Grappling with Unknowns: Building Empathy through Interrogating Preprints in Information Literacy

Grappling with Unknowns: Building Empathy through Interrogating Preprints in Information Literacy is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenters: Je Salvador & Penelope Wood

Track: Academic Library

Abstract: We facilitated a structured workshop with colleagues about the rise of preprint publishing during the COVID-19 pandemic. In preparation, we instructed colleagues to read several articles regarding preprints and asked that they imagine themselves as undergrads while reading. We met using conference software, practiced role play, introduced an online “sticky notes” collaboration tool, and solicited verbal input. While librarians engaged ambiguity by imagining the experiences of undergrads in online learning environments, librarians identified potential discomfort in the learning environment and stated empathy for students.

Workshop questions included: Imagine yourself an undergrad, what are your thoughts on these articles and their ideas? Thinking about these articles, identify barriers to pre-major undergrad student engagement in this space.

Librarians expressed care and empathy through imagining how our library’s primary users could be grappling and reckoning with contradicting, rapidly changing scientific information, as well as interrogating misinformation.

After imagining student experiences with these issues, a second set of questions focused on our work as academic librarians. How can we be continually called back to empathy with learners and users during times of upheaval and unknowns? How can imagining and empathizing with students grappling with rapidly changing scientific information and preprints help librarians who are teaching information literacy (IL)? How can librarians include preprints and open access, not yet peer-reviewed information, in IL instruction? We aim for these questions to inform our work as we continue to grapple with unknowns, contradictory information, and IL instruction.

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About the Presenters: Je (said like “Jay”) Salvador embraces he/him, she/her, they/them pronouns. Je was born and raised in Seattle, WA; they lived, learned, and worked in Walla Walla, WA for many years before returning to Seattle. You can ask Je about being a first-generation college graduate. Contact Je at jsalv@uw.edu

Penelope Wood (they/them pronouns) is a research and instruction librarian for Engineering and Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies programs at UW Bothell and Cascadia College Campus Library; Penelope strives to decenter power and hierarchy in the classroom through feminist pedagogy. Penelope is a first generation college graduate. Contact Penelope at woodpd@uw.edu

Literacy and Instruction | Academic Library

Just in Time: Rapidly Developing Your Library’s Self-Guided Help for Immediate Impact

Just in Time: Rapidly Developing Your Library’s Self-Guided Help for Immediate Impact is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenters: D’Arcy Hutchings, Anna Bjartmarsdottir, Daria O. Carle, Ruth D. Terry, & Jennifer McKay

Track: Academic, Public, School, & Special Libraries

Abstract: During this pandemic environment, the uncertainty of in-person access to the library makes providing some kind of 24/7 help even more critical. In an ongoing project begun several years ago, librarians at the University of Alaska Anchorage created a series of self-help guides, tutorials, and FAQs to serve students with their most basic research needs. As the project developed, we gained a better understanding of how to create and improve self-help content, organizing it into an easily accessible format for our users, whether or not the library building is open.

The project was initially developed when we had more time and the ability to meet in person, but when the pandemic hit, we realized our long term project could be distilled down to the essential elements and shared with others in a modified, rapid version. We have compiled our best practices so that you too can learn how to create or improve help content efficiently and effectively. With so many universities and K-12 schools still undecided as to their status in the fall, this is a timely opportunity for you to present your library’s self-help content in an easily accessible 24/7 format to meet your user needs.

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About the Presenters:
D’Arcy Hutchings is the Instructional Design Librarian at the UAA/APU Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She holds an MLIS from University of Alabama and a Master’s of Education from University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Anna Bjartmarsdottir is an Instruction and Research Librarian and liaison to English, Writing, Creative Writing, and Theater at the UAA/APU Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She holds an MLS from the State University of New York at Albany, and an MA in Theater and Film Studies from the University of British Columbia.

Daria O. Carle is the Science Librarian at the UAA/APU Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage and serves as liaison to engineering, mathematics, and the natural sciences. Her MLIS is from the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Ruth D. Terry is the Business and Government Information Librarian at the UAA/APU Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her MLS is from Texas Woman’s University.

Jennifer McKay is the Nursing and Education Librarian with the Alaska Medical Library at the UAA/APU Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She holds an MLIS from San Jose State University.

