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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? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *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 > > >