May 2011 - gslisadjuncts@lists.qc.cuny.edu

Gslisadjuncts Fwd: [sla-leadership] Fwd: Latest Taiga forum provocative statements...
by Thomas Surprenant 29 May '11

29 May '11

All, please note that this message was sent on Saturday and I got it around 1:00 Sunday. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ewbehar(a)aol.com> Date: Sat, May 28, 2011 at 10:39 PM Subject: Fwd: [sla-leadership] Fwd: Latest Taiga forum provocative statements... To: Thomas.Surprenant(a)qc.cuny.edu Have you seen this? I got it through SLA. Evelyn Behar -----Original Message----- From: Sara R. Tompson <sarat(a)usc.edu> To: Leadership - Private <sla-leadership(a)sla.lyris.net> Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 7:00 pm Subject: [sla-leadership] Fwd: Latest Taiga forum provocative statements... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Latest Taiga forum provocative statements... Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 15:57:55 -0700 From: Sara R. Tompson <sarat(a)usc.edu> <sarat(a)usc.edu> Organization: University of Southern California To: libfaculty(a)usc.edu Latest Taiga forum provocative statements... This group of academic Deans/University Libns and AULS met for the 3rd time last year, and then refined their "provocative statements" on the future of libraries, and just posted them here: http://taigaforumprovocativestatements.blogspot.com/ . (Their past statements have been off, correct, semi-correct, I'd say.) Here are the new statements themselves, there is more info on the blog. These are predicted for 5 years hence: 1. organizational structures flatten 2. radical cooperation 3. collaborative space partners 4. books as decor 5. no more collection building 6. new model of liaison librarianship 7. staff reallocation, elimination, and retraining 8. library in the cloud 9. boutique services 10. oversupply of MLSs -- Sara R. Tompson USC Libraries * Univ. of Southern Californiasarat(a)usc.edu * saratifr(a)gmail.com * 213-740-8700 --- You are currently subscribed to sla-leadership as: ewbehar(a)aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://sla.lyris.net/u?id=146355.2d300dc4607ef8032316d9b74d780398&n=T&l=sla… (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-16979961-146355.2d300dc4607ef8032316d9b74d780398(a)sla.lyris.net -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Final Course Evaluation Rate Tops 51.8% at the GSLIS
by Thomas Surprenant 28 May '11

28 May '11

Hi guys, Many thanks for participating in the Spring course evaluations. We ended up 9th with 51.8% [533 responses from 1028 enrollments]. However, those who had higher rates also had much smaller enrollments. The full accounting, by department, is attached. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: To departmental chairs: teach online, update and call for participants for summer bootcamp
by Thomas Surprenant 25 May '11

25 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <Eva.Fernandez(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:50 AM Subject: To departmental chairs: teach online, update and call for participants for summer bootcamp To: Michelle.Fraboni(a)qc.cuny.edu, jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu Dear colleagues: This email is coming to you via blind copy. I'm using a list of this and next year's departmental chairs, kindly provided by the Office of the Provost. During the past year, the Center for Teaching and Learning has held two intensive week-long bootcamps for faculty interested in teaching online. We are happy to report that 42 faculty from all 4 divisions of the college have attended these bootcamps, and have committed to developing and implementing courses with at least 50% of their scheduled class meetings to be replaced with online activities or virtual meetings. Additionally, 6 Queens College faculty attended CUNY’s 3 week intensive teaching online certification program. In all, the college has *48 "hybrid mentors", faculty who have been certified through this training to teach courses fully online or in a hybrid/blended format*. They are listed here: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/SupportPrograms/CTL/Projects/Pages/HCF.aspx We are planning another round of training this summer, and have just released a *call for participants*: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/SupportPrograms/CTL/Projects/Pages/RFPsumm… *The deadline to apply is June 1.* We hope you will encourage interested faculty in your department to participate. (We anticipate organizing another round of intensive training in January 2012.) If you have any questions about this initiative, please don't hesitate to contact either of us. Best wishes, and enjoy the summer! Eva Fernández and Michelle Fraboni Center for Teaching & Learning http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl/ eva.fernandez(a)qc.cuny.edu, michelle.fraboni(a)qc.cuny.edu Eva M. Fernández Associate Professor, Linguistics & Communication Disorders | http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~efernand Director, Center for Teaching & Learning | http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl Queens College, City University of New York ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: [glisann] Fwd: [Socrates] Summer hybrid bootcamp: call for participants (June 1 deadline to apply)
by Thomas Surprenant 24 May '11

