The Spring 2012 issue of Prism: the Newsletter from the ALA Office for Accreditation is now available at http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/accreditation/prp/prism/prism_cu rrent.cfm. This message is being sent to a number of our constituent groups. I apologize that you may receive multiple messages. In this issue: * Accreditation actions taken at Midwinter 2012 * Updates on the ALA Standards review and the CHEA recognition review process * Analysis of changes in accredited programs between 2010 and 2011 * Overview of the soon-to-be-released third edition of Accreditation Process, Policies, and Procedures (AP3) * Sessions of interest at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference: ERP training, Appeal Process training, COA open session on Standards review, and AASL/NCATE training * Acknowledgement of External Review Panelists and AASL/NCATE reviewers Laura Dare, Assistant Director Office for Accreditation American Library Association 50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 312-280-2435 Fax: 312-280-2433 www.ala.org/accreditation