4th ALA Forum on Education
In case any of you are available on Friday, 11 Jan 2008.
Host: ALA President Loriene Roy
Location: 201BC (PCC-201BC) Pennsylvania Convention Center
When: Friday, January 11, 1:30PM
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.
The Forum will focus on the doctoral student experience in schools of library and information science. As part of this effort, a unique program will feature a researchapalooza where doctoral students will present their research to the audience in a mere ninety seconds. 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. Facilitated discussion topics will include:
- Current Status of LIS Ph.D. programs
- Gaps between Practice and Research
- Overlaps between practice and research
- Connections between ALA and LIS student work
To register for 4th ALA Forum on Education - The Ph.D. Experience: Research
into Practice please visit:
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/VLBBMSUZSPBLBVTBTJLD/midwinteredforum
This Forum is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and its
Committee on Education (COE).
Host: ALA President Loriene Roy
Location: 201BC (PCC-201BC) Pennsylvania Convention Center
When: Friday, January 11, 1:30PM
posted by CLENE Round Table @ 2:02 PM
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