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Preparing 21st century Ohio learners for success
Helping today's students & tomorrow's teachers
Case Study
in College and Career Readiness
Using Modules to Search University Catalogs, Visits to Xavier University and University of Cincinnati Libraries
Overview
For over a decade,
Mariemont High School students have used both
Xavier University Library and the
University of
Cincinnati Libraries during their Senior English Research paper.
After students select a novel or set of poems or short stories to
analyze in early December, they must complete a set of research
modules designed by the school librarian to help prepare them for
their visit to the university library. These modules include
searching the university catalog, the resources of the
Public
Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and
OCLC
First Search for books and articles they'll want to access on
their field trip. These modules are graded and corrected by the
school librarian and used as a grade for their English class.
The modules are shared with the university librarians and a date
for the field trip is set for early January when university students
are still out on winter break. For the visit to Xavier, students
fill out an application for a Xavier card prior to the visit, so
they can check out materials on the trip. (UC has students bring
Mariemont ID to check out materials.) The classes are split into two
trips, and students are given a tour by university library staff and
instruction on accessing materials through the check out process and
through databases. Students save articles to flash drives they bring
with them.
What
participants are saying...
Overall, the collaboration
(with Xavier University and University of Cincinnati) is extremely
rewarding, and we have found it to be an effective way to teach 12th
grade students how to utilize college libraries. We have anecdotal
evidence that our students are less fearful of approaching
university library staff for help and more likely to seek library
resources for papers. It is one of the most enjoyable projects I do
with my students all year. - Emily Zauss Colpi
For more information
Emily Zauss Colpi
Librarian
Mariemont High School
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