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Promoting Personal Connections: Innovative Library Outreach Within Your LMS

Promoting Personal Connections: Innovative Library Outreach Within Your LMS is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenter: Lorelei Sterling & D’Arcy Hutchings

Track: Academic & School Libraries

Abstract: How can you maximize your library’s presence at your institution in this time of increased online instruction and limited physical access to the library? Connect with your students where they are already: in your learning management system (LMS). This poster session will show you two high impact ways to create community and personal connection with your students. Learn the benefits of developing a library information tab in your LMS and a customized library landing page in every course — using what you already have.

These pages personalize the student experience by linking to 24/7 self-guided help and links to relevant resources, but most importantly provide direct access to librarians. Now more than ever, students need to know that we care about their success and that we are there for them.

This poster is ideal for universities, colleges, and K-12 schools of all sizes that use an LMS and have a library web presence.

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About the Presenters:
Lorelei Sterling is the Head of Access Services (interim) at the UAA/APU Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She holds an MLS from San Jose State University and an MA in history from Washington State University. Contact Lorelei at lsterling@alaska.edu

D’Arcy Hutchings is the Instructional Design Librarian at the UAA/APU Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She holds an MLIS from University of Alabama and a Master’s of Education from University of Alaska Fairbanks. Contact D’Arcy at dlhutchings@alaska.edu

Literacy and Instruction | Academic Library | School Library

Maximizing Student Learning Through Instructor and Librarian Collaboration in the Time of COVID-19

Maximizing Student Learning Through Instructor and Librarian Collaboration in the Time of COVID-19 is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenters: Justin Otto, Kathy Rowley, & Qing Stellwagen

Track: Academic Library

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This poster details the collaborative work between two librarians and a First-Year English Composition instructor at Eastern Washington University to migrate the library research component of an English Composition course to the online-only environment necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic. During the past three years, the composition instructor and two librarians worked together on composition courses employing a “flipped classroom” model. The library instruction component of composition was a combination of online and in-person content designed to help composition students create original arguments driven by 1) teaching students why and how to do research, 2) walking students through research question development and research guide choices, and 3) guiding students through choosing research sources. Due to COVID-19, they adapted the research instruction section of the course for asynchronous online learning while still meeting and supporting the student learning objectives for the composition course.

This poster incorporates the pedagogical approaches, perspectives and contributions of the two librarians and the composition course instructor to illustrate how a successful conversion to online-only library research instruction was made in short order. It will include information on the effectiveness of the sessions gathered from student feedback, and examples of the recorded instruction employed in the online research instruction sessions.

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About the Presenters:
Justin Otto is a Professor of Libraries and Scholarly Communications Librarian at Eastern Washington University. He is currently serving as EWU’s Interim Dean of Libraries and Learning Commons.

Kathy Rowley is a Senior Lecturer of English at Eastern Washington University. She holds Master’s degrees in teaching writing from CSU, Stanislaus and technical communication from EWU. With an undergraduate degree in graphic design from The University of the Pacific, she also teaches design courses for technical communication and journalism.

Qing Stellwagen is an Assistant Professor of Libraries and Librarian for Diversity & Inclusion Studies, Economics and Engineering at Eastern Washington University

Literacy and Instruction | Academic Library

Exploring Our Universe: Going Virtual with the Greater Victoria Public Library and BC Summer Reading Club

Exploring Our Universe: Going Virtual with the Greater Victoria Public Library and BC Summer Reading Club is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenter: Deborah van der Linde & Vruti Patel

Track: Public Library

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Each year, the Greater Victoria Public Library participates in the BC Summer Reading Club (SRC) program. Due to the global pandemic, GVPL has shifted from the traditional paper format to an online platform. In so doing, we had to consider every aspect of SRC, from how to provide relevant and accessible programming, community outreach, community participation, to dealing with barriers created by technology for those who do not have access to it.

Accordingly, we are using a variety of strategies to reach out to our community, from promotion to delivery. Traditionally, librarians visit schools, reaching approximately 14,000 students. This year, we created a special promotional video to share with schools and PACs.

In order to create a sense of community in a virtual environment, we created weekly challenges, and are encouraging children to send us a picture of their challenge. We will then share the photos on our social media, highlighting our community.

We have established virtual programming with external organizations that would normally have presented in library. This year, kids will be able to join a live or pre-recorded presentation instead.

In order to reach those who do not have the necessary access to technology to participate, we have provided starter packages and take-home activities. Families were able to visit our branches as they re-open, and get their own BC SRC starter pack, which includes a reading log, stickers, temporary tattoos, and a bookmark.

