Wednesday, October 28
10:40 AM-11:05 AM
EDT
Room 2

Transitioning to College: Impact of High School Librarians

Full Paper ID: 57966
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    Lesley Farmer
    California St. University Long Beach

Abstract: High schools try to help their students become college-career ready. Information literacy is part of that picture, although the role of teacher librarians is less clear. While the value of librarians within the education environment has been demonstrated, less research about the transferability between high school and higher education was evident. The research question emerged: what relationship exists between the presence of a high school teacher librarian and freshmen college students’ academic success? To answer this question, this study examined five years of a large comprehensive university’s freshmen data about their course load, the first semester GPA, and information about the high school from which they graduated: its Title status and the presence of a high school librarian. The study found that the presence of a high school librarian employed at least half time is significantly correlated with college freshmen’s grade point average, However, more explicit attention and support needs to be given to students in Title I schools.

Presider: Lesley Farmer, California St. University Long Beach

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