[Siged-l] Update on Sig-Ed Planning 2005

[ann randall]

Update on ASIS&T / SIG-ED

Officers 2004-2005:

Chair:  Dr. Thomas J. Froehlich, Professor
Program Director, M.S. Program in Information Architecture
  And Knowledge Management
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University (on leave Spring 2005)
tfroehli at kent.edu

Chair Elect:  Dr. Candy Schwartz, Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College
candy.Schwartz at simmons.edu

Past Chair: Dr. Ann K. Randall, Associate Professor
School of Information and Library Science
Pratt Institute
arandall at pratt.edu
or akrand at hotmail.com

Communication / Membership Coordinator:  tba

Representative, Student Chapter of the Year Award Jury: tba

Conference 2005 – preliminary planning

Proposed Panel (1):  Focus on Curricular Lacunae and Innovations
  Employer representatives:  What is missing in LIS education
  Faculty representatives: What do the schools offer – leading program 
examples

Proposed Panel (2):  Outcomes Evaluation Data for Distance Education
  What does the data tell us about successes and comparative results?

Please suggest specific paper and speaker ideas by 1/21/05.

Technical Sessions:

Student Paper Prize

Doctoral Research Award Program

Awards:

Pratt Severn Award (Faculty)

Kudos:  Many thanks to Professors Barbara Wildemuth, UNC and Javed Mostafa, 
Indiana University for coordinating the 2004 Doctoral Research and Student 
Paper Award programs.

Sig-Ed members are encouraged to volunteer for vacancies (see above), and 
program planning / participation for 2005.  Please contact chair elect 
candy.Schwartz at simmons.edu

Proposals for panels, papers and poster sessions may be submitted.  For 
format see “Call for Participation 10/28-11/02 ” Conference 2005, Charlotte, 
North Carolina, at the ASIS&T website.  The deadline for program proposals 
is January 21, 2005.


Submitted by Ann K. Randall, 1/12/05.

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Prof. Ann Knight Randall
Pratt Institute SILS
200 Willoughby Ave, ISC Room 307
Brooklyn, New York 11205
718 636-3429 (ofc)
email: akrand at hotmail.com