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 …

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.