Skills+High+School+Students+Need+When+They+Go+to+College

Friday, November 11th Concurrent Session (2:15pm-3:15pm)

Collaboration/Curriculum • 6-12 //Room 103// A panel of academic librarians will discuss the need for information literacy and the role of school and academic librarians in preparing students for an information-saturated world. The information literacy skills that are expected of first-year students entering college/university will be focused on, and sample assignments shared.
 * Postsecondary Perspectives On Lifelong Learning Essentials: Skills High School Students Need When They Go To College**

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//Christina Cicchetti, Education/Reference Librarian, University of California// //Debbi Renfrow, Public Services Librarian, Moreno Valley College Library// //Karin Griffin, Library Faculty,// //California State University//



Christina Cicchetti has an M.S. in Information Studies from Drexel University and an Ed.S. from La Sierra University in Curriculum & Instruction. She has worked in both high school and academic libraries. Over the last 20 years, Christina has worked with incoming freshman at 3 separate institutions of higher education in California. She is currently the Education Librarian at the University of California Riverside.

Karin Griffin is the Library Faculty Liaison to programs in Education & Counseling, Family & Consumer Sciences, and Recreation & Leisure Studies at California State University, Long Beach. She holds a Master’s degree in Library Service and a M.Ed. in Counseling & Student Development from Clark Atlanta University and Tuskegee University respectively.

Debbi Renfrow is the Public Services Librarian at Moreno Valley Community College. She holds a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science and an M.A. in Humanities.