[Students-l] Fwd.: 4th ALA Forum on Education - The Ph.D. Experience: Research into Practice

[M.J. Menou]

> Sujet:
> 4th ALA Forum on Education - The Ph.D. Experience: Research into Practice
> De:
> Joe Sanchez <joesanchez at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
> Date:
> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:07:46 -0600
> 
> 
> We are pleased to invite you to attend the Forum on Library Education to be held on Friday, January 11, 2008 from 1:30 to 4:30 pm during the upcoming ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This Forum is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and its Committee on Education (COE). This Forum continues the dialog on issues in library and information science education and it identifies new issues and new challenges confronting our profession.
> 
> While the Forum is open to ALA and ALISE members, you are being specially invited as part of a core audience of participants with a special interest in this topic. The format of the Forum allows for substantive input by those attending it.
> 
> The January 2008 Forum will focus on the doctoral student experience in schools of library and information science. The Forum will include brief addresses by two LIS Faculty on the current status of LIS Ph.D. programs. As part of this effort, a unique program will feature a researchapalooza where doctoral students will be allowed a mere ninety seconds to summarize their research aided by a single PowerPoint slide. Immediately following the presentations a thirty-minute poster session will take place followed by facilitated group discussions about the gaps and links between research and practice. A Blog for ongoing discussion will be available to gather additional commentary on library education issues, including:
> - Current Status of LIS Ph.D. programs
> - Gaps between Practice and Research
> - Overlaps between practice and research
> - Connections between ALA and LIS student work
> 
> Discussion will then ensue by those in attendance who will develop specific action plans to address and possibly resolve gaps between ALA practice and LIS Ph.D. student research.
> 
> To register please visit  http://tinyurl.com/32ucuo
> 
> Joe Sanchez
> Chair, Subcommittee of ALA Presidential Task Force
> on Supporting LIS Program
> ------------------------------
> University of Texas at Austin
> School of Information
> http://ischool.utexas.edu/~sanchez
> 

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Dr. Michel J. Menou
Visiting Professor, SLAIS, University College London, U.K.
Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management
Adviser of Somos at Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org
Member of the founding steering committee of
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B.P. 15
F-49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France
Email: micheljmenou[at]gmail[dot]com
michel[dot]menou[at]orange[dot]fr
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