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 …

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 …

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 …