Q Objective: Understanding and reducing library anxiety Instructions: Read the case study below about a student who received a bad grade on her research paper. You will meet four characters that you need to rank in order of their responsibility from 1 = most responsible to 4 = least responsible for that student's bad grade. Explain why you choose to rank them that way, then read your classmates' posts, and respond to at least one of them. Library Anxiety Case Study “Oh wow,” Marina exclaimed to Velma, her friend and classmate, as she walked into the building. It was her first visit to the San Juan City College Library, although this was already her second semester. The building was huge. There were two different service desks and tons of workers who looked like students. Marina didn’t know where to start. On the first day of her Child Development class, her instructor, Ms. Pitts, told the class they needed “scholarly sources” for an 8-page research paper that was due March 5. She told them they needed to go the Library to find these sources. It was already the middle of February, and, until today, Marina hadn’t been able to summon the courage to even enter the building. Marina hadn’t been in a library since she was a young teenager. She remembered clearly the librarian at her middle school library, Mrs. Thompson, yelling at her for jamming the copy machine with a bad coin. Mrs. Thompson always seemed grumpy, and Marina avoided asking her questions at all costs. “I don’t even know why we’re here, anyway,” Velma said, dismissively. “I told you, you can find articles online. Just get on a computer and Google it. What was your topic anyway?” “Should children have cell phones,” Marina mumbled. “You can find everything online!” Velma said. “Here, let’s get on a computer.” The two women sat at a computer, logged in, and started searching. Marina searched for the words should children have cell phones? Her first search retrieved over 29 million web pages. She clicked on the first, a website called stayathomemom.org. It looked okay. It listed five reasons children shouldn’t be given a cell phone. Marina printed the web page. She kept searching, and found five more sites on the first page of her results. “What did I tell you?” Velma exclaimed. “You were totally freaking out over nothing.” Marina wrote her paper later that week using the sources she found online. She even turned it in two days early. But when Ms. Pitts passed her paper back, Marina was shocked: D+. “Scholarly sources???” Ms. Pitts wrote in dark red pen across the first page of her paper. Marina was confused and distressed. What had she done wrong? What did Ms. Pitts means by scholarly sources anyway? And why would Velma give her such horrible advice? Marina left class that day depressed and unsure. Created by Emily Campbell, COS Librarian. Licensed Under CCBY 4.0 1. Your response a) Who is the most responsible for Marina’s bad grade? Rank the following characters in order of their responsibility from 1 = most responsible to 4 = least responsible. Marina: ____ Mrs. Thompson: ____ Velma: ____ Ms. Pitts: ____ b) Explain your ranking. Why is that character more or less responsible for Marina's bad grade? c) Can you think of anyone else who might have some responsibility in this scenario? If so, who? 2. Reply to your classmates' posts Tell your classmates what you find valuable about their response. Add something that will be helpful to them or ask a question if something that they shared was not clear. How it will be graded Participation in discussions is 10% of your final grade. You will receive up to 6 points for your original response, depending how many listed questions you answered and how detailed your answers are. You will receive up to additional 4 points for the replies to your classmates. You may receive a WOW! point if you go above and beyond of what was asked from you. See the grading rubric from the top right side of this page for details. This may help Discussions video Ask your instructor This may help Discussions video Ask your instructor