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Exploring The Revision Of The Acrl Information Literacy Standards, Gloria Creed-Dikeogu

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

The Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) information literacy standards are currently under revision. As a result, several new concepts have been introduced that will no doubt impact information literacy across the United States. What do librarians understand about the new ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2014) that is being developed for application in academia? How will the new Framework (2014), the revision to ACRL Standards (2000), impact the way librarians structure and teach their information literacy classes? This paper summarizes the revisions that have been made up until the last ACRL recommendations draft from June …

Libraries In Transition: 21st Century Library Systems, Art Gutierrez, Earl Givens

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

Libraries are in a state of flux and the integrated library system (ILS) is no exception. In their quest to provide greater access to resources and remain relevant, libraries are somewhat driving this new innovation in systems. We need systems that provide greater interoperability and flexibility to provide a similar user experience that patrons are seeing online elsewhere such as Google and Amazon. This is where still developing cloud based systems come in. These new 21^st century systems include OCLC’s Worldshare Management Services (WMS). This looks at one 21^st century library system and also share one library’s migration …

Publishing And Archiving Trends In Open Access: Preliminary Results, Jenny Oleen, Diana Farmer, Livia Olsen

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

Agricultural researchers are engaged in the growing open access (OA) movement, either publishing in OA journals or archiving in OA repositories. The latter is reflected in the use of the institutional repository (IR) at Kansas State University (K-State), a land grant institution. K-State library faculty are analyzing faculty publications to determine the publishing and archiving habits of selected researchers. Reviewing copyright agreements from journals reveals those with policies for archiving post-prints in an IR; articles by these authors are compared to their total three-year article output to determine the efficacy of the current IR program at K-State. Chosen for analysis …

A Newcomer’S Perspective On The Changing Academic Library: Library To Learning Commons, Lauren Hays, Lindsey Warner

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

Academic libraries are undergoing a great deal of change as they transform themselves from a traditional library to a learning commons. These changes are driven by an increased focus on assessment, data-driven decisions, the need to reach students, and a focus on teaching information literacy. Library schools are responding to transformations in the field through changes in recruitment practices, advising strategies, technology integration, and curriculum. The combined goal of these activities is to ensure that schools can create a diverse group of graduates who are prepared to meet the pedagogical, technological, and administrative challenges of the changing academic library environment. …

Libraries In Transition: Creating A 24/7 Space At Emporia State University, Art Gutierrez, Kael Moffat

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

Libraries are constantly changing and looking for ways to meet the needs of our users. Based on student feedback, the librarians at William Allen White Library at Emporia State University have created a learning commons that also serves as a 24/7 space users. The article covers the learning theory behind the learning commons and programming being offered.

Using Gimlet And Libraryh3lp To Improve Services At The Butler Community College Libraries, Ronda Holt, Teresa Mayginnes, Samuel K. Willis

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

Librarians from Butler Community College will speak about two tools, Gimlet and Libraryh3lp, which they use to improve service and track statistics at the circulation desk and online. The combination of the two software products enables them to track statistics and issues from reference inquiries, along with circulation, college, directional, and technical help questions. Gimlet is an easy and inexpensive desk statistics tracker and knowledge base that allows libraries to staff their desks wisely.

Altmetrics: What Good Are They To Academic Libraries?, Sarah W. Sutton

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

New knowledge is built on existing knowledge and academic libraries are the primary repositories of existing knowledge for the scholars whose work they support. In these times of belt tightening and budget reductions, it behooves academic libraries to think about how to demonstrate to administrators the value being returned on investments in the library, and to provide scholars with tools to do the same. Traditional means of measuring the quality of new knowledge like the impact factor and h-index are being made richer and more meaningful through the addition of new, social media based alternative metrics. Altmetrics also provide scholars …

Editorial Introduction, Catherine F. Compton-Lilly

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

Welcome to Volume 16, Number 1 of Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research. I am thrilled to introduce you to another volume featuring the voices of educators. This issue includes articles focused on learning centers in first grade classrooms, mentoring teacher researchers, and the potential of reflective journaling for preservice teachers as well as a review of The Networked Teacher: How New Teachers Build Social Networks for Professional Support by Kira Baker-Doyle.

Finding The Connectors And Catalysts: A Book Review Of The Networked Teacher: How New Teachers Build Social Networks For Professional Support By Kira J. Baker-Doyle, Suzanne L. Porath

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

Kira J. Baker-Doyle opens an important conversation about the support new teachers need to thrive in their first years of teaching with her book The Networked Teacher: How New Teachers Build Social Networks for Professional Support. Few would argue that the first years of teaching are the most stressful, with statistics indicate that about 50% of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years (Smith & Ingersoll, 2004). Some schools and districts provide mentoring programs or new teacher professional development, but Baker-Doyle argues that these traditional programs fail to support new teachers, and especially new teachers of the …

Don’T Waste My Time; Exploring The Reflective Journaling Requirement In The Student Teaching Experience, Amy Spiker

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

For many years reflective journaling has been a required component of the student teaching experience at my university. The students I supervise are required to reflect upon their teaching experience in writing. Journaling has evolved over the past few years from a traditional paper and pencil journal to journals that allow more flexibility and choice. Students can now record their journal on a word processor or write a dialogue journal with their mentor teacher.

