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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Don't Cross Librarians
by Thomas Surprenant 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Hi Guys, Have a Cool Yule. This picture was sent by a librarian friend. Forward it to other librarians!! ** **** ** ** -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Mary K Chelton's bereavement
by Roberta Brody 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi All Mary K's partner, Dorothy Broderick passed away last evening. I spoke with Mary K this morning and arrangements have not yet been made. However, because of the dogs, she asked that no flowers be sent. According to her wishes, Linda Cooper and I are sending her a fruit basket from the GSLIS Sunshine Fund. Mary K asked asked that if anyone wishes to do anything else, kindly make a donation to the Freedom to Read Foundation, in Memory of Dorothy Broderick. bobby Roberta Brody bobbybrody(a)aol.com (home) Roberta.Brody(a)QC.cuny.edu (work) Roberta Brody bobbybrody(a)aol.com (home) Roberta.Brody(a)QC.cuny.edu (work)

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Gslisadjuncts Dorothy M. Broderick
by Mary K Chelton 17 Dec '11

17 Dec '11

Dorothy, my partner of 30 years and the co-founder of VOYA, died this evening, Dec. 17, at 8:45 p.m. Mary K. Chelton

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Twitter Guide for Academics From London School of Economics
by Mary K Chelton 17 Dec '11

17 Dec '11

Of possible interest... Mary K Chelton Begin forwarded message: > Date: December 17, 2011 2:54:00 PM EST > Subject: Twitter Guide for Academics From London School of Economics > Source: ResourceShelf > > From the press release : Can anything of academic value ever be said in just 140 characters? A new Twitter guide published by the LSE Public Policy Group and the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog seeks to answer this question, and show academics and researchers how to get the most out [...] > Read more… >

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Course/faculty evaluations period EXTENDED to DECEMBER 22!
by Claudia Perry 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

Dear Students, Hurray, we are now in 8th place overall within the College with 51.8% of the GSLIS responding to the course evaluations! We encourage those of you who have not responded to take advantage of the extension noted below. Many many thanks! Dr. Linda Cooper and Dr. Claudia Perry Re-accreditation Co-Chairs Begin forwarded message: > From: Center for Teaching & Learning/Queens College <qcmailer(a)qc.cuny.edu > > > Date: December 15, 2011 1:00:17 AM EST > To: cperry(a)qc.cuny.edu > Subject: Course/faculty evaluations period EXTENDED to DECEMBER 22! > Reply-To: qc.comm.donotreply(a)qc.cuny.edu > > Having trouble viewing this email? Click here > > The deadline for submitting course/faculty evaluations has been > extended to December 22. Please let your students know that if they > haven't yet submitted their evaluations, they still have time to do > so, at: > > http://www.qc.cuny.edu/evaluate > > Many thanks for your efforts in getting the word out. > > > This mail was sent by an automated process. Do not reply to this > mail, which cannot accept replies. > > At the bottom of this email, you will see Constant Contact language > that offers the option of using "SafeUnsubscribe" to remove yourself > from the email list. We strongly advise you not to unsubscribe > because QCmailers may contain critical, timely information you need, > such as WebAttendance and WebGrade information for faculty; Human > Resources announcements for faculty and staff; and announcements > from the Registrar or Bursar for students. This information may not > be communicated in any other way but through the QCmailer. > Forward email > > This email was sent to cperry(a)qc.cuny.edu by qcmailer(a)qc.cuny.edu | > Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ > | Privacy Policy. > Queens College, CUNY | 65-30 Kissena Blvd | Flushing | NY | 11367 >

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: GLIS 775- Latifa Baali -Award Link
by Claudia Perry 14 Dec '11

