Informed transitions : libraries supporting the high school to college transition

How can libraries and librarians across the educational continuum work together to support student transitions from high school to college, utilizing free or low-cost resources? This book supplies the answers.

Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition identifies the ways in which libraries and librarians can work together and create valuable resources that help students transition successfully to college--despite the challenges of increasing demand and diminishing resources.

The book is organized into three sections: background, expectations, and skills; conversations and collaborations; and programs and resources. Section 1 establishes a foundational understanding of the libraries' role in supporting college transitions. Section 2 shares model conversations that move this work forward, stressing its collaborative nature. The third section highlights some well-established programs and resources that effectively support high school to college transitions. Practical information is provided throughout, pinpointing what high school students need to know to smoothly transition to college, spotlighting the expectations of college professors, and discussing audience-specific methods of working with students at the high school and college levels.

• Acknowledgments p. ix
• Introduction p. xi Kenneth J. Burhanna
• Section I Background, Expectations, and Skills
• 1 The Transition Movement: From Blueprint to Construction Zone p. 3 Kenneth J. Burhanna
• 2 Closing the 12-13 Gap Together: School and Academic Librarians Supporting 21st Century Learners p. 23 Megan Oakleaf and Patricia L. Owen
• 3 Research Skills: What College Professors Expect Incoming Students to Know p. 39 Jennifer Sigalet and Leslie Barton and Sherri Savage
• 4 Boundary Spanning by Librarians to Support the College Transition for Students with Disabilities p. 51 Anne Marie Perrault
• Section II Conversations and Collaborations
• 5 College Readiness at the Grassroots Level p. 63 Ken W. Stewart and Laurie Hathman
• 6 Go Further: The College and Career Readiness INFOhio OhioLINK P20 Task Force p. 71 Paula Nespeca Deal
• 7 Conversations for Collaboration: Librarians and the High School to College Transition in Louisiana p. 81 Debra Cox Rollins and Anthony J. Fonseca and Mitchell J. Fontenot and Kathryn B. Seidel
• 8 The DOE/CUNY Library Collaborative: High School to College Transition in New York City p. 89 Leanne Ellis and Robert Farrell and Curtis L. Kendrick and Meghann Suzanne Walk and Barbara K. Stripling
• 9 Building a Better Bridge: The Role of the Community College in Information Literacy Efforts p. 97 Kathleen Conley
• 10 Funding the Way: Seeking Grants to Study the High School to College Transition and the Role of Libraries p. 105 Rhonda Huisman and Kindra Orr
• Section III Programs and Resources
• 11 Supporting the High School to College Transition on a Shoestring p. 115 Kate Zoellner
• 12 Information Literacy and 21st-century Skills: Training the Teachers p. 123 Ann Walker Smalley and LeAnn Suchy
• 13 Libraries and the Early College: Notes from the Field p. 133 Meghann Suzanne Walk and Brian L. Mikesell and Matthew Harrick and Teresa Tartaglione
• 14 21st-century Skills and Preservice Teacher Education p. 141 Jillian Brandt Maruskin
• 15 SPOT on Transitions: Enhancing 21st-century Academic Literacies in High School Science Students p. 151 Dale Lackeyram and Peggy A. Pritchard and Kim Garwood and Clarke Mathany
• 16 Nebraska Students in Transition: The Evolution of a Partnership p. 161 Toni Anaya and Charlene Maxey-Harris
• 17 College Student for a Day: Facilitating Successful Field Trips to an Academic Library p. 171 Ann Marie Smeraldi
• 18 Dual Enrollment Students: Starting the Library Connection Here p. 183 Thomas L. Reinsfelder and Jill E. Thompson
• 19 Using Technology to Provide Support to Remote Students Participating in Dual Enrollment Programs p. 191 Louis E. Mays
• 20 HeLIOS: Hemingway Library Information Online Skills Tutorial p. 201 JaNae Kinikin
• 21 Pathways for Success: The Evolution of TRAILS and Transitioning to College p. 209 Tammy J. Eschedor Voelker and Barbara F. Schloman and Julie A. Gedeon
• 22 Libraries and the High School to College Transition: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography p. 217 Tammy J. Eschedor Voelker
• Index p. 229
• About the Editor and Contributors p. 233