Dear Alumnae/i and Friends,
Following up on our successful re-accreditation by the American Library Association July, 2008, this year has continued to be a year of innovation and inspiration here at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS). We have experienced the opening of the Butler Children's Literature Center, received our PhD approval from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, hosted two outstanding lectures, and have welcomed four new members to our GSLIS Faculty.
We are looking forward to the amazing possibilities that will come from our new and innovative programs and thank you for your encouragement and loyalty to our program.
Sincerely,
Susan Roman, Dean
Dominican University
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Headlines
- Dominican receives PhD Accreditation
- eChicago Symposium: an Overwhelming Success
- Spring Lecture - The International Children's Digital Library
- Follett Lecture - The Power of Story
- GSLIS Welcomes Four New Faculty
- LAMP Summer Institute Came to Dominican in July
PhD Accreditation
On February 9-10 a team from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools was on campus to conduct a site visit regarding the proposed Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science program. We are please to announce that the doctoral program was approved and the first cohort began classes in September, 2009. This is also the first doctoral program offered on the Dominican campus.
The mission of the doctoral program is to educate dynamic leaders in the field of library and information science who are poised to bridge the theory-practice divide and be the field's creative innovators in the 21st Century.
To find out more about the PhD program, please contact gslis@dom.edu.
eChicago - Are Chicago's Neighborhoods Connecting?
A record number of people were on hand at Dominican University in April for the annual eChicago Community Informatics Symposium. Presented by Dominican University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, attendees learned more about how Chicago's neighborhoods are connecting to digital tools, whether everyone is getting connected, and who's working at it.
Speakers included Carolyn Anthony, Director, Skokie Public Library, Skokie, Illiniois. The Skokie Public Library was a winner of the 2008 National Medal from the White House for outstanding library service; Steve Jones, Professor and Dean, Department of Communication, University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Matthew A. Zook, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington - cybergeographer.
Spring Lecture - Dr. Ann Carlson Weeks presented The International Children's Digital Library
Ann Carlson Weeks, Professor of the Practice at the University of Maryland's College of Information Studies, delivered Dominican University's Graduate School of Library & Information Science (GSLIS) annual Spring Lecture on April 21st at the main campus.
Dr. Weeks' presentation, "The International Children's Digital Library - Not Just for Children Anymore," focused on the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL), a full-text library of children's books from around the world that is freely available via the Internet. The collection includes nearly 4,000 contemporary and historic children's books in 50 languages from 60 countries.
Dr. Weeks described the background of the project and offered suggestions about how it can be used to extend library collections and provide an "authentic voice" in books from countries and cultures around the world.
Dr. Weeks holds both BA and MLS degrees from Indiana University and a PhD from the School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh. She has been a faculty member at the University of Maryland since 2000, where she also holds an affiliate appointment in the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). Dr. Weeks is also a member of the Honorary Board for the Butler Children's Literature Center at Dominican University.
Follett Lecture - Dr. Steven L. Herb Discussed the Power of Story
Steven L. Herb, distinguished scholar and Follett Chair in Library and Information Science, presented this year's follett Lecture at Dominican University on March 3, 2009.
Dr. Herb's presentation, "Stories and Storytelling: How Human Become People," examined the power of story in developing who we are as individuals and who we are as members of our immediate culture and the larger society. Dr. Herb has had an abiding interest in the historical and developmental roots of storytelling since entering college and in the uses of story since entering graduate library school.
In addition to being the Follett Chair at Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dr. Herb heads the Education and Behavioral Sciences Library and is affiliate professor of language and literacy education at Pennsylvania State University. He is also director of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Dr. Herb was appointed to the Follett Chair and as Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in August, 2007.
Faculty Updates
We would like to recognize three members of the Dominican faculty who are leaving their full-time positions. All of them will stay connected to the GLIS program.
Dr. Debra Mitts-Smith, Assistant Professor
Donald C. Adcock, Director, School Library Media Program (SLMP) and Lecturer
Michael Leonard, Lecturer
Four new members will be joining the Dominican faculty, they are:
Thomas J. Barthelmess, is Curator, Butler Children's Literature Center and Lecturer. Thom holds his MLS from the School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has been the Youth Services Manager at the Austin Public Library, and Youth Services Coordinator, Spokane County Library District, Washington. Thomas is the current (2009-2010) President of the Association for for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). For the fall, 2009 semester he will teach LIS 721/Library Materials for Children, as well as LIS 723/Services for Children and Young Adults.
