Library Education

Call for Proposals – 5th ALA Forum on Education
5th ALA Forum on Education: Service Learning and Citizen Engagement
We are pleased to announce a call for participation for the 5th ALA Forum on Education to be held on Friday, June 27, 2008 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm during the upcoming ALA Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Masters Level students who have participated in a service learning project or who have designed a yet to be completed service learning project are encouraged to submit a proposal.

The 5th ALA Forum on Education will feature a researchpalooza format followed by a traditional poster session. During the researchpalooza you will address the audience from a podium and present your service learning project in 90 seconds or less with the aid of one PowerPoint slide to an audience of 150 ALA members. Following the researchpalooza presenters will be asked to participate in a poster session where attendees will be able to ask questions and further discuss service learning projects. The researchpalooza format was a great success at MidWinter 2008 and we excited to offer an opportunity to participate in this innovative program.

To participate, please submit the following information via email to alaedforum@gmail.com
Name:
Title of Project:
University Affiliation:
Email Address:
Abstract or short description of service learning project:

Proposals will be accepted through March 16 and presenters will be notified by March 28

For more information please contact Joe Sanchez at joesanchez@austin.utexas.edu

Dear Colleagues:

In case any of you are available on Friday, 11 Jan 2008.

We are pleased to invite you to attend the Forum on Library Education to be
held on Friday, January 11, 2008 from 1:30 to 4:30 pm during the upcoming
ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This Forum is sponsored
by the American Library Association (ALA) and its Committee on Education
(COE). This Forum continues the dialog on issues in library and information
science education and it identifies new issues and new challenges
confronting our profession.

The Forum will focus on the doctoral student experience in schools of
library and information science. As part of this effort, a unique program
will feature a researchapalooza where doctoral students will present their
research to the audience in a mere ninety seconds. Immediately following the
presentations a thirty-minute poster session will take place followed by
facilitated group discussions about the gaps and links between research and
practice. Facilitated discussion topics will include
- Current Status of LIS Ph.D. programs
- Gaps between Practice and Research
- Overlaps between practice and research
- Connections between ALA and LIS student work

To register for 4th ALA Forum on Education - The Ph.D. Experience: Research
into Practice please visit
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/VLBBMSUZSPBLBVTBTJLD/midwinteredforum

This Forum is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and its
Committee on Education (COE).

Host: ALA President Loriene Roy
Location: 201BC (PCC-201BC) Pennsylvania Convention Center
When: Friday, January 11, 1:30PM

The Forum will be held on Friday, January 19, 2007 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in room 602-604. The solicited papers and other program handouts are available on the website at www.ala.org/educationforum.

Please note that the Forum is being filmed by the College of DuPage as background information and to select highlights for a web teleconference on library education to be held later this Spring. Dick Dougherty, former ALA President, is coordinating this effort.

This year's Forum is sponsored by the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), American Library Association (ALA), and the ALA Committee on Education (COE).

For further information or questions contact:

Kimberly Sanders
Program Officer, Education & Scholarships
ALA, Human Resource, Development & Recruitment (HRDR)
800-545-2433 x4279
FAX: 312-280-3256
ksanders@ala.org
www.ala.org/hrdr

Please plan to attend the Forum on Library Education to be held on Friday,
January 19, 2007 from 1:30 to 3:30pm during the upcoming ALA Midwinter
Meeting in Seattle, Washington. This Forum is jointly sponsored by the
Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) and by the
American Library Association (ALA) and its Committee on Education (COE).

This Forum continues the dialog on issues in library and information science
education and it identifies new issues and new challenges confronting our
profession. The Forum is open to ALA and ALISE members. The format of the
Forum allows for substantive input by those attending it. As part of this
effort, a Call for Issues Papers has been sounded to gather valuable input
from as wide a constituency as possible. Brief, one page papers will be
posted on a website to solicit information on how library education might be
improved. Information on this is available from: www.ala.org/educationforum. Furthermore, a Blog for ongoing discussion will be available to gather
additional commentary on library education issues.

The Forum will include brief papers on these respective topics from the
following presenters: Who "We" Are in Library Education: Leslie Burger;
Overview of Education Issues: John Budd; Future Directions of ALA
Accreditation: Tom Leonhardt; The Curriculum and Accreditation: Michael
Gorman; Supporting LIS Education Through Practice: Loriene Roy. Discussion
will then ensue by those in attendance who will develop specific action
plans to address and possibly resolve critical issues in library education.

There is no fee to register for this event. You may register for the Forum
using the online registration form at www.ala.org/eduformreg. We hope that
you are able to register for the Forum and participate in its activities:
the Call for Papers, and the Blog. We hope to see you there. For additional
questions about the forum contact Kimberly Sanders at ksanders@ala.org.