SLIS at 2011 ALISE Annual Conference

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Looking to connect with faculty, students and alumni of the FSU School of Library & Information Studies at the 2011 ALISE Annual Conference? As usual, they are making generous contributions to the event. Here are their presentations:

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5, 2011
10:30 a.m.–Noon

  • ALISE Research Award 2010 Update: “An Activity Theory Approach to the Study of Online Collaborative Learning in LIS,” FSU SLIS doctoral students Kyungwon Koh and Sung Jae Park, and Dr. Kathleen Burnett (FSU)

2:00–3:30 p.m.

  • “Long-Term Development of a Learner-Led Infrastructure for an Information Organization Course,” Dr. Michelle Kazmer (FSU)

4:00–5:30 p.m.

  • New Faculty: “Three Perspectives on Publishing in LIS,” Dr. Gary Burnett (FSU) and alumna Linda Most
  • “Cultural Heritage Preservation Curricula in LIS Education: Competition,” Dr. Paul Marty (FSU)

THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 2011
8:30 a.m.– 10:00 a.m.

  • Youth Services: “Competition and Innovation in Youth Services: What It Means for School and Public Libraries,” doctoral student Kyungwon Koh (FSU)
  • “Innovative Youth Information Behaviors in the Digital Environment,” doctoral student Kyungwon Koh (FSU)
  • “Cultural Heritage Preservation in LIS Education: Innovation,” Dr. Paul Marty (FSU)
  • “The Impact of Competitiveness and Innovation in the Development of Disciplinary Identity, 2004-2009,” Dr. Kathleen Burnett (FSU), doctoral student Jung Hoon Baeg (FSU), and alumni Laurie J. Bonnici and Mega M. Subramanian

10:30 a.m.–Noon

  • “The Competition is Virtual: The Coming of Age of LIS Online Distance Education,” Organizer: Dr. Lorri Mon (FSU)
  • “Publish or Perish: The Doctoral Student’s Guide to Creating Publishable Articles and Winning Posters,” Organizer: FSU doctoral student Nicole Alemanne
    Panelists: Dr. Kathleen Burnett (FSU) and alumna Renee Franklin
  • Competing Standards in the Education of School Librarians,” Dr. Nancy Everhart (FSU)

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

  • JELIS Editorial Board Meeting (FSU faculty Kathy Burnett & Michelle Kazmer are the JELIS editors)

1:30 p.m.– 3:00 p.m.

  • “Nurturing Faculty Diversity through Competitive Hiring and Early Faculty Process at LIS Schools”
    Panelists: alumni Mega Subramanian, Renee Franklin, Paul Jaeger, and Howard Rodriquez-Mori
  • “Hands on from a Distance: Incorporating Experiential Learning into a Required Online LIS Management Course,” alumna Linda Most
  • “Information Literacy and Its Discontents: Lessons from College Students with Below Proficient Skills,” FSU faculty Don Latham and Melissa Gross

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011
7:30 a.m.– 8:30 a.m.

  • School Library Media SIG Business Meeting, co-chaired by Dr. Marcia Mardis (FSU)

8:30 a.m.– 10:00 a.m.

  • “Assessing the Reuse Value of Socially Created Metadata for Image Indexing,” Dr. Besiki Stvilia and Dr. Corinne Jörgensen (FSU)
  • “Advising for LIS Master’s Students Online,” Organizer/Panelist: Dr. Michelle Kazmer (FSU)
  • “Cooperative Inquiry as a Methodology and Means of Consensus-Building for School-Based Technology Integration and School Librarian Leadership,” Dr. Nancy Everhart and Dr. Marcia Mardis (FSU)
  • “Innovation in Diversity Related Research: An Examination of a Decade of Diversity Doctorates at LIS Schools (2000-2010),” FSU alumni Mega M. Subramanian, Howard Rodriguez-Mori, Renee Franklin, and Paul Jaeger

10:30 a.m.–Noon

  • School Library Media SIG Panel Session: “Young Guns of School Librarianship,” co-hosted by Dr. Marcia Mardis (FSU). Paper presentations by FSU doctoral students Aaron Elkins, Janice Newsum, and Melissa Johnston, and alumna Daniella Smith.
  • “Government Information Librarianship Education in the 21st Century,” alumnus Paul Jaeger
  • “Are We There Yet? Library and Information Studies Students’ Perceptions of their Level of Cultural Competency,” alumna Renee Franklin

The 2011 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference takes place Tuesday, Jan. 4–Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 in San Diego, CA. For more information.