Don W. Hamerly, has been appointed Director, School Library Media Program and Assistant Professor. Dr. Hamerly, who earned his PhD this summer from the University of Texas-Austin, received his MLIS from the University of Texas-Austin. He was an assistant instructor at the University of Texas-Austin, a reference librarian at Austin Community College, and librarian at McNeil High School in Austin, Texas. For the fall, 2009 semester, Professor Hamerly will teach LIS 773/School Libraries (Management) and begin to supervise both LIS 728/Clinical Experience and Student Teaching as well as LIS 729/ Clinical Experience and Internship.
Cecilia L. Salvatore, has been appointed Associate Professor. Dr. Salvatore earned her PhD from the University of Texas-Austin and an MLS degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Most recently, Dr. Salvatore was Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. For the fall, 2009 semester Dr. Salvatore will teach both: LIS 701/Introduction to Library and Information Sciences as well as LIS 775/Archival Administration and Services. Her academic areas of interest include information flow, libraries, and archives in underserved and developing communities, organization theory and administrative theory, cultural and indigenous heritage management and preservation and global information infrastructure.
Tonyia J. Tidline, was named Director of thePhD program and Assocate Professor. Dr. Tidline holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MLIS from Kent State University, Ohio and an MA in Public Administration from Ohio State University. Dr. Tidline has most recently been teaching at San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science and the University of Alabama, School of Library and Information Studies. For the fall, 2009 semester, Professor Tidline will teach LIS 901/Advanced Seminar: Professional Issues for the new class of PhD candidates.
LAMP Summer Institute Came to Dominican in July
The summer institute is a three-day program designed to inform and create awareness of library and information science among potential scholars. It is an excellent way to meet with mentors and explore opportunities in the field. A number of LIS topics will be covered ranging from preparation for graduate studies to librarianship career exploration. Activities such as field trips to academic and local libraries and other cultural centers may also be included. The summer institute held annually at a different host institution from the partner network. The 3rd LAMP Summer Institute was held in July at the Rebecca Crown Library located at Dominican University's main River Forest campus.
LIS Access Midwest Program (LAMP) is a regional network of academic libraries and information science schools dedicated to promoting careers within the field of library and information science (LIS) by encouraging promising undergraduate students at its member institutions to participate in activities and events designed to increase their awareness of the profession and to provide support for subsequent graduate studies in library and information science. LAMP seeks to employ a range of recruitment techniques including summer institutes and internships, peer and professional mentorship and guidance, and financial assistance for the completion of a Master's degree in LIS.
GRADUATIONS
January, 2009
On January 10th Dominican awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters to Jon Scieszka, well-known author of books for children of all ages and first Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The same evening, he brought remarks to a crowd of people for the official opening of the Butler Children's Literature Center. The Butler Center is temporarily housed in the Rebecca Crown Library, Room 340. It is open on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons or by special appointment, butler@dom.edu
May, 2009
On Graduation Day, Saturday, May 2, Dominican University awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters to Kyle Zimmer, speaker for the graduate commencement. She is also founder and president of First Book, an international nonprofit organization that provides disadvantaged children with new books.
Faculty Updates
Dr. Christine Hagar presented Creating Community Cohesion in Chicago and Beyond: Can LIS Education Aid Social Inclusion? Presented at ALISE Annual Conference in Denver, January 20-23 Dr. Hagar also presented Crisis Informatics: An Information Science Perspective to the connective IT Research Lab, Natural Hazards Center, Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Dr. Michael Stephens has been serving the GSLIS community proudly through his many presentations, publications and interviews around the subject of technologies and libraries. His spring presentation was entitled, "The Hyperlinked Academic Library: Next Generation Services of Next Generation Students."
Dr. Susan Roman also spoke on February 27, at the annual joint luncheon of the Illinois Chapter of the Special Library Association (SLA) and the Chicago Association of Law Librarians (CALL) about the state of library education.
Dean Roman also spoke at the Center for Summer Learning Annual Conference on April 17. "Getting Intentional about Summer Reading: The Power of Public Library Partnerships to Boost Student Success" outlined Dominican University’s research, funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Science, focusing on the question, "Do Public Library Summer Reading Programs Impact Student Achievement?"