24 May '11

> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <Eva.Fernandez(a)qc.cuny.edu> > Date: Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:37 PM > Subject: [Socrates] Summer hybrid bootcamp: call for participants (June 1 > deadline to apply) > To: socrates(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > > > The Center for Teaching & Learning is organizing a summer 2011 bootcamp on > teaching online and hybrid courses. The training will introduce you to the > technologies and pedagogies used in teaching hybrid and fully online > courses. Participants will work together during *two face-to-face days > (June 24 and August 25)* and asynchronously *online in July and August*. > > For more on what to expect, point your browser to: > > http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/SupportPrograms/CTL/Projects/Pages/RFPsumm…<https://wwwdev.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/SupportPrograms/CTL/Projects/Pages/RFP…> > > If you are interested in participating, please submit an application by *June > 1*: > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/summer2011rfp > > Best wishes! > Eva. > > > PS: It's not too late to remind your students that the deadline to submit > their *course evaluations is May 25 at 11:59pm*. To submit evaluations, > students login at: > http://www.qc.cuny.edu/evaluate > > To see response rates for your department: > http://qc.cuny.edu/?id=JRLU > > > > Eva M. Fernández > Associate Professor, Linguistics & Communication Disorders | > http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~efernand > Director, Center for Teaching & Learning | http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl > Queens College, City University of New York > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Socrates mailing list > Socrates(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > To unsubscribe or change your preferences goto > http://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/socrates > > > > > -- > chirp > elt > > Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant > Professor & Acting Chair/Director > Queens College > Graduate School of Library & Information Studies > > _______________________________________________ > glisann mailing list > glisann(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > To unsubscribe or change your preferences goto > http://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/glisann > > > -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Latest Soap - Knight News & CUNYWurst
by Thomas Surprenant 24 May '11

24 May '11

See the attached. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts The Budget Soap: Latest Episode - Budget Rumor
by Thomas Surprenant 23 May '11

23 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <katharine.cobb(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Mon, May 23, 2011 at 9:37 AM Subject: Budget Rumor Members of P&B Please see attached memo about a recent budget rumor. *(See attached file: Budgetrumor.pdf)* Katharine T. Cobb Vice President for Finance & Administration Queens College, CUNY Kiely Hall, Rm 1004 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing, NY 11367 (718)-997-5775 -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Adjunct Appreciation Week
by Thomas Surprenant 21 May '11

21 May '11

Hi guys, This was a great success. I have had a number of emails from both students and faculty thanking the student association and the GSLIS for the recognition. Attached are the Adjuncts Poster comments and the Adjuncts Appreciation Week Book. Please note that some comments about our full-time faculty are also included in the latter. Please read them; it is an affirmation of the great job our adjuncts, and the full-time faculty, are doing. A special thanks to Mirele Davis for doing such a great transcription job! -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: A Message from the Chancellor: A Resolution Creating an Efficient Transfer System
by Thomas Surprenant 21 May '11