The Preparation Of Mentors Who Support Novice Teacher Researchers, Ann Schulte

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

In my eleven years as a teacher educator at CSU Chico, I have always used action research and self-study to learn about my own practice. I have also taught both credential and MA students the process of AR, but I had yet to lead a cohort of students in a yearlong study. I was excited about the action research requirement of the newly created Rural Teacher Residency (RTR) program. In this program, teacher candidates (called Residents) earned a teaching credential and a Masters degree in 18 months. As part of the RTR program faculty, I had been given the major …

Chaos In The Classroom: Center Learning In A 1st Grade Setting, Courtney F. Lanaux, Kristen E. Vice, Kenneth J. Fashing-Varner

Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research

How can centers be utilized in a classroom so students have full control of what they are learning and when? Can centers be used effectively post-kindergarten? During student teaching in a first grade classroom in southeast Louisiana, two student teachers, their classroom mentor teacher, and the 1st grade students experienced center learning that integrated all areas of the curriculum and was utilized for 45 minutes each day. Students were expected to determine which center they needed to attend each day, which activity to complete, who to complete it with, where to put completed work, and how to successfully tidy up …

Pre-Service And Novice Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Tool To Understand And Further Develop Confidence For Impacting Change, Kimberly Mcdowell, Ashlie Jack, Jeri Carroll, Janice Ewing

The Advocate

Teacher efficacy measures a teacher’s perception of his or her capacity as a teacher and impacts teacher behavior in a number of different ways. This study examined teacher efficacy as well as pedagogical beliefs/practices in pre-service and novice in-service teachers to determine the nature of the relationship between the two. Results indicated that the novice in-service teachers demonstrated statistically significant higher scores on the efficacy measure. In regards to the relationship between pedagogy and efficacy, there was no statistically significant relation among the pre-service teachers but with the novice in-service teachers, efficacy was statistically significantly correlated with general instructional pedagogy.

Revisiting The M-Guds-S: Teacher Candidates’ Awareness And Acceptance Of Diversity, Lorie Cook-Benjamin, Beth Walizer, Keith Dreiling

The Advocate

Introduction: As shared in our article published in the spring 2013 issue of The Advocate Journal, schools of education are concerned about the best way to provide teacher candidates with clinical-based (also referred to as “field” in the literature) experiences that meet accreditation outcomes. In the Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships for Improved Learning (NCATE, 2010), ten research-based principles created a framework for clinical-based practices.

Building Teacher Self-Efficacy: A University/District Leadership Academy Model, Donna Augustine-Shaw, Mary Devin

The Advocate

Introduction: In an era dominated by higher standards and greater accountability for America’s If you want to join us, we would be delighted schools, leaders are needed at all levels. Teachers must continue learning and growing professionally long after that transition from pre-service to practitioner.

Determining And Measuring Self-Efficacy During The Student Teaching Semester, Carolyn Fehrenbach, Kenny Mc Dougle, Steve Brown, Ray Willard, Pam Sells, Charles Kent Runyan

The Advocate

Self-efficacy is the belief that an individual is able to control the outcomes of potentially stressful situations. How teacher candidates feel about their ability to control new challenges can affect their performance in the classroom. Those with a poorer sense of self-efficacy may believe situations are out of their control. A more positive sense of perceived self-efficacy can lead to more positive outcomes. This article reports the results of a teacher self-efficacy scale administered to elementary and secondary teacher candidates at the beginning and end of their student teaching semester. Findings suggest that perceived self-efficacy among student teachers increases throughout …

Table Of Contents And Introductory Materials For Vol. 22, No.1, 2014, Bruce Quantic

The Advocate

This content includes the table of contents and editorial information for vol. 22, issue 1 (Summer 2014).

“I ♥ Boobies! (Keep A Breast)” Bracelets: What’S Your Policy?, Robert Hachiya

The Advocate

The United States Supreme Court has been asked to review a 2013 Third Circuit Court of Appeals reling against a Pennsylvania school district that disciplined students for wearing “I love Boobies! (Keep A Breast)” bracelets. This article reviews litigation related to the effort by schools to regulate bracelets and associated student freedom of expression concerns. School administrators concerned with regulating the bracelets are offered policy suggestions.