14 Dec '11

Shared by Professor Andrew Jackson. Congratulations Ms. Baal!!!! cp Begin forwarded message: > From: "Jackson, Andrew P" <Andrew.P.Jackson(a)queenslibrary.org> > Date: December 14, 2011 4:42:47 AM EST > To: <c2perry(a)nyc.rr.com> > Subject: FW: GLIS 775- Latifa Baali -Award Link > > Claudia, > > Very interesting news from one of my GLIS 775 students who took my > advice about applying for conference grants. She will report on her > Washington, D.C. conference experience in tonight's class. > aj > > From: Latifa Baali [mailto:lbaali30@gmail.com] > Sent: Tue 12/13/2011 11:52 AM > To: Jackson, Andrew P > Subject: GLIS 775- Latifa Baali -Award Link > > Dear Professor Jackson, > > > I would like to share with you the link of the award I received in > DC : http://mela.us/Awards/atiyeh.html. and also to ask you if I can > show some brochures and flyers I collected in conferences to my > classmates tomorrow in class. > > Thank you. > > Kind Regards, > > Latifa > > > > Connect with Queens Library: > > > QueensLibrary.org > Facebook > Twitter > LinkedIn > Google+ > And More: > > Foursquare YouTube Flickr Goodreads Tumblr > > > The information contained in this message may be privileged and > confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. >

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: ALISE call for resumes: Part Time/Adjunct/Sessional Instructors
by Claudia Perry 14 Dec '11

14 Dec '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Ewanya Clark <contact(a)alise.org> > Date: December 14, 2011 1:42:18 PM EST > To: Claudia.Perry(a)qc.cuny.edu, Claudia.Perry(a)qc.cuny.edu > Subject: ALISE call for resumes: Part Time/Adjunct/Sessional > Instructors > Reply-To: contact(a)alise.org > > In response to requests by members and stakeholders, ALISE is now > accepting resumes from those wishing to be identified for part time, > adjunct, or sessional employment by library and information science > programs. Similar to the way ALISE provides a book of curriculum > vitae for tenure track job seekers, this call for resumes is for our > colleagues seeking part time/adjunct/sessional opportunities. > Creation of this book will allow potential employers to review part > time/adjunct/sessional instructor CVs while at the ALISE annual > conference. Also, any adjuncts who attend the conference could > network if they are seeking to make contact with schools. The > provision of the resumes is not an endorsement of candidates or > institutions. > > Interested? Email your resume to contact(a)alise.org, clearly > highlighting what you can teach, and in what delivery modes (web > based, face to face, video link, hybrid combinations). Questions may > be directed to: > > Ms. Ewanya Clark > ALISE Executive Assistant > Association for Library and Information Science > 65 E Wacker Place Suite 1900 > Chicago, IL 60601 > Phone: 312-795-0996 > Fax: 312-419-8950 > Email: contact(a)alise.org > Web: www.alise.org > > The deadline for inclusion in the ALISE part time/Adjunct/Sessional > faculty book is Thursday, December 22, 2011. Please send your resume > by email to: contact(a)alise.org to insure inclusion, send before 4 > P.M. CST December 22, 2011. > > We hope to see you at the Annual ALISE Conference, January 17-20 > 2012, Dallas, Texas. > > > LP > > Lorna Peterson, PhD > Associate Professor > University at Buffalo > ALISE Past President

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Gslisadjuncts Minutes of Dec. 8 Curriculum Committee
by Mary K Chelton 14 Dec '11