21 May '11

In case you did not see this. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: CUNY Newswire <cunynewswire(a)mail.cuny.edu> Date: Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:39 PM Subject: A Message from the Chancellor: A Resolution Creating an Efficient Transfer System To: Thomas T Surprenant <thomas.surprenant(a)qc.cuny.edu> May 18, 2011 The City University of New York visit > www.cuny.edu<http://maestro.cuny.edu/trk/click?ref=zqtbwp23f_1-678x3985x3391256&> A Message from the Chancellor: A Resolution Creating an Efficient Transfer System Dear Members of the CUNY Community, As promised in my letter of April 28<http://maestro.cuny.edu/trk/click?ref=zqtbwp23f_1-678x3137bx3391256&>, I am pleased to make available the revised version of the resolution concerning student transfer at CUNY. This resolution<http://maestro.cuny.edu/trk/click?ref=zqtbwp23f_1-678x3137cx3391256&>will be considered by CUNY's Board of Trustees at its June meetings. I would like to thank the many members of the CUNY community who contributed to the final version of this resolution, including the Council of Presidents (especially Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee Russell Hotzler), University Faculty Senate Chair Sandi Cooper and Vice Chair Terry Martell, University Student Senate Chair Cory Provost, the Academic Council (the campuses' chief academic officers), members of the chancellery (especially Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost Alexandra Logue), college governance and student leaders, and those who provided information and feedback via our Pathways website and at meetings. This academic year's discussions concerning student transfer have been unprecedented at CUNY in their extensiveness and depth. The attached resolution reflects all of the conclusions in my April 28 letter, as well as the basic principles to which the administration has adhered throughout the community's discussions about transfer at CUNY since last fall. These include: - The value of CUNY as an integrated, single university, as defined by New York Education Law, gaining strength from our unified size and scope as well as from the diversity of our many academic parts - The value of the outstanding curricular work of our faculty-past, current, and future-both in terms of the content of the curriculum and in terms of curricular standards - Above all, the value of putting the needs of students first in all that we do The result, as you will see in the attached resolution, is a system of transfer that respects the judgments of our faculty concerning curriculum, allows campuses considerable flexibility in how they design their curricula, is consistent with national norms, and protects our students as they transfer among the campuses of our single University. The elements of the resolution include a general education framework for all colleges, alignment of the first parts of the large transfer majors across campuses, and guaranteed transfer of all courses, including electives. The general education framework part of the resolution consists of a 30-credit core curriculum (whose learning outcomes will be set by a task force consisting predominantly of faculty) for all students in A.A., A.S., and baccalaureate programs, and 12 additional credits of general education to be offered by each baccalaureate college, according to its choice (totaling 42 credits of general education in the baccalaureate colleges). A.A.S. students' general education courses will also be drawn from the 30-credit core curriculum. Any of these general education courses taken at one CUNY campus will transfer as such to any other CUNY campus. In addition, a student who transfers from an associate to a baccalaureate program with 30 or fewer total credits will be required to complete 12 college-specific general education credits at the receiving college; a student who transfers from an associate to a baccalaureate program with more than 30 total credits but no associate degree will be required to complete nine of these credits; and a student who transfers with an associate degree will be required to complete six college-specific general education credits at the receiving college. This resolution represents only the setting of the initial conditions for the substantial work yet to be done to improve student transfer at CUNY. Committees-again, consisting predominantly of faculty-will be setting learning outcomes, determining which courses satisfy those learning outcomes, aligning the first parts of the large transfer majors, and specifying the standards by which all of this will be created and maintained. There is much to be done in the next few years in order to have the first courses in place for the fall of 2013 and the new transfer policies fully functioning by 2015. But given the importance of this work to our students, I know that it can be accomplished. I look forward to working with all of you toward this goal in the months and years ahead. Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein © 2011 The City University of New York Unsubscribe<http://maestro.cuny.edu/trk/click?ref=zqtbwp23f_1-678x39a2x3391256&> visit > www.cuny.edu<http://maestro.cuny.edu/trk/click?ref=zqtbwp23f_1-678x3985x3391256&> -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts Glisann
by Thomas Surprenant 18 May '11

18 May '11

Hi guys, It seems that delays in sending and receiving emails via glisann have increased. In a couple of recent cases one important email to students was delayed two days and, in the most recent example the email by Mary K to her class yesterday was not in the hopper until early today. I am making an inquiry into the situation but am not confident that a positive outcome will result. The Social Sciences Chairs listserv has been moved off campus, away from OCT, because of similar problems; we may have to do that as well. I would like to suggest that you consider one of the following for important communications with your classes: 1- use the Blackboard/Epsilen mail feature and/or 2- create your own mail list by getting student email addresses at the beginning of the semester. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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Gslisadjuncts CUNY Workforce Violence Policy Program
by Thomas Surprenant 17 May '11

17 May '11

Hi guys, Unfortunately the statement below is a "real" requirement. The Chairs have been pressed to press you. Feel pressed! You all should have received a copy of this in an email that looked like spam. Upon double checking it is not - see #1. If you trashed the email like I did it you will need to contact: Rhonnye Ricks, University Training Director <ViolencePrevention.Training(a)mail.cuny.edu> 1. Hello All, Please ensure that all appropriate supervisory, managerial, deans and chairs understand that they are responsible for disseminating the attached information to all faculty and staff and that all faculty and staff comply with this mandatory training. Email notification has already been made to all employees through the University Training group from Rhonny Ricks. Thank you Reinalda - Head of HR 2. In compliance with New York State law and *The City University of New York Campus and Workplace Violence Policy*, CUNY has developed an online training program entitled “Preventing Workplace Violence.” You are asked to complete this program within the next 15 days. To take the program: 1. Visit http://training.wecomply.com/sign-in/cuny.asp 2. Enter your username 3. Enter your password [2011] 4. Click the "Sign In" button The training program includes a multiple-choice quiz/game that you must finish in order to receive credit for completing the program. If you have questions, please contact a member of your campus Workplace Violence Advisory Team (WVAT) or your campus Human Resources Office. Thank you in advance for your participation. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

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