The Governor's proposals in the State of the State and the current state economic situation make this more important to publish.

In section 5.3, the last 5 items above the conclusion section should be deleted. The groups/items are already mentioned in the above part of 5.3.

Action Steps -5.1
Should delete one of the resource -- suggest
Create a listing of resources easily accessible to students, educators and parents,

Last paragraph suggested revision. This needs to be stronger wording...
With support from INFOhio and OhioLINK and from school and academic librarians, Ohio students will have the quality information infastructure needed to expose them to the world of knowledge and prepare them to be astute and productive consumers of that information. To maintain a strong 21st century work force, Ohio must mandate that information literacy is a critical life-long skill that every Ohio student needs.

Actually if you look at 5.1 and 5.2 they really could be deleted. What type of resource listing are we creating? If we keep 5.1 it needs to be spelled out clearer. I think you could go with 5.3 as the key action step for Goal 5. Then use the list of organizations as the groups we are going to advocate to for the inclusion of 21st century information literacy skills as a core learning component.

Also just a quick edit, but in Paragraph 1,line 4 the word should be skill not shill.

I agree with Melissa, after reading the Governor's State of the State speech all I could think was how this initiative has more importance right now than any other we have been involved in. The Sophomore to Senior initiative has now upped the ante for transition. It is really no longer a 12-13 piece but a 10-13 piece.

Would some of you help by focusing on the title? Should it be just student focused? Something much stronger? Gayle I keep thinking about what you have been preaching to all of us in K-12 this year - that it has to be student learning first. Don't have a recommendation, but know one of you will!

I like Jennifer's suggestion for the conclusion. Maybe the title can reflect that--something like "Insuring Information Literacy for Student Success and Life-Long Learning." Life-long learning may be a bit worn as a phrase--maybe something relating to workplace. "...and Workplace Preparedness". [just brainstorming here]

Goal 4: I would revise to: Continue to advocate to College of Education faculty that the preparation of student teachers must convey an understanding of the information literacy skills needed for 21st century learning, how those competencies are represented in the Ohio Academic Content Standards and Guidelines, and how collaboration with the school librarian can contribute to these instructional objectives.

Action Steps are needed for this goal. I'll think on this too.

Goal 5?: I think another key partnership that needs to be developed further is between the K-12 and academic librarian communities. The consortia (INFOhio and OhioLINK) are good places for that as well as our state organizations (OELMA and ALAO). In order for 12-13 to be a reality, we need a broader discussion between our communities and to see how we can work together and to commit to action plans. As important as getting shared resources is, I think it is more than that and that we need to highlight the role that the librarians in both K-12 and 13-20 can play and mobilize to make that happen more than it might otherwise. I don't know if this is part of Goal 5 or maybe should be its own.

more on Goal 5: along with Gayle's comments--action 5.1 doesn't fit. I'm not sure about 5.2. I find the listing in 5.3 to be too long and distracting from the points being made. I wonder if this listing can be an appendix to the document?

Another shot at a title: Preparing the 21st Century Learner with Critical Information Literacy Skills: The Role of Ohio's Libraries and Librarians

OH, I really like the title change Barbara suggested. It is stronger and has impact. Also agree with Barbara about the list in 5.3. Referenced as an Appendix is much less distracting.

5.3 would be fine as an appendix. It needs to be corrected. Here is the last correct section. Delete everything after the entry for Together We Can.


REGIONAL GROUPS

Appalachian Center for Higher Ed (OACHE) http://www.oache.org/

Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools Ohio Appalachian counties http://www.coras.org/

I Can Center of Excellence http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/ican/, I Can Go to College

I Know I Can http://iknowican.org/, Columbus Public Schools

NE OHIO Higher ed College 360 http://www.college360.org/about.shtml

Southwest Ohio Council for Higher Education htto://www.soche.org

The Cleveland Scholarship Program http://www.cspohio.org/

Think College Now (TCN), the Northwest Ohio College Access Program,
http://www.ohiocan.org/GovInit/Preview/index.aspx?ProjectKey=38

Together We Can http://www.southern.ohiou.edu/pages/faculty-staff/office-directory-pages/together-we-can/together-we-can.htm

I like Barbara's title suggestion, it puts the focus on the learner and provides a role for all types of libraries. If the Governor's 10-13 plan is going to work, it will be critical for our students to learn to ask the right questions and access the appropriate sources to be successful in navigating the education system and in doing the work involved in their studies. Right now I am not sure anyone is filling that role on a continuing basis. I am still trying to get my head around what this means for us.

I think we really do need to look seriously at the Governor's idea, so here are some thoughts. I think we could reframe much of what we have already developed in our document around this issue and be one of the first to get it out.

Student Success in the Sophomore to Senior Enviornment

What will it take for students to be successful in this environment? Students will need:

1) Information Literacy Skills [21st Century Skills]
that will help them bridge the 10-13 spectrum of
learning needs

2) Access to appropriate information resources
selected and provided by school and academic
libraries available 24/7

3) Transparent transitions between K-20 libraries
to facilitate information access and utilization
by 10-13 students

I think these points hit our goals, we just need to flesh them out in terms that the decisionmakers can understand.

