Articulation and Collaboration: CSUMB & Cabrillo Learning about IC at the High School level

Cabrillo College

Information Research (Library 10) 1 credit
Description: Adapted to make maximum use of online catalogs, fulltext periodical databases and Internet resources, as well as a variety of in-library materials, this course teaches students how to access, evaluate and utilize information resources. Library 10 is a co-requisite to the college's transferable College Composition (English 1A) course. There is an online version to serve the several English 1A sections currently taught online.

CSU Monterey Bay

Tech Tools Lecture & Lab (CST 101) 4 credits
Description: Learn to use computers creatively, effectively, and ethically. Provides hands-on experiences using computers for electronic communication and presentations, and to design and create documents using word processing, spreadsheets, and image manipulation. Students will also become competent in information literacy including Internet searching, the research process, and the correct citation of reference material. There is an online version. CST 101 fulfills the Technology Information University Learning Requirement (Tech/Info ULR Learning Outcomes).

The articulation agreement between CSUMB and Cabrillo College specifies that to meet the requirements of CST 101, Cabrillo students must have taken Library 10 as well as several additional courses.

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Here is the alignment of Cabrillo College LIB 10 and CSU Monterey Bay CST 101 content to Bay Area Community Colleges Information Competency Assessment Project Standards, Performance Indicators and Outcomes

What we gained from the collaborative venture:

• The differences became more obvious -- the main differences are due to the dual nature of CST 101, as it covers both computer skills and information competency skills.
  
• We are now both more aware of course objectives, learning outcomes, and content for these courses on our two campuses. On average, about 40 Cabrillo College students transfer to CSUMB every year. Having a clearer notion of course content needs will better serve our students.
  
• LIB 10, CS 1 (and CS 1L), and DM 1 course articulation to CSUMB's CST 101 will be reviewed in the 2004-2005 AY, and we are better prepared for this process to go forward.

Lists of California Community Colleges and CSUs with information competency requirements; those colleges that are close to having such requirements. With contact information. Tables were compiled by Bonnie Gratch-Lindauer, CCSF, for 12/10/04 CARL Mini-Conference on Articulation. Click for tables in Word; or in pdf.

We have not comprehensively reviewed which high schools have information competency assessments for their graduating seniors, but here are links to two high school libraries that have activie information competency programs:

1. Chico High School has a Graduation Computer Proficiency testing program, which includes

• Basic Information Literacy: Information Retrieval (required)
• Advanced Information Literacy: Web Page Analysis (optional)

  Peter Milbury is the Library Media Teacher

2. Oceana High School Library in Pacifica Adam Weiss is the Library Media Teacher. Infomation literacy is developed in each year, in various content courses, using small research projects. The final assessment is a serior exhibition, which is a year-long research project connected to 12th grade English. Students work with a teacher-mentor to do original research and find primary and secondary sources for a 20-page paper, which is also presented in a 45-minute presentation.

Data about LMTs Want data about librarians/LMTs in specific school districts? Use California Dept. of Education databases

1. Go to California Department of Education
2. Select DataQuest
3. Select Level (on left, e.g., District), then School Staffing, and slide out to select Staffing. Then click on SUBMIT.
4. Select year (2003/04 is the latest); hit SUBMIT
5. Use pull-down menu to select your district. Select Number of Pupil Services by Type (which is where librarians/LMTs are listed); click on SUBMIT

Another approach --

1. Go to DataQuest main page, and under Level, select Other choices (over on left), then School Staffing, and slide out to select Staffing. Then click on SUBMIT.
2. Select your county of interest from the pull-down menu, then, towards the bottom of the screen, click to select Staff Counts and FTEs by Assignment and hit SUBMIT
3. Click to select choose from pupil services assignments only and go to the bottom of the screen to SUBMIT
4. Click to select 0402 Librarian/library media teacher and 0204 Librarian/library media teacher. Scroll down and click on VIEW REPORT

Content Standards To become better informed about elementary and secondary educational efforts in California, go to the California Department of Education Content Standards. Many information competency skills are covered in the English Language Arts section, especially from the third grade on.

Impact of School Libraries and LMTs on Student Achievement "College Success: High School Librarians Make the Difference" is a study done recently at Cabrillo College which examined student performance in the Information Research course. Students come to Cabrillo from three school districts in the county, only one of which has librarians. The study showed that students from the one school district with school librarians and library programs did far better in the course than students from the other two school districts. Chart illustrating the differences, by school district.

Information on additional studies about the influence of school librarians on school achievement -- see lefthand column, "Research about the Impact of School Libraries."

http://topsy.org/ICArticulation.html Or go to http://www.topsy.org/infocomp.html

T. N. Smalley; last rev. 12/08/04