Greetings,
I bring this to your attention because these two msgs are making the
rounds of Web4Libs and other discussion lists tonite.
The first is at
http://tinyurl.com/4dert6f
which is a tiny version of the full URL at
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-library-information-science-programs/library-information-science-rankings/page+2
The original msg represented here seemed to be unaware of t he fact that
this data appears to be posted/gathered in 2009 - three years ago. But it
is being posted as current (2011).
The second is at
http://tinyurl.com/4r25skm
which is a tiny version of the full URL at
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2011/03/14/library-and-information-studies-rankings-methodology-2012
The original posting seems to be based on three-year old data, which
appears to be current, except for the little date of data collection of
2008.
While this indeed old data, I bring this to your attention because it is
appearing in my mailbox tonite as if it were current information.
And I've not seen anything in ALISE or ASIST literature to dispute the
US News claims. Or to provide any other rankings according to more
reliable criteria however stated.
--gw
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Gretchen Whitney, PhD, Retired
School of Information Sciences
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996 USA [log in to unmask]
http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/
jESSE:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/jesse.html
SIGMETRICS:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html
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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:02:27 -0400
From: Robert Balliot <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask], Publib <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [Web4lib] Library Science rankings
I have heard the phrase "When you are number 2, you try harder" :
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-library-information-science-programs/library-information-science-rankings
With University of Rhode Island ranking last at 44, the phrase "No place to
go but up" comes to mind.
I would like to see the survey upon which they base these results. But,
given that there is really no consequence for a failure to be competitive,
the results of the survey would be merely academic.
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2011/03/14/library-and-information-studies-rankings-methodology-2012
Sigh,
R. Balliot
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