Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition

By: Kenneth J. Burhanna and Toni Anaya and Leslie Barton and Kathleen Conley and Paula Nespeca Deal and Leanne Ellis and Robert Farrell and Anthony J. Fonseca and Mitchell J. Fontenot and Kim Garwood and Julie A. Gedeon and Matthew Harrick and Laurie Hathman and Rhonda Huisman and Curtis L. Kendrick and JaNae Kinikin and Dale Lackeyram and Jillian Brandt Maruskin and Clarke Mathany and Charlene Maxey-Harris and Louis E. Mays and Brian L. Mikesell and Megan Oakleaf and Kindra Orr and Patricia L. Owen and Anne Marie Perrault and Peggy A. Pritchard and Thomas L. Reinsfelder and Debra Cox Rollins and Sherri Savage and Barbara F. Schloman and Kathryn B. Seidel and Jennifer Sigalet and Ann Walker Smalley and Ann Marie Smeraldi and Ken W. Stewart and Barbara K. Stripling and LeAnn Suchy and Teresa Tartaglione and Jill E. Thompson and Tammy J. Eschedor Voelker and Meghann Suzanne Walk and Kate Zoellner

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Synopsis: How can libraries and librarians across the educational continuum work together to support student transitions from high school to college, utilizing free or low-cost resources? This book supplies the answers.Informed Transitions: Libraries Supporting the High School to College Transition identifies the ways in which libraries and librarians can work together and create valuable resources that help students transition successfully to college—despite the challenges of increasing demand and diminishing resources.The book is organized into three sections: background, expectations, and skills; conversations and collaborations; and programs and resources. Section 1 establishes a foundational understanding of the libraries' role in supporting college transitions. Section 2 shares model conversations that move this work forward, stressing its collaborative nature. The third section highlights some well-established programs and resources that effectively support high school to college transitions. Practical information is provided throughout, pinpointing what high school students need to know to smoothly transition to college, spotlighting the expectations of college professors, and discussing audience-specific methods of working with students at the high school and college levels.