Dysgraphia, Michael Rettig

The Advocate

Introduction: Every teacher has probably experienced having a good student whose only problem seems to be that they take too long on writing assignments. When the student finally does turn in their work, it is sloppy, incomplete, and has several spelling errors.

Electronic Observation: 21st Century Teacher Education, Jackie Glasgow, Susan Jenkins, Kelly Gillespie

The Advocate

“A program of brief but frequent classroom walk-throughs has become an increasingly popular strategy in recent years for informally supervising teachers and observing classroom activities” (Protheroe, 2009, p.30). Because walk-through observation has such potential as a catalyst to support both excellent instruction and a positive shift in learning (Walk-Through as Powerful, n.d.), this process is establishing itself as best practice in educational circles (Hopkins, 2010; David, 2008).

When real-time observation data are analyzed, used to support reflection and collaborative conversation, and ultimately, when these data become the basis to drive professional learning, the results are clear (Protheroe, 2009). Program initiatives …

The Effectiveness Of Cross-Age Blogging, Beth Walizer

The Advocate

Introduction:“We didn’t have to do any work!” was the greatest response to the question asked of fourth and fifth-grade students on what they liked best about the month long cross-age buddy reading and blogging project. A major challenge of candidates and university faculty in teacher education is how to effectively develop children’s digital literacy skills.

Faculty And Students: Differing Views Of Mentoring At A University Level, Kathleen J. Sanders

The Advocate

Although students and faculty at a university level differ on what constitutes mentoring, communication is key. Students and their faculty instructors/advisors in university online programs were surveyed to discover if and how the perceived mentoring occurred. Students wanted evidence of a personal interest in them by their instructors/advisors. However, students equated mentorship with communication. Students were particularly interested in the amount of time delay between any question they asked and the response they received from their instructor/advisor. Faculty considered mentoring to be above and beyond mere advising or instructing in an online course or program. Faculty also perceived communication as …

Teacher Education And Study Abroad: A Review Of Literature For Program Development, Carol R. Werhan, Mary Hurwood

The Advocate

Designing study abroad programs, particularly those involving international field experiences for preservice teacher education students, can be daunting with much of the research focusing on learning outcomes. This review of literature on considerations for program design will provide the road map for the development of a successful international partnership for teacher preparation.

Bridges To The Future: Teaching Information Literacy Across Standards, Institutions, And The Workforce, Janet Anderson-Story, Mirah Dow, Cynthia Kane, Carmaine Ternes

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

Teaching information literacy skills to prepare young adults for the demands of a technologically modern workforce requires collaboration between schools and libraries. Identifying opportunities to build bridges that enable smooth transitions for information literacy learning across content areas, standards, and institutions requires collaboration among librarians. Perspectives and discoveries of four librarians (secondary school, two-year technical college, and an undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degree granting university) engaged in collaboration are examined. Collaboration resulted in a common framework for teaching information literacy skills designed with the goal of developing academic and workforce competencies including accessing, sorting, evaluating, and incorporating reliable information into …

Text, Image, Story: Using Photo Comics For Instruction, Promotion, And Participation In The Academic Library, Matt Upson, Alex Mudd, Kael Moffat

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

In response to the growing call for authentic learning and content creation in the information literacy setting, librarians at Emporia State University have created assignments and activities that utilize an iOS app called Comic Life to create photo comics. Students in a for-credit course created photo comics as information literacy narratives, while First Year Seminar students worked to build library guides. These activities encourage honest, meaningful reflection by students and allow them to demonstrate metaliteracy skills in an engaging and creative manner and can allow for both individual and group-created content. Students at Emporia State University have expressed high levels …

Teaching Information Literacy Skills To Nontraditional Learners, Lauren Hays

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

Different teaching methods should be used when instructing adults versus those used to teach children. Adults have many life experiences, they have a need to know, and they are often highly motivated to learn as it relates to career growth and personal advancement. In this paper, the author discusses andragogy and how adult learning theory affects the learner. The principles of andragogy provide the librarian instructor with a foundation for how to teach the adult learner. Suggestions for how to apply the principles of andragogy are listed in the paper. The paper will also benefit those working in public libraries …

Introduction To Volume 4, Issue 1, Caleb Puckett

Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings

2013 KLA Conference: Together We Are Stronger

Feeding A Need, Erinn Barcomb-Peterson

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Kansas State University steps up to lead in Global Food Systems.

Scientific Advancements, Greg Tammen

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science — the world's largest scientific society — recently named four Kansas State University faculty members as fellows.

Entomology department ranks No. 8 in nation

Preventing Postharvest Food Loss, Katie Allen

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In a partnership with U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Kansas State University will be home to three Feed the Future innovation labs, one of which aims to find ways to reduce food loss and preserve the natural resources used to produce food.