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Volume 50 Number 3

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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 …

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Library and Information Science Doctoral Education: The Landscape from 1930-2007 by Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Terrell G. Russell and Sheryl Grant

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Library and Information Science Doctoral Education: The Landscape from 1930-2007 by Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Terrell G. Russell and Sheryl Grant

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

ALISE Conference 2012

Announcements

CALL FOR PAPERS
JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
SPECIAL SECTION: TEACHING AND LEARNING IN iSCHOOLS
(Summer 2012)
Manuscript Submission Deadline: January 15, 2012

Guest Editor
Toni Carbo
College of Information Science and Technology, the iSchool at Drexel
Center for Graduate Studies, Sacramento

Introduction

The iSchools membership has grown since its beginning in 1988 as an informal group of deans from a relatively small group of North American information schools to include programs across the globe that share a commitment to the interdisciplinary study of information and to the preparation of professionals to operate at the intersection of information, technology and people. The group evolved from the initial three and soon four schools that offered LIS programs, undergraduate degrees in information science and “other” programs, such as telecommunications, software engineering, and journalism, to a larger group with a greater sense of identity and community. The “iSchools Caucus” (usually referred to as the “iCaucus”) was formed as a consortium with a Web site, annual conference, and special projects. As the consortium has grown and evolved, so have the curricula, professional development, and teaching methods of the programs. This special section of JELIS focuses on what is taught and how it is taught, both in courses and in professional development programs, and on evaluation, as we continue towards our shared goal of providing the best possible lifelong learning experiences for future Information Professionals.

We encourage researchers and educators to discuss the development, implementation, or evaluation of entire curricula, individual courses, or professional development programs to meet these educational goals, in the Summer 2012 issue of JELIS (Volume 53, no. 3). We are particularly interested in discussions of interdisciplinary and inter-institutional programs, such as informatics programs, collaboration with other cultural institutions (e.g., archives, museums, historical societies, etc.), and partnerships with for-profit and nonprofit organizations, as well as with government agencies.

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts for inclusion in the special section on or before January 15, 2012. Major research and research in progress articles, review articles and brief communications are solicited. The JELIS submission guidelines are available at http://jelis.org/for-authors/">. Manuscripts will be reviewed using the double-blind review process. Please indicate the appropriate category. Authors will be notified of the referees’ decisions by March 1, 2012, and final revisions will be due April 1, 2012. Selected papers will be published in the Volume 53, no. 3 in Summer 2012.

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