Articles in the 50 (2009) Category
50 (2009), 50:4 »
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 …
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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 …
50 (2009), 50:3, Table of Contents »
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 …
50 (2009), 50:2, Table of Contents »
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
Brief Communications & Research in Progress
Remembering Elfreda Chatman, a Champion of Theory Development in Library and Information Science Education by Kim M. Thompson, p. 119
Editors’ Notes
JELIS …
50 (2009), 50:1, Table of Contents »
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
Brief Communications & Research in Progress
Personality and Research Styles: Why We Do the Things …
50 (2009), 50:1 »
Information professionals today face a growing number of intercultural information ethics challenges. This paper describes an effort to develop and evaluate educational cases that can help to prepare information professionals to overcome these challenges. A total of ten educational cases were developed and used in two semesters of an Information Ethics course taught at the University of Maryland. The new approach to case design exemplified in these cases includes having students face multiple interdependent decisions while playing culturally diverse roles. Students were asked a series of open-ended questions at the end of each semester of the course, and data were analyzed using grounded theory. The findings of this research reveal preliminary evidence supporting four key themes for preparing students to confront intercultural information ethics dilemmas: diversity, perspectives, values, and pluralism. The conclusion of this paper is that this new approach to educational case design can be successful in preparing future information professionals to confront intercultural information ethics dilemmas.
Keywords: Case-based learning, culture, globalization, information ethics education, intercultural information ethics, user-centered design, values, value-sensitive design,
grounded theory methodology.
50 (2009), 50:3 »
To anticipate future trends for doctoral education in library and information science (LIS), we examine the historical progression and current landscape of doctoral degree programs in the United States and Canada. By providing a comprehensive rendering of the history and current state of LIS doctoral education, this work provides data not previously available. Data for this work come from MPACT, a database that provides listings of 3,014 LIS dissertations conferred by 38 ALA-accredited schools between 1930 and 2007. This work discusses degrees offered and focuses on changes in the landscape within the last ten years, in addition to an evaluation of schools that produce future faculty for ALISE institutions. Results confirm the health and activity of LIS doctoral programs in North America.
Keywords: education, LIS history, dissertations, survey, MPACT, doctoral education
50 (2009), Uncategorized »
On July, 23, 2007, Dr. Raymond F. von Dran, dean emeritus of the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University (SU), passed away at the age of 60. As dean of the School from 1995-2007, Dr. von Dran was highly regarded as a dedicated and compassionate educator whose vision catapulted SU’s School of Information Studies into national and international circles.
