Muriel,

To what "work" are you referring?  The Forum is simply a panel 
discussion, as interesting as it is likely to be.  Is anyone committed 
to carrying out the necessary research?

Holly Willett

Muriel Wells wrote:
> Won't our work address the issue Mr. SLoan is talking about here?
>  
>
>
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> *From:* B.G. Sloan <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Fri, January 8, 2010 3:10:37 PM
> *Subject:* Re: 2010 Forum on Library Education
>
>  
> This announcement asks: "Is there a chasm between LIS education and 
> professional practice?"
>  
> As Yogi Berra once said, "It's like deja-vu, all over again." Isn't 
> this question asked just about every year? And don't we wind up with 
> one group saying "Yes, there is a chasm", and another group saying 
> "No, there isn't a chasm"? Then there's some heated debate, and maybe 
> a report. Then people get tired of talking about the question and it 
> gets put on a back burner until the next round.
>  
> It sure would be nice to put this question to rest once and for all by 
> actually answering it.  I remember John Unsworth's suggestion last 
> summer in the iSchool/iCaucus response to the ALA Library Education 
> Task Force report:
>
> "As deans of the iSchools, we suggest that the most efficient means of 
> achieving the outcomes that you desire would be to conduct empirical 
> research leading to a genuine understanding of the needs of the 
> profession and to consider how those needs are, or are not, being met 
> by programs such as ours. We envision this work being conducted in an 
> atmosphere of mutual respect between those who teach and those who 
> practice, and would willingly engage the expertise and resources of 
> the iSchools in the achievement of such an outcome."
>  
> To the best of my knowedge, no one (on either "side") ever took John 
> up on his suggestion.
> I, for one, am really tired of the "chasm" debate. It always seems 
> to end with both sides each convincing themselves that their position 
> is correct.
>  
> Bernie Sloan
>
> --- On *Thu, 1/7/10, Patricia Antrim /<[log in to unmask]>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Patricia Antrim <[log in to unmask]>
>     Subject: 2010 Forum on Library Education
>     To: [log in to unmask]
>     Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 2:55 PM
>
>     The following announcement is sent on behalf of the ALA Committee
>     on Education.
>
>     2010 Forum on Library Education
>
>     The American Library Association (ALA) Committee on Education and the
>     Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) will
>     present a forum on Library Education. The forum will be hosted by
>     ALISE
>     and held during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, (MA) at the
>     Boston
>     Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15,
>     2010.
>     This year's theme will be: "Learning Outcomes: Methodologies for
>     Connecting Communities"
>
>     Representatives from Library & Information Studies (LIS) education and
>     ALA divisions will discuss the following issues of learning
>     outcomes in
>     LIS education and how the professional community views LIS graduates:
>     What is a Learning Outcome? How might the new competences impact LIS
>     education? What relationship do the new competences have to
>     established
>     division competences? Is there a chasm between LIS education and
>     professional practice?
>     The forums on library education are annual events and are venues
>     for an
>     open exchange of ideas and ongoing dialogue between LIS educators and
>     library practitioners on current topics related to library education
>     matters. 
>     Speakers:  Rachel A. Applegate, Indiana University -
>     Indianapolis;  Lynn
>     S. Connaway, OCLC; Sara Kelly Johns, Lake Placid Middle/High School
>     (NY); Dan O'Connor, Rutgers University and Scott Walter, University of
>     Illinois - Urbana.
>     For updates and additional information about the Forum, please
>     visit the
>     website:
>     http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/hrdr/abouthrdr/hrdrliaisoncomm/c
>     ommitteeoned/libraryeducationforum.cfm
>
>     Lorelle Swader
>
>
>
>     **Please include the history of email correspondence in your reply**
>
>     Dr. Patricia Antrim
>     Chair, Educational Leadership & Human Development
>     Lovinger 4102
>     University of Central Missouri
>     Warrensburg, MO  64093
>     Phone: 660-543-8633
>     Fax: 660-543-4164
>
>
>