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 Subramaniam and Kathleen Burnett, p. 263

Research Articles
Learning to Teach Online: Creating a Culture of Support for Faculty by Kate Marek, p. 275

Brief Communications & Research in Progress
The Maryland Modular Method: An Approach to Doctoral Education in Information Studies by Allison Druin, Paul T. Jaeger, Jennifer Golbeck, Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Jimmy Lin, Yan Qu, Ping Wang and Bo Xie, p. 293

Editors’ Notes
Transforming LIS Education for the 21st Century: Best Conference Papers (2009) by Kathleen Burnett and Michelle M. Kazmer, p. 218