Donald Adcock, Director of the School Library Media Program (SLMP), co-authored
Staff
Lenora Berendt, Coordinator of Student Placement, offered four career development workshops in March and April of this year that were well attended. Two were on writing effective cover letters and two were on interviewing skills.
Alexis H. Sarkisian, Coordinator, Clinical Practice, SLMP, presented a Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA,) a division of ALA, preconference workshop on leadership and presented a session on leadership at the Rhode Island Library Association Conference in May.
Students
LISSA the Library and Information Science Student Association, had a full calendar of technology competency workshops, library visits, social events and meetings. LISSA is meant to be a resource to students; a body that students can turn to for help and advocacy. All GSLIS students are urged to participate in LISSA. For information, please write to lissa@dom.edu
Alumni Association News
Alice Calabrese-Berry, Executive Director, Metropolitan Library System Karen Danczak Lyons, First Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Public Library Courtney Greene, Instruction & Online Learning Librarian, DePaul University Karen Hutt, LRC Director, Crone Middle School Deb Schwarz, Librarian, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (SanFrancisco), and President, Library Associates UPCOMING EVENTS
GSLIS Annual McCusker Lecture
The Book: Past, Present and Future with Speaker: NICOLAS BARKER Tuesday, October 13, 2009 -- lecture begins at 6 pm Reception follows. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP: gslis@dom.edu, 708/524-6845 We are often told that the book is obsolete, or even dead, and there is a great deal of publicity about the new devices that are going to take over from it. Usually, the prophets of gloom have not paused to consider the evidence around them that the book is still alive, still less that it has survived previous changes of format. Perhaps the 'digital revolution' is not quite as complete, or as revolutionary, as its publicists suggest. Perhaps, too, we can learn something from the previous revolutions that will help us find out what is really going to happen to the book in the future. Nicolas Barker has been editor of the Book Collector since 1965. He has written many books, including "Stanley Morison" (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1972), "Bibliotheca Lindesiana" (London: Quaritch for the Roxburghe Club, 1977), "The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1478-1978" (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978), "Treasures of the British Library" (New York: Abrams, 1989), "Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script and Type in the 15th Century" (second edition; New York: Fordham University Press, 1992), and "Hortus Eystettensis: The Bishop's Garden and Besler's Magnificent Book" (New York: Abrams, 1994). He is the editor of recent editions of John Carter's classic book "ABC for Book Collectors". Butler Children's Literature Center: Mock Caldecott Awards Discussion, Thursday, November 12, starting at 6 p.m. All are welcome to participate in this facsimile Caldecott experience, facilitated by Thom Barthelmess, Curator of the Butler Children’s Literature Center, and current President of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), the Division of the American Library Association (ALA) that administers the Randolph Caldecott Medal. We’ll use the official Caldecott Terms and Criteria to evaluate and discuss the books, and use the official voting protocol to choose a winner and honor books.You are encouraged to examine as many of the books as possible ahead of time, assessing their distinction and measuring their success. All of the titles are available for review in the Butler Center, open Thursday evenings from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. You can also find them in area public libraries and bookstores. And we will have them available for last-minute review on the evening of the Mock Caldecott program as well, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Each of the books merits attention and consideration based on its individual properties of artistic and illustrative excellence. Together, the list offers a breadth of audience, concept, style, and thematic interpretation that invites comparison and discussion. We hope the titles provoke your interest and curiosity, and we hope you join us to share your impressions and contribute to our collective understanding! The Butler Children's Literature Center Mock Caldecott Discussion List: 1) All the World, written by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee, published by Beach Lane Books 2) A Book, written and illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein, published by Roaring Brook Press 3) Coretta Scott, written by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, published by Katherine Tegen Books 4) Duck! Rabbit!, written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, published by Chronicle Books 5) Higher! Higher!, written and illustrated by Leslie Patricelli, published by Candlewick Press 6) Jeremy Draws a Monster, written and illustrated by Peter McCarty, Published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC 7) Our Abe Lincoln, written by Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Barbara McClintock, published by Scholastic Press 8) Tillie Lays an Egg, written by Terry Golson, illustrated by Ben Fink, published by Scholastic Press All are welcome, but we do request that you let us know you're coming. RSVP to butler@dom.edu For more information, contact Thom Barthelmess, Curator at the Butler Center, 708-524-6861. GSLIS Spring Lecture Wednesday, March 4, 2009 times to be announced. Please keep us informed by contacting us at gslis@dom.edu