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 Eileen G. Abels, p. 177

Teaching Information Retrieval With Web-based Interactive Visualization by Peter Brusilovsky, Jae-wook Ahn and Edie Rasmussen, p. 187

Brief Communications & Research in Progress
The first Workshop on the Future of iSchool Doctoral Education: Issues, Challenges, and Aspirations by Paul T. Jaeger, Jennifer Golbeck, Allison Druin and Kenneth R. Fleischmann, p. 201

Editors’ Notes
The Breadth and Depth of LIS Education by Michelle M. Kazmer and Kathleen Burnett, p. 129

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 Lab by Xia Lin and Eileen Abels, p. 120

Book Review
The Portable MLIS: Insights From the Experts (Ken Haycock & Brooke E. Sheldon, Eds.) by Robert Wedgeworth, p. 125

Editors’ Notes
Current Choices and Delivery Methods by Michelle M. Kazmer and Kathleen Burnett, p. 53

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 Michelle M. Kazmer, p. 3

JELIS 2009 Satisfaction Survey by Sung Jae Park and Janet L. Capps, p. 4

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

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 E. Higgins and Teresa Welsh, p. 176

Library and Information Science Doctoral Education: The Landscape From 1930 Through 2007 by Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Terrell G. Russell and Sheryl L. Grant, p. 190

Brief Communications & Research in Progress
LIS Curricula Introducing Information Literacy Courses Alongside Instructional Classes by Loyd G. Mbabu, p. 203

Reviews
Web-based learning through educational informatics: Information science meets educational computing by Nigel Ford. Reviewed by Caroline Haythornthwaite, p. 211

Editor’s Notes
Producers of Information by Michelle M. Kazmer, p. 127

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 Connections by Janet L. Capps and Christopher L. Hinson, p. 59

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 We Do? by Suellen Adam and Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, p. 50

Editors’ Notes
JELIS Turns 50! by Kathleen Burnett, p. 1