Share Paper: Success in college? Look to high school librarians

  1. Lesley Farmer, California St. University Long Beach, United States
Thursday, April 1 3:15-3:30 PM Room 5

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 ...