Please distribute to your current MLIS students and MLIS alumni!

Cultivating Diversity in LIS Education

Saturday, June 29, 2013,

10:30-12:00 (10:30-Panel/ 11:00-Options Fair)

McCormick Place Convention Center, Hall A, Meeting Room D (http://ala13.ala.org/node/12304)

The ALA Office for Diversity and the University of Washington iSchool are very excited to invite you to our sixth annual information session with a focus on recruiting minority PhD students.

"Leaders Wanted: Cultivating Diversity in LIS Education”

·       a panel of minority LIS PhD students sharing their journeys and helpful tips for the PhD application process

·       an Options Fair where attendees can speak with faculty, doctoral students, and other representatives from a wide variety of schools from across the country (see list of participating schools below); learn about LIS PhD programs and funding opportunities.

All are welcome to join us!

Leaders Wanted / LIS Doctoral Program Options Fair: Cultivating Diversity in LIS Education

• 10:30am-11:00am   Panel on Doctoral Education
  • Moderated by: Dr. Nicole Cooke, faculty member, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • PhD student panelists:
    • Jason Alston, University of South Carolina (Why a PhD?)
    • Karla Lucht, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Choosing a PhD program)
    • Lenese Colson, Florida State University (more on Why and Choosing)
    • Sandy Littletree, University of Washington (Application process/persistence)
• 11:00am-Noon           Options Fair
  • Meet informally with representatives from the majority  of schools with doctoral programs in LIS

If you are not planning to attend ALA, but would like to attend the Leaders Wanted PhD information session, please RSVP to Gwendolyn Prellwitz [log in to unmask]  for a special one-day entry code for the ALA Conference. You must have this code for entry to McCormick Place Convention Center.

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago at Leaders Wanted!

Allyson Carlyle, Associate Professor, University of Washington, iSchool

Cynthia del Rosario, Diversity Programs Advisor, University of Washington, iSchool

Gwendolyn Prellwitz, Assistant Director Spectrum and Related Grants, Office for Diversity & Spectrum, ALA

Schools Participating in Options Fair