Middle school librarians High school librarians 58% 24% 23% 29% Local middle school library Public library College/university library Do not partner 54% of librarians partner with classroom teachers at least monthly in instruction. Do you partner with other libraries to develop IL skills? Public library Local high school library Other Do not partner How often do you teach IL? Never Daily Weekly Monthly Once a semester Less often 17% 27% 27% 19% 9% 1% 90% How important is information literacy (IL)? 96% think that information literacy instruction is extremely important. 25% of high school libraries have set goals for preparing students for college research. teach some kind of information literacy at their schools. What resources do you use for IL instruction? Databases Citation management tools Print materials Skill development curriculum Videos Open content Apps Who provides IL instruction in your school? 89% 81% 16% Classroom teachers Librarians Tech specialists Amount spent on digital resources to support IL instruction Middle schools High schools $5,600 $900 $7,000 $4,700 Average Median 40% 48% 11% 46% 43% 7% 43% 42% 7% 40% 41% 17% 37% 45% 17% 39% 38% 19% 28% 34% 33% 35% 36% 24% 36% 40% 18% 38% 45% 16% Database search strategies Search engine strategies Pre-search planning Establishing authority in sources Critically evaluating information quality/usefulness Recognizing types of sources Seeking multiple perspectives Using evidence to investigate questions and support arguments Developing strategies for collecting, organizing, and sharing information Citation management tools and strategies In what grade are the skills first introduced? PRIOR TO GRADE 9 GRADE 9 GRADES 10–12 Most skills are introduced in 9th grade or earlier. What teaching framework do you use? ACRL None AASL, ISTE, ALA, or state/ provincial (Canada) 54% 29% 17% METHODOLOGY: The Information Literacy/College Readiness Survey was developed by SLJ Research in conjunction with Credo Reference. A survey invitation was emailed to a selection of middle and high school libraries on April 26, 2019. The survey closed on May 14 with 443 responses. The data was tabulated and analyzed in-house by SLJ Research. The responses are unweighted. OPERATION: Information Literacy 35% 29% 6% 46% SLJ charts/Illustrations by nadia_bormotova/Gey Images Plus 64% of school librarians assess their efforts. 39% 36% 26% 12% 10% Performance based Informal assessment Formal testing Other Do not assess How are IL instruction efforts assessed?