14 Dec '11

Curriculum Committee Minutes December 8, 2011 Present: Brody, Chelton, Cool, Cooper, Valero Absent: qcLISSA rep The meeting began at 1:30 p.m. Minutes were approved from the November meeting. Old Business Announcement re paid internships change. Since the November meeting, the committee decided to put the change of policy on the class website and not to distribute to glisann. Information re ECPSE 550. Dr. Cooper has confirmed that it is a graduate-level course. Final Knowledge Management course syllabus. Approved except for linking the learning outcomes to assignments prior to first teaching day with a final copy submitted to the committee. Updates on new Knowledge and Its Uses course. Still a work in progress, but Dr. Marcum submitted a draft incorporating new readings. Further input on 737 revision. Dr. Smith’s input was reviewed and it was decided to let Drs. Chelton and Cooper revise the syllabus and if possible, the name of the course, over the break and bring back to the committee next semester New Business: Identification of courses to be retired. At the suggestion of Dr. Brody, pending full faculty concurrence, 738 and 745 would be turned into examples of special topics courses. Dr. Brody will bring rewritten course descriptions and justifications for the next committee meeting.706 was discussed here and with prereqs (see below). After some discussion, the committee decided to bring it to the full committee. The 706 issues are • That the description is broad enough that we don't have to worry about it and since it is already on the class schedule for spring 2012 that we leave everything as is. • That we somehow needed to contact the Registrar's Office and see how CUNYFirst could be able to handle the fact that 706 is similar to 700 in that it satisfies the same core requirement; currently any student who takes 706 the instructor and Bridget have to manually input in a wavier for 700 per student. It was suggested and agreed, pending full faulty concurrence, that 763 should be retired entirely and that “book and nonbook” should be omitted from the course description of 775. 702 course revisions (Brody) Deferred until February. More course name, description changes with justifications for 781 and 786 (Brody) It was suggested and agreed, pending full faculty concurrence, that 786 now be called Data and Research Sources for Businesses and Enterprises, and that 781 now be called Corporate and Engerprise Information Organizations. Proposal for a new certificate (Brody) Deferred until February. Prereqs for advanced technology courses (Brody) The required prereqs for 729, 748, and 755 are obviously not in CUNYFirst. The Chair will ask Bridget to check for sure. Minor LMS course changes (Cooper) The committee agreed, pending full faculty concurrence to be solicited by email that ECSPE 550 be considered equivalent to 700; that for 604 students, “SMS” be changed to “LMS” to match the term used in NY State certification; that references to the state test be removed from the post graduate LMS certificate documentation. Question re 705 (Marcum) Only Dr. Brody remembers the course ever being required for non-school people. The chair will communicate this to him. The meeting adjourned at 2:40. The next committee meeting is Thursday, Feb.9 at 1:30. Tentative agenda items include those deferred from this meeting, a review of the syllabus for Ben’s grant-funded oral history course, and further review of Dr. Marcum’s New Knowledge course.

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Gslisadjuncts Course Evaluations are COMPLETELY anonymous!
by Claudia Perry 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Dear Students, Ms. Bridget Kavanagh shared with me the concern a number of you have expressed that because you have to log in, the course evaluations are not anonymous. The reason that you must sign in is because it would be inappropriate for a student to submit more than one evaluation for each course in which they are enrolled. However, there is absolutely NO WAY that any link can be made between a submitted electronic evaluation and a particular student. In fact, when the system was first launched and students asked if they could continue to add comments after they had been timed out (since adjusted), we were told that this would be impossible. Once the evaluation is submitted it is not possible for anyone in OCT or at the College to match it up with the person who completed it. This was an essential feature of the design of the system. I am cc'ing both Dr. Eva Fernandez, Director of the QC Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) who oversees the course evaluation system, and Dr. Dean Savage, Chair of the QC Teaching Excellence and Evaluation Committee, to share with them your concerns. I have served in the past as Acting Director of the CTL and for many years on the Teaching Excellence and Evaluation Committee, and have been closely involved with the development of the online course evaluation system. I assure you it is safe and confidential. I urge you to please submit your evaluations because the evaluation period ends on December 15, 2011. Many thanks and I apologize for any misunderstanding regarding the possible lack of anonymity. Claudia A. Perry, MLS, Ph.D Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, CUNY Flushing, NY 11367 c2perry(a)nyc.rr.com Dear Students and Faculty, According to the response tracker noted below, only 31.7% of GSLIS students have responded to the QC course evaluations. Please take a moment to complete these brief surveys. We normally exceed a 50% response rate and rank among the top responding departments in the college. This semester we are in the bottom half. Our course evaluations are an important measure for us in trying to improve the quality of our curriculum and our instruction, and were mentioned prominently in the recent re-accreditation report by our site visit team. Many thanks for your cooperation! Linda Cooper and Claudia Perry Re-accreditation Co-Chairs Begin forwarded message: From: Dean.Savage(a)qc.cuny.edu Date: November 27, 2011 5:35:02 PM EST To: qcsenate(a)qc.edu Subject: [QCsenate 0027] Student Evaluations Continue Dear Senators, Alternates, Ex-officio Members, and Guests, We have gotten off to a good start with the online evaluations this year, with more than 9000 completed so far. Evaluations started on November 17, and will continue through Thursday, December 15. Please take the time to encourage students to contribute evaluations for all of the courses they're taking. These evaluations (the comments in particular) are useful in assessing the impact of faculty teaching, and are also part of the supporting materials used for purposes of reappointment, tenure, and promotion. They are also used by students to make decisions about what courses to take. Students who complete all their evaluations will receive $15 credit for printing on their QCard. Students should go to http://www.qc.cuny.edu/evaluate For more information about where to view data and comments from previous semesters, to keep track of this semester's response rate, and to learn about the incentives students get for evaluating their courses, go to http://qc.cuny.edu/?id=M5VB. We now have an online response tracker, which provides current information on response rates by department, at http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/SupportPrograms/CTL/Projects/Pages/fall201… Thank you for your assistance, Dean Savage, Committee on Teaching Excellence and Evaluation Eva Fernandez, Center for Teaching and Learning ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication (including any attachments) is intended solely for the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email message and delete all copies of the original communication. Thank you for your cooperation. _______________________________________________ QCsenate mailing list QCsenate(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu To unsubscribe or change your preferences goto http://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/qcsenate _______________________________________________

