As online course delivery becomes increasingly prevalent in higher education, it becomes more important to assist faculty in gaining new pedagogical skills. This article scans current literature regarding concerns and best practices in this area, and reports on a study of institutional support for training LIS faculty. The online survey of 16 quantitative and qualitative questions was distributed to all faculty from ALA accredited master’s programs requesting feedback about what support was available and what support was especially needed and/or appreciated by the faculty members. The results of this survey …

ALISE 2009 Best Conference Paper Awards
The Impact of Multimedia Course Enhancements on Student Learning Outcomes by Katherine Schilling, p. 214
Tip of the Iceberg: Meaning, Identity, and Literacy in Preteen Virtual Worlds by Eric M. Meyers, p. 226
Studying Collaborative Learning Using Name Networks by Anatoliy Gruzd, p. 237
MPACT Family Trees: Quantifying Academic Genealogy in Library and Information Science by Terrell G. Russell and Cassidy R. Sugimoto, p. 248
Everything Old is New Again: The Evolution of Library and Information Science Education from LIS to iField by Laurie J. Bonnici, Manimegalai M …

Research Articles
Management Education for Library Directors: Are Graduate Library Programs Providing Future Library Directors With the Skills and Knowledge They Will Need? by Maureen L. MacKenzie and James P. Smith, p. 129
Formal Education in Work With Continuing Resources: Do Barriers Really Exist? by Sarah Sutton, p. 143
Integration of Knowledge Management With the Library and Information Science Curriculum: Some Professional Perspectives by Afsaneh Hazeri, Bill Martin and Maryam Sarrafzadeh, p. 152
On the Boundaries of Reference Services: Questioning and Library 2.0 by Lorri Mon and Ebrahim Randeree, p. 164
The Tenure Process in LIS: A Survey of LIS/IS Program Directors by Susan …

Research Articles
Can Our Relationships be Reconceptualized? Librarians, Information Literacy, and Doctoral Learners by  Peter Macauley and Rosemary Green, p. 68

Information Literacy as Professional Legitimation: A Critical Analysis by Lisa O’Connor, p.  79
Engaging Students with Summer Reading: An Assessment of a Collaborative High School Summer Reading Program by Ya-Ling Lu, p.  90
Services to Older Adults: Preliminary Findings from Three Maryland Public Libraries by  David Piper, Serenity Palme and Bo Xie, p. 107
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Remembering Elfreda Chatman, a Champion of Theory Development in Library and Information Science Education by Kim M. Thompson, p. 119
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Research Articles
Designing Educational Cases for Intercultural Information Ethics: The Importance of Diversity, Perspectives, Values, and Pluralism by Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Russell W. Robbins and William A. Wallace, p. 4
The Community Engagement Model in Library and Information Science Education: A Case Study of a Collection Development and Management Course bt Bharat Mehra and William C. Robinson, p. 15
E-government Education in Public Libraries: New Service Roles and Expanding Social Responsibilities, Paul T. Jaeger and John Carlo Bertot, p. 39
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Personality and Research Styles: Why We Do the Things …