JELIS 52(4), Fall 2011, Table of Contents
I. Editors’ Notes
Competitiveness and Innovation: The Best of the ALISE 2011 Conference Papers
KATHLEEN BURNETT and MICHELLE M. KAZMER
II. Best Conference Papers, ALISE 2011
Are We There Yet? Results of a Gap Analysis to Measure LIS Students’ Prior Knowledge and Actual Learning of Cultural Competence Concepts
KAFI KUMASI and RENEE FRANKLIN
What is the Value of LIS Education? A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Tennessee’s Rural Librarians
BHARAT MEHRA, KIMBERLY BLACK, VANDANA SINGH, and JENNA NOLT
Faculty Responses to Library Service Innovations: A Case Study
SUSAN E. SEARING and ALISON …

Research Articles
Diversity and LIS Education: Inclusion and the Age of Information by Paul T. Jaeger, Mega M. Subramaniam, Casandra B. Jones and John Carlo Bertot, p. 166
Learning About Law in Library School: A Snapshot by Jean Dryden, p. 184
Effects of Communication Medium on Class Participation: Comparing Face-to-Face and Discussion Board Communication Rates by Lorraine F. Normore and Brandy N. Blaylock, p. 198
Use of Adjunct Faculty in Delivery of Distance Education in ALA-Accredited LIS Master’s Programs in the U.S. and Canada by June Lester, p. 212
Brief Communication
Collaborations Between LIS Education and …

Special Section: Digital Library and Digital Curation Curricula
Jeffrey Pomerantz, Guest Editor
Education for eScience Professionals: Job Analysis, Curriculum Guidance, and Program Considerations by Jeffrey M. Stanton, Youngseek Kim, Megan Oakleaf, R. David Lankes, Paul Gandel, Derrick Cogburn, and Elizabeth D. Liddy, p. 79
DigIn: A Hands-on Approach to a Digital Curation Curriculum for Professional Development by Bruce Fulton, Peter Botticelli, and Jana Bradley, p. 95
Developing and Implementing a Master of Archival Studies Program: A Collaborative Effort of a State University, a State Archives, and the National Archives and Records Administration by Cherie …

Special Section: Digital Library and Digital Curation Curricula
Jeffrey Pomerantz, Guest Editor
Museum Informatics Across the Curriculum: Ten Years of Preparing LIS Students for Careers Transcending Libraries, Archives, and Museums by Paul Marty and Michael B. Twidale, p. 9
Digital Curation for Digital Natives by Elizabeth Yakel, Paul Conway, Margaret Hedstrom, and David Wallace, p. 23
Research Articles
LIS Learning Culture: Identifying Disaffected Students by Elizabeth H. Dow, p. 32
A Measurement Model of Students’ Behavioral Intentions to Use Second Life Virtual Environments by Yunfei Du, p. 41
Comparative Evaluation of the Level of Competence Expectations of …

ALISE 2010 Best Conference Paper Awards
Finding That Special Someone: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in an Academic Context by Sidath Gunawardena, Rosina Weber and Denise E. Agosto, p. 210
LIS Program Expectations of Incoming Students’ Technology Knowledge and Skills by Bill Kules and Jennifer McDaniel, p. 222
Inviting the World Into the Online Classroom: Teaching a Gaming in Libraries Course via YouTube by Scott Nicholson, p. 233
Building a Virtual Archives and Preservation Curriculum Laboratory at Simmons College: A Case Study in Collaborative Construction by Jeannette Bastian, Ross Harvey, Martha Mahard and Terry Plum, p. 241
Research Articles
The Effect …

Research Articles
Predicting Sustainability for Programs in Library and Information Science: Factors Influencing Continuance and Discontinuance by Ken Haycock, p. 130
Perspectives of East Tennessee’s Rural Public Librarians about the Extent of Need for Professional Library Education: A Pilot Study by Bharat Mehra, Kimberly Black and Shu-Yueh Lee, p. 142
From Metadata Creation to Metadata Quality Control: Continuing Education Needs Among Cataloging and Metadata Professionals by Jung-Ran Park, Yuji Tosaka, Susan Maszaros and Caimei Lu, p. 158
Barriers and Challenges to Teaching Reference in Today’s Electronic Information Environment by Denise E. Agosto, Lily Rozaklis, Craig MacDonald and …

Research Articles
Communities of Practice for Blended Learning: Toward an Integrated Model for LIS Education by Joyce Yukawa, p. 54
Innovative Services Improvised During Disasters: Evidence-Based Education Modules to Prepare Students and Practitioners for Shifts in Community Information Needs by Lisl Zach and Michelynn McKnight, p. 76
Social Networking Websites: An Exploratory Study of Student Peer Socializing in an Online LIS Program by Lili Luo, p. 86
Job Advertisements for Recent Graduates: Advising, Curriculum, and Job-seeking Implications by Robert K. Reeves and Trudi Bellardo Hahn, p. 103
Brief Communications & Research in Progress
Digital Library Education …

Special Section: Integrating Social Theories into LIS Research
Metatheory in Library and Information Science: A Nascent Social Justice Approach by Kevin Rioux, p. 9
Theories-in-Use and Reflection-in-Action: Core Principles for LIS Education by Phillip M. Edwards, p. 18
Research Articles
Educating Future Academic Librarians: An Analysis of Courses in Academic Librarianship by Edgar C. Bailey, Jr., p. 30
WISE Economics: ROI of Quality and Consortiums by Bruce Kingma and Kathleen Schisa, p. 43
Editors’ Notes
Integrating Social Theories into LIS Research by Laurie J. Bonnici and Manimegalai M Subramaniam, p. 1
Also Included in This Issue by Kathleen Burnett and …

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 …