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Community Engagement with a virtual BC SRC by Vruti

About the Presenters:
Deborah van der Linde is a librarian with the Greater Victoria Public Library, and she has the great pleasure of working with middle childhood and tween literacy portfolio. Her favourite thing to do is read, and she loves to get everyone around her reading, too.

Vruti Patel is a Public Services Librarian for the Greater Victoria Public Library. In her role, she is committed to building relationships with nearby elementary and middle schools. She enjoys reading picture books, Canadian Fiction and joke books. On her own time, Vruti enjoys the natural beauty of Vancouver Island.

Literacy and Instruction | Public Library

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in Story Time: Key Skills for Kindergarten Readiness

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in Story Time: Key Skills for Kindergarten Readiness is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenter: Jenn Carter, King County Library System (WA)

Track: Public Library

Abstract: After completing two months of online story time, I paused to ask for feedback from parents and educators.

When asked about kindergarten readiness in the COVID era, parents and educators again and again requested that the library emphasize Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in online story time. Skills like compassion, kindness, cooperation and perseverance are seen by educators as some of the most important skills we can be teaching young children. More than math and reading, SEL are the skills that will allow our children to succeed in the future.

Concurrently, the tragic murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor brought to light a desperate need in our communities to work harder to teach essential SEL topics like: anti-racism, empathy and courage. I decided to pull up my old SEL curriculum and adapt these concepts to an online story time program for the Summer of 2020.

This nine week curriculum for Preschool Story Time was piloted in person in the Fall of 2019 and is now being adapted for online story times and possible take-home packets for Summer of 2020.

For each of the nine topics, I have three elements: librarian story time guide, one page reference sheet for parents with booklist; and an activity sheet with directions to a hands-on learning activity.

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About the Presenter: Jenn Carter, MLIS, is the Children’s Librarian for the Carnation, Duvall and Skykomish Libraries in King County, WA. She has served the children and families of her community for over 15 years. Contact Jenn at jecarter@kcls.org

Literacy and Instruction | Public Library

How to STEAM up your Library

How to STEAM up your Library is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenter: Deborah Rinio, Montana State University

Track: School Library

Abstract: Integrating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) in the library can be a tricky proposition. How do you allow students time to explore without compromising the inquiry process? How can you do hands-on if you only have 30 or 45 minutes with your learners? How do you ensure makerspaces are more than just “play”? In this session, we’ll discuss strategies for overcoming common obstacles and develop lesson plans for using a STEAM approach in K-12 school libraries.

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About the Presenter:
Deborah Rinio (MLS, PhD) is an Assistant Teaching Professor for the library media certificate program at Montana State University. She served on the editorial board for the National School Library Standards and has recently published a book from ALA Publishing titled “STEAM Activities in 30 Minutes for Elementary Learners.”

Literacy and Instruction | School Library

Making the Connection: Computational Thinking and Early Learning for Young Children and Their Families

Making the Connection: Computational Thinking and Early Learning for Young Children and Their Families is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenter: Claudia Haines, Jacqueline Kociubuk, Kathleen Campana, & Paula Langsam

Track: Public & School Libraries

Abstract: Curious about computational thinking (CT) for young children? Want to offer play-based learning experiences (digital and offline) for families that introduce key CT concepts alongside early literacy and math? Come learn more about PLA’s new white paper on computational thinking for young children and their families.

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About the Presenters: Claudia Haines is the Youth Services Librarian at the Homer Public Library. She supports the diverse learning needs of youth and families with dynamic programs and access to great media of all kinds. She works on projects locally and nationally that support families and literacy in a connected world. Contact Claudia at nevershushed@gmail.com

Jacqueline Kociubuk, is a Youth Services Librarian in northeast Ohio. Her research is centered around inclusive experiences in children’s literature and library programming, non-traditional learning environments for youth, and public library outreach. Contact Jacqueline at jkociubu@kent.edu

Kathleen Campana, PhD, is an assistant professor at Kent State University’s School of Information. Her research focuses on understanding the learning that occurs for children, youth, and families in informal and digital learning environments and how those environments support and impact the learning process. Contact Kathleen at kcampan2@kent.edu

Paula Langsam is the Youth Services Manager at the Martin Luther King Memorial Library at DC Public Libraries. She provides service to all community members with a programmatic focus on youth and families. She began exploring how to incorporate computational thinking into public library work in 2017. Contact Paula at pmlangsam@gmail.com

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