Well, food for though and discussion anyway.

I agree with John's suggestions about emphasizing our alignment with and support of the Seniors to Sophomores program. I would also like to see the addition of some text from a recent UNESCO document: As a recent UNESCO document notes , “Increasingly, the concept of information literacy is considered as crucially important to enable people to deal with the challenge of making good use of information and communication technology.” [Footnote: Horton, Forest Woody. (2008). Understanding information literacy: a primer. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001570/157020e.pdf .

I think it would also be helpful to align our mission with that of the Board of Regents and the legislature. Here is an example: Ohio’s Board of Regents in “English Expectations for College Readiness 2007,” indicated that first among the specific skills that entering college students are expected to possess is the ability to “Apply a wide range of strategies to select, comprehend, interpret, and evaluate print and non-print texts.” [Footnote: Ohio Board of Regents. (2007). English expectations for college readiness 2007. Retrieved from http://regents.ohio.gov/placement_summit/presentations/EnglishCollegeReadiness07.pdf. ]

Here is an example of our supporting the changing curriculum in public education in Ohio: Likewise, an Ohio Academy of Science White Paper, “The Ohio Core Curriculum: What’s Required for Science?,” addressing programmatic changes that will need to be made by the beginning of the 2010 school year in order to implement the Ohio Core’s “inquiry-based laboratory experience” requirements for science instruction, notes that legislation calls for “inquiry-based laboratory experience that engages students in asking valid scientific questions and gathering and analyzing information.” This paper points out that in demonstrating science, teachers already include “Examining books and other sources of information” and “Reviewing what is already known in light of experimental evidence” as two elements of the inquiry process. However, the new legislation will force a paradigm shift from teachers demonstrating science to students doing science. [Footnote: Ohio Academy of Science. (2007) “The Ohio Core Curriculum: What’s required for science?” Retrieved from http://www.ohiosci.org/TheOhioCoreCurriculumWhat'sRequiredforScience.pdf ] Referring readers to another OAS online document, “What is Science?”, OAS shows that “doing science” requires the application of the scientific method, a core tenet of which is to “Do literature search to see if the question has been previously answered” [sic]. [Footnote: SHRAKE, D. L., ELFNER, L. E., HUMMON, W., JANSON, R.W., & FREE, M. (2006) What is science? Ohio Journal of Science. 106 (4):130-135. Retrieved from http://www.ohiosci.org/WhatisScienceOJS106(4)130-135.pdf ] Educators and librarians work together to provide the necessary resources and to teach the necessary skills in order that students become information literate.

Definitely agree that the list of state organizations need to be at the end of the document.

WOW! You all are giving us just what we need for the final editing. Mary Cummings has send me a rewrite with much of what you have all mentioned included. Can't wait until this weekend - I'm serious - to wrap this up with all of these great constructive thoughts. Just wait until you see it!!!

Great work on this document folks.

I heartily agree that state organizations section should be an appendix if you keep it, but does it add something vital to the document and do we really need it?

Also, the text is so large in size it was hard for me to read it. Plus this makes the document longer. I'd drop to an 11 or 12 pt font and lose the double-spacing.

I found some typos which I'll send to Terri, nothing earth-shattering.

I really like what Mary and John said about emphasizing in the White Paper how what secondary and academic libraries teach, support and reinforce the academic content standards, the 21st century skills and the goals of the Bd of Regents and other Ohio educational groups. Hence back to listing the organizations with which we should be collaborating and coordinating.

Here are some additional comments about current draft of paper.

In 1st paragraph, should'nt we ID who INFhohio and OhioLINK are for non-library world readers?

Last paragraph on Info literacy. Suggested revision
"Expectations for what the information literate Ohio student should be are integral to the Ohio Academic Content Standards."
Last sentence seems week. What prof standards? How about a quote here from Information Power.
Action Steps
5.1 Re-word
Create a "directory" of resources easily accessible ...

Conclusion
I feel the conclusion is rather weak over all, especially first sentence and last paragraph.

Suggestions for first sentence.
The 21st century has arrived with its cornucopia of information and the 21st century learner is here now mining that wealth of information to gain new knowledge, hone critical thinking skills and make informed decisions that will affect the next future.

Suggestion for last sentence`
With support from both INFOhio and OhioLINK, Ohio students will have the quality information infrastructure needed to expose them to the world of knowledge and prepare them to be astute and productive consumers of that information. To foster the growth of information literacy as a critical, lifelong skill should be a mandate for every school and academic librarian. This is vital for a economically viable Ohio that must prepare citizens ready to enter the 21st century work force.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you all! I've decided this is the team I want to change the world with - great job. Glenda and I will meet on Monday to go through the final editing suggestions. As of this morning, please email me direct with your thoughts. To the weekend!

Action plan review can also be sent via email to me - fredericka@infohio.org - and I will post them all to the wiki. Whatever is easiest!

Wow, a log of thought and work has gone into this. I look forward to learning more about several of these. I do recommend an addition to goal 6 that calls for ALAO and OELMA creating an ongoing joint working group to address this issue into the future. Maybe more joint programming for annual fall meetings.