FYI --gw <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 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 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:18:56 -0500 From: kslisadjunct <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ALISEadjunct] Part time & adjunct faculty SIG meeting at ALISE conference Hello to all group members, my name is Catherine Closet-Crane; it was unanimously decided during our SIG meeting at the ALISE conference in Seattle that I will be convening our SIG for the year 2013 with the support of co-convener Alexa Pearce. I am an adjunct teaching for Kent State SLIS and Alexa is a librarian at NYU and an adjunct at Pratt. The SIG meeting on the last morning of the ALISE conference in Seattle was attended by four (4) persons. We talked about having a presence at the next ALISE conference in January 2014. We wish to organize a session/ panel to be held on the last day of the conference to allow those of us who define themselves as librarians teaching part-time/adjuncting and who will be attending the ALA conference to join those of us who define themselves primarily as adjunct faculty. As you may know the theme of ALISE 2014 is Educational Entrepreneurship and the topic we propose for the panel and discussion would tentatively address the Roles and Responsibilities, Place, Employment Opportunities, and Job (in)Security of Part-Time and Adjunct Educators in the Educational Enterprise. We would like to gauge the interest of group and SIG members in holding such a panel and get your feedback. You can respond on this message board or privately to me at [log in to unmask]