LIBRARY
- 2. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES… Typically ill-prepared to tackle college-level research
- 3. SKILLS COLLEGE FRESHMEN LACK Determining relevance Evaluating information Finding credible information online Finding & using different resources Searching laterally--using citations
- 4. SKILLS NEW HIRES LACK • Knowing when to ask for help • Using a variety of resources • Finding patterns / making connections • Exploring thoroughly
- 5. INFORMATION SURVIVAL SKILLS How a library works ASK! You’re not bothering that librarian Not everyone behind a library desk is a librarian Know what you’re looking for There are different tools for different information Most libraries have similar sets of tools
- 6. INFORMATION SURVIVAL SKILLS Research is not Googling Corollary 1: Google does not have everything see: Lane Wilkinson Corollary 2: on the Internet, everyone has an opinion How to make Google do what you want Search engines deliberately change results
- 7. INFORMATION SURVIVAL SKILLS How to develop a researchable topic Pre-search Understand the topic Wikipedia is a great starting place
- 8. INFORMATION SURVIVAL SKILLS Developing a search strategy Use the right tool for the job How to find a useful book…how to use it That thing in the front is called the table of contents That thing in the back is called the index How to use a database Two words: advanced search Primary vs. secondary and popular vs. scholarly
- 9. INFORMATION SURVIVAL SKILLS How to create a citation APA, Chicago, MLA: even if not fluent in them all
- 10. INFORMATION SURVIVAL SKILLS Other pearls of wisdom Separate junk from important stuff Evaluate while you search Not everything is digital (yet) It’s not cheating to backtrack sources (even Wikipedia’s) Patience
- 11. “I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT!” ERIAL Project: Only 7 out of 30 students could conduct a well-executed search Students click the first few links and quit Critical searching skills take years to develop with research-based writing assignments, which means… you have to teach them!
- 12. YOU COULD USE SOME HELP Work with faculty It helps if your teachers realize: this won’t add a lot to their workload students don’t know how to search effectively students need these skills Talk with each other so expectations line up Evaluate your work afterwards
- 13. A FEW IDEAS Teachers should bring classes at the beginning of the assignment Students need to know the assignment Ask them to explain to you what they are doing Show students a model of what’s expected
- 14. A FEW IDEAS If you hear, “we come to the library all the time,” you’re doing a good job. If you hear, “I already know what you’re going to tell us,” let that student run with it.
- 15. A FEW IDEAS Why are citations and works cited important? “When talking about bibliographies, I always talk about the way knowledge is built upon previous knowledge.” Kathy Fester, The June Shelton School
- 16. A FEW IDEAS Require students to critically annotate bibliographies (as they research) Consider an annotated bib instead of a research paper “We have the kids take a journal article and actually check the scientists on their quotes. The kids track back on the author’s sources and rate them on how they did as far as taking things out of context, whether they got it right, etc.” CD McLean, Berkeley Preparatory School
- 17. A FEW IDEAS Adjust due dates Cite one journal article and one book Design deep projects around specific, personal questions Let the class brainstorm topics Break it up Build up to it
- 18. Works Consulted ERIAL (Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries) Project. Ongoing. http://www.erialproject.org/publications/presentations/ Flanagin, Andrew J. and Miriam Metzger. Kids and Credibility: An Empirical Examination of Youth, Digital Media Use, and Information Credibility. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation reports on digital media and learning. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2010. https://archive.org/details/9780262514750 Foster, Nancy Fried. “The Mommy Model of Service.” Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2007. Gasser, Urs et al. “Youth and Digital Media: From Credibility to Information Quality.” Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2012-1. Youth and Media. 16 Feb 2012. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2005272 Head, Alison J. "Learning the Ropes: How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter College." Project Information Literacy Research Report, December 4, 2013. http://projectinfolit.org/publications Head, Alison J. et al. "What Information Competencies Matter in Today's Workplace?" Library and Information Research, May 2013, vol. 37, no. 114, 75 - 104. http://projectinfolit.org/publications Maxwell, Connie and Johnathan Wilson. “Information Skills for College Success: Observations, Challenges, Ideas and Objectives.” AISL conference presentation. 23 April 2014. Workshop notes by Katie Archambault. http://aislconferencereport2014.weebly.com/workshop-notes.html Purcell, Kristen et al. “How Teens Do Research in the Digital World.” 1 Nov 2012. Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Student-Research Utecht, Jeff. “Why K-12 schools are failing by not teaching SEARCH.” The Thinking Stick. 19 Nov 2012. http://www.thethinkingstick.com/why-k-12-schools-are-failing-by-not-teaching-search/ Offers an interesting response to “How Teens Do Research in the Digital World.” Wilkinson, Lane. “Google has Everything! (but the Library has More!)” Sense and Reference: a Philosophical Library Blog. 10 Nov. 2011. http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/google-has-everything/
- 19. Photo Credits Claremont Colleges Digital Library Flickr Pool https://www.flickr.com/photos/claremontcollegesdigitallibrary/sets/721576252000236 72/ Florida Memory Flickr Stream https://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/ GCSU Library Special Collections Flickr Pool https://www.flickr.com/photos/gcsuspecialcollections/ Iowa Digital Library Flickr Pool https://www.flickr.com/photos/uiowa/sets/ LSE Library Flickr Pool https://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/ Ohio University Libraries Flickr Pool https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiouniversitylibraries/with/3514262260 Ed Uthman’s Rhodes College Flickr Pool https://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/sets/72157602878707187