[Students-l] SLA Library Buzz: Are LIS Programs on Target for Today's Workplace? 11/19 @ 6pm PST/SLT in Second Life

[Linnea Heimerdinger]

Library Buzz Panel: Are LIS Programs on Target for Today's Workplace?

Presented by: Dr. Andrew Wertheimer, Ben Hoganson, and Chris Nelson

Moderated by: Cindy Hill

Produced by: MLIS students at the University of Hawaii, sponsored by SLA in
Virtual Worlds

When: November 19th, 2009 - 6pm PT/SLT
Where: Info Island Auditorium
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/62/114/33
NOTE: This session is in Second Life, please get a Second Life avatar and
the client software here: http://www.secondlife.com
<http://www.secondlife.com/> 

Summary: LIS graduates find themselves working in a variety of rapidly
changing workplaces; changing technology and changing roles in the workplace
and in society.  Join us as we meet with a panel representing current LIS
students, recent LIS graduates entering the work force, LIS professors, and
working Librarians to discuss the role of LIS education in this dynamic
field.  We will be discussing how or if LIS programs are adapting to meet
the needs of the workplace, what people learned or wish they had learned,
continuing education, and whether or not an LIS degree is valuable to
today's workplace.  

Dr. Wertheimer (SL: Drew Scholessinger) is currently an Assistant Professor
at the University of Hawaii Manoa and has experience working in public and
academic libraries and an archive.  

Ben Hoganson (SL: Xavier Bergen) is a graduate of the MLIS program at the
University of Wisconsin - Madison, and is currently working as an
Information Research Specialist with the Idaho National Laboratory.

Chris Nelson (SL: Snow Scarmon) is currently studying Library and
Information Science at San Jose State University.

Cindy Hill (SL: Sydney Delphin) is the owner of Hill Information Consulting
Group and received her MLIS from San Jose State University.

Questions to be addressed:

1.Do you think what you learned in Library School prepares you to be a
librarian? 
2.What did you learn that you don't think you'll need (or haven't needed)
and conversely, what didn't you learn that you wish you had? 
3.Should an MLIS degree be required to be a librarian? 
4.Should librarians have a positive requirement for CE or certification?
5.What do you think is necessary for those just entering the
library/information profession?
6.What is going on in LIS programs today that is addressing these changes?

The Library Buzz sessions are sponsored by the SLA in Virtual Worlds
Advisory Council in partnership with the Alliance Virtual Library (AVL).

Aloha,
Linnea Benton (Heimerdinger)
SL: Sunny Allardyce
lth at hawaii.edu


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Evan Smith
SL: NWSmith Crumb
evan2 at hawaii.edu <javascript:main.compose('new',%20't=evan2 at hawaii.edu')> 

 

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