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ALA Forum on Library Education

January 19, 2007
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, WA

Meeting Location: Convention Center Room 602/604

Purpose

This Forum continues the dialog on issues in library and information science education and it identifies new issues and new challenges confronting our profession.

Blog for the Forum on Library Education 

Sponsors

• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
• American Library Association  (ALA)
• ALA Committee on Education (COE)

Agenda

Topics and Presenters

Brief papers on the following topics from these respective presenters:

• Who "We" Are in Library Education: Leslie Burger
  Transforming Library Education by Leslie Burger, ALA President 2006-07
  
  
• Overview of Education Issues: John Budd
  Brass Tacks: Towards Meaningful Accreditation by John M. Budd, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Information Science & Learning Technologies
  
  
• Future Directions of ALA Accreditation: Tom Leonhardt, St. Edward's University
  
  
• The Curriculum and Accreditation: Michael Gorman
  Library Education: My Credo by Michael Gorman, Immediate Past President, ALA
  Overview and Comments on the ALA Standards of Accreditation of Masters Programs in Library and Information Studies by Michael Gorman
  
  
• Supporting LIS Education Through Practice: Loriene Roy
  Loriene Roy, Professor, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin; Professor, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, The University of Texas at Austin; President-Elect, American Library Association

Submitted Papers

• Seeking Culturally Competent Pedagogy in Librarian Education by Vanessa J. Morris, M.S.L.S., Instructor, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; Library Director, Merion Mercy Academy; Ed.D. Student, University of PA
  
  
• Ensuring Quality in Online Library and Information Studies Education by Linda C. Smith and Rae-Anne Montague, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Additional Resources

• ALA Office for Accreditation Standards
  
  
• ALA President Michael Gorman's Forum on Library Education

Call for Papers

We invite you to share your ideas and submit an issues paper on library education. Papers will contribute to our knowledge base and action agenda for library education.

Papers can be submitted by individuals or organizations.

Papers can address the following topics or any other topic in library education:

• Core Issues Confronting Library Education
  
  
• The Knowledge Base of the Field
  
  
• How Education is Delivered
  
  
• The Need for Educational Innovation
  
  
• The Role of ALA Accreditation

Please send submissions to Kimberly Sanders at ksanders@ala.org.  For more information, contact Kimberly Sanders.

Registration

There is no fee to register for this event. You may register for the Forum using the online form at www.ala.org/eduformreg.