[Asis-l] Join the iSchool at Illinois at ALISE'17

[Brya, Cynthia Ann]

The School of Information Sciences<http://ischool.illinois.edu/> at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be well represented at the annual conference for the Association for Library and Information Science Education, which will take place from January 17-20 in Atlanta.


Meetings & Workshops

Associate Professor Carol Tilley will participate in the Board of Directors Meeting at 3:00 p.m. on January 16, concluding her three-year term as director of external relations, an elected position to the ALISE Board.

Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Programs Linda C. Smith is a co-organizer for the pre-conference workshop, “Pedagogical (Re)-vision: from Concept to Course,” at 9:00 a.m. on January 17.



Professor and Dean Allen Renear will serve on a panel addressing how programs are meeting enrollment challenges during the ALISE Council of Deans, Directors, and Program Chairs Meeting at 12:15 p.m. on January 18.



Presentations and Panels



Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke will participate in three presentations on January 18: “Communities in Crisis: What Everyday Acts of Terrorism Tell Us About Social Responsibility in LIS” at 8:30 a.m.; “Bringing Critical Librarianship to Your Classroom: Practical Approaches to Tough Concepts” at 2:00 p.m.; and “Engaging Diverse Local Communities: Lessons from the Archives” at 4:00 p.m.



On January 18, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hoiem and Assistant Professor Daniel Tracy (MS ’12), University Library, will present their paper, “Engaging the Public through Digital Publishing,” at 8:30 a.m.



Rhiannon Bettivia, postdoctoral research associate, will present her paper, “Colleagues and Communities: Engaging Labor Across Intra-Institutional Digital Divides,” at 8:30 a.m. on January 18.



Nicole Miller (MS ’89), adjunct faculty member, will participate in the panel, “Connecting to Community: Curriculum and Projects for Family History Collaborative Services,” at 8:30 a.m. on January 19.



Ellen Knutson (MS ’02, PhD ’08), adjunct faculty member, will present her paper, “Teaching Community Engagement,” at 10:30 a.m. on January 19.



Associate Professor Terry L. Weech will participate in the panel, “Making International Connections:  Expanding Awareness of Non-North American LIS Education,” at 10:30 a.m. on January 19.



Assistant Professor Emily Knox will be the moderator for the panel, “Trends in the Ethics of Community Engagement,” at 2:00 p.m. on January 19.



On January 20, Assistant Professor Nicole A. Cooke will co-present “Sustaining Community Engagement and Fostering Social Responsibility: Teaching and Learning about Diversity in LIS Programs” at 8:30 a.m. and participate in the President’s Program, “Best Practices for Incorporating Community Engagement and Outreach in Curricula” at 10:30 a.m.


Posters
At the Works in Progress Poster Session at 6:30 p.m. January 17, Kristina Williams, master’s student, will present two posters, “Digital Space and Place: How LIS Students Connect and Collaborate on Critical Issues” and “Leadership Through Action: Student-initiated Program Development;” Julia Petrella, doctoral student, will present her poster, “Tumblr and Gender Pronouns;” DeAnza Williams, doctoral student, will present her poster, “Kids Create Apps - Lessons Learned from Creating a Curriculum for Elementary Students in a School and Public Library;” and LaTesha Velez, doctoral candidate, and Melissa Villa-Nicholas (PhD ’16) will present their poster, “The evolution of critical theories in Library History, 1997-2015.”
At the Jean Tague‐Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Poster Competition at 7:00 p.m. on January 19, doctoral candidate Cheryl Thompson will present her poster, “Cultivating Data Expertise: Comparison of Approaches in Geoscience Data Centers and Academic Libraries.” Associate Professor Kate McDowell will serve as a judge for this year’s doctoral poster competition.


Cindy Brya
Assistant Director for Communications
School of Information Sciences
207 LIS Building, MC-493
501 E Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-8312