[Asis-l] GSLIS Dean Awarded IMLS Grant

[Alisa Libby]

Dean Abels Awarded IMLS Grant:
http://simmons.edu/gslis/for/current/news/blog/2014/04/dean-abels-awarded-imls-grant.php

Congratulations to Dean Eileen Abels, who has received an Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS) planning grant for "Educate to Innovate:
Re-visioning Library and Information Science Education." Focusing on the
importance of leadership and cutting-edge skills in LIS education, the
grant will enable "evaluating and implementing relevant curriculum focused
on innovation, continuous learning, and critical engagement within a global
context." The grant is led by Dr. Eileen G. Abels, Graduate School of
Library and Information Science, Simmons College along with partners Dr.
Linda C. Smith, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Dr. Lynne C. Howarth, Faculty
of Information, University of Toronto.

In other news, GSLIS has launched UNBOUND, library futures unfettered: a
blog by Simmons GSLIS:
http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/unbound/

For more GSLIS news, visit the InfoLink newsletter, Summer issue:
http://simmons.edu/gslis/for/current/news/blog/infolink/summer-2014/

-- 
Alisa M. Libby
Communications Assistant
Simmons College, GSLIS
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
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For details about Alisa's young adult fiction, visit www.alisalibby.com.
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