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: [QCsenate 0027] Student Evaluations Continue
by Claudia Perry 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Dear Students and Faculty, According to the response tracker noted below, only 31.7% of GSLIS students have responded to the QC course evaluations. Please take a moment to complete these brief surveys. We normally exceed a 50% response rate and rank among the top responding departments in the college. This semester we are in the bottom half. Our course evaluations are an important measure for us in trying to improve the quality of our curriculum and our instruction, and were mentioned prominently in the recent re-accreditation report by our site visit team. Many thanks for your cooperation! Linda Cooper and Claudia Perry Re-accreditation Co-Chairs Begin forwarded message: > From: Dean.Savage(a)qc.cuny.edu > Date: November 27, 2011 5:35:02 PM EST > To: qcsenate(a)qc.edu > Subject: [QCsenate 0027] Student Evaluations Continue > > Dear Senators, Alternates, Ex-officio Members, and Guests, > > We have gotten off to a good start with the online evaluations this > year, with more than 9000 completed so far. Evaluations started on > November 17, and will continue through Thursday, December 15. > > Please take the time to encourage students to contribute evaluations > for all of the courses they're taking. These evaluations (the > comments in particular) are useful in assessing the impact of > faculty teaching, and are also part of the supporting materials used > for purposes of reappointment, tenure, and promotion. They are also > used by students to make decisions about what courses to take. > Students who complete all their evaluations will receive $15 credit > for printing on their QCard. > > Students should go to http://www.qc.cuny.edu/evaluate > > For more information about where to view data and comments from > previous semesters, to keep track of this semester's response rate, > and to learn about the incentives students get for evaluating their > courses, go to http://qc.cuny.edu/?id=M5VB. > > We now have an online response tracker, which provides current > information on response rates by department, at > http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/SupportPrograms/CTL/Projects/Pages/fall201… > > Thank you for your assistance, > Dean Savage, Committee on Teaching Excellence and Evaluation > Eva Fernandez, Center for Teaching and Learning > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This communication (including any attachments) is intended solely > for the > recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is > confidential, > privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or > dissemination of > this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return > email message and delete all copies of the original communication. > Thank > you for your cooperation. > > _______________________________________________ > QCsenate mailing list > QCsenate(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > To unsubscribe or change your preferences goto http://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/qcsenate

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