SJSU SLIS Publishes Innovate Magazine

Are you thinking about earning your master’s degree or post-master’s certificate and wonder what it is like to be a student in the fully online programs at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science (SJSU SLIS)? Dr. Michael Stephens, assistant professor at SJSU SLIS, and current students share tools for online learning success on page 4 in the latest edition of Innovate magazine.

Do you need some help with a work project? The innovative virtual internship program at SJSU SLIS connects organizations with student interns, even when they live across the continent from each other. Learn more about this mutual learning experience and how you can become a virtual internship site supervisor on page 8.

Did you know that SJSU SLIS offers foreign language courses designed specifically for graduate students in its ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program? The new Chinese language course prepares MLIS students to serve North America’s growing population of Chinese Americans. Read about the diversity of learning experiences available to MLIS students on page 20.

Are you attending the Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference? The free online conference is coming up next week, October 3-5, 2012. As you await the knowledge to be shared during the 150 presentations scheduled for this year, read about the inaugural Library 2.011conference on page 24.

Those are just a few examples of the exciting things happening at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science. You can read all the stories in the digital version of Innovate magazine. A PDF version and digital flipbook are conveniently available for your reading pleasure.

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The San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science offers two fully online master’s degrees, a fully online certificate program, and a doctoral program: Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), Master of Archives and Records Administration (MARA), Post-Master’s Certificate in Library and Information Science, and the San Jose Gateway PhD Program. Let the learning begin: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu