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Gslisadjuncts On July 3, 2013 CUNY CIS begins archiving process of all 2011 and Spring 2012 BackBoard courses
by Roberta Brody 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

On July 3, 2013 CUNY CIS will begin the archiving process for all 2011 and Spring 2012 courses. After that time, these courses will no longer be available within the Blackboard environment. To have an archived course restored to Blackboard, contact your campus Blackboard support resource. It will take 1 to 3 business days for a course to be restored following the request. Faculty are urged to: Use the Export function to create and download a content-only copy of each course that can later be imported and used to teach another course with the same content (EXPORT). Use the Archive function to create and download an exact image of each course (content, enrollment, grades, etc.) which can be provided in case it is necessary to retrieve this information (ARCHIVE). Tutorials: Exporting your Blackboard Course (pdf) Making and Using Backups of Your Course Materials (pdf) Exporting a Course Package (video) Archiving a Course (video)

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Gslisadjuncts Fall Semester Begins Wednesday, 8-28-13
by Claudia Perry 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

Dear Students, Please be advised that the first day of classes for fall semester is Wednesday, August 28, 2013. August 27 is the last day one can drop classes for a 100% refund. All best wishes for a wonderful summer, and look forward to seeing you next term! Dr. Perry Claudia A. Perry, MLS, Ph.D Associate Professor Graduate Advisor for Admissions Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, CUNY Flushing, NY 11367 claudia.perry(a)qc.cuny.edu 718-997-3790

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: [pubprgms] ProgrammingLibrarian.org announces a guide for 2013 ALA Annual Conference
by Mary K Chelton 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

Begin forwarded message: > From: Colleen Barbus <cbarbus(a)ala.org> > Subject: [pubprgms] ProgrammingLibrarian.org announces a guide for 2013 ALA Annual Conference > Date: June 18, 2013 10:43:08 AM EDT > To: ppogrants(a)ala.org, pubprgms(a)ala.org, letstalklf(a)ala.org > > ProgrammingLibrarian.org, a resource website of the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, announced its online guide to programs and events to be held at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. To view the full list of recommendations, visit the guide at http://www.programminglibrarian.org/annual-conference.html. > > Programs for adult, youth and family audiences build visibility for the library and enhance the library community’s ongoing commitment to lifelong learning and cultural engagement. Programs and events featured in the Programming Librarian’s online guide to ALA Annual Conference will present new programming models for discussion and engagement, resources and inspiration for program development and practical tips for fundraising, promotion, and building community partnerships, all serving the development of the library as a community cultural center. > > Find out about the many other ALA Annual Conference & Exhibits highlights as they’re added. And for general information about the conference June 27-July 2, 2013 in Chicago, visit www.alaannual.org. > > ProgrammingLibrarian.org is a project of the ALA Public Programs Office. Recent successful library programming initiatives from the ALA Public Programs Office have included “Let’s Talk About It” reading and discussion series, traveling exhibitions, film discussion programs, the Great Stories CLUB, LIVE! @ your library and more. In 2003, the ALA Public Programs Office established the Cultural Communities Fund, an endowment to support all types of libraries and bring communities together through cultural programming (www.ala.org/ccf) For more information about the ALA Public Programs Office, visit www.ala.org/publicprograms. > > ****************************** > ALA Public Programs Office > www.ala.org/publicprograms > publicprograms(a)ala.org > >

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: [LRRT Membership Listserv] "'A Part of Our Lives:' A People's History of the American Public Library"
by Mary K Chelton 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Of possible interest… Mary K. Chelton Begin forwarded message: > From: "Wiegand, Wayne" <Wayne.Wiegand(a)cci.fsu.edu> > Subject: [LRRT Membership Listserv] "'A Part of Our Lives:' A People's History of the American Public Library" > Date: June 14, 2013 12:28:29 PM EDT > To: "lhrt(a)ala.org" <lhrt(a)ala.org> > Cc: "lrrt-mem(a)ala.org" <lrrt-mem(a)ala.org> > > Colleagues: > > On Saturday morning, June 29, from 10:30 to Noon, in Room S503a in the McCormick Place Conventlon Center, Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulkner will be giving a presentation on their documentary-in-progress, "Free For All: Inside the Public Library." For the five years they've been working on this, I have been serving as consultant. > > In part they selected me as consultant because I am working on a book (now nearly finished) I've tentatively entitled: "'A Part of Or Lives:' A People's History of the American Public Library," which takes a "bottom-up" rather than "top-down" perspective by uncovering the voices of public library users since the mid-19th century that can be found in hundreds of newspapers digitized in the past fifteen years. From this data I argue that the American public library has been more important to users for the place and space it provides (lots of public sphere research here) and the stories it supplies (lots of humanistic research on reading here) than for the information it makes accessible (our current professional discourse, which I argue is too narrow to measure value comprehensively). > > Dawn and Lucie have asked me to briefly summarize my research at their presentation. Thought this might be of interest to some of you. > > Wayne > > Wayne A. Wiegand > F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus > President, Friends of the Florida State University Libraries > 142 Collegiate Way > Florida State University > Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 > 850-644-8123 (office) > 850-728-2011 (cell) > LRRT-MEM is the official discussion listserv of the ALA Library Research Round Table. The list's address is lrrt-mem(a)ala.org. When posting messages to this discussion list, please be sure they are sent from the email address recorded in your member profile. Messages intended for distribution to everyone on the discussion list should be sent to lrrt-mem(a)ala.org. When responding to an individual please reply to that individual in order to reduce unnecessary email traffic for others on the discussion list. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > LIST OWNER(s) > > If you have questions or problems, contact the discussion list owner at ors(a)ala.org. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > TO MANAGE YOUR LRRT-MEM LIST SUBSCRIPTION > > Please go to http://lists.ala.org and signup to manage your subscription. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > UNSUBSCRIBING > > Should you wish to unsubscribe from this list, simply send a message to sympa(a)ala.org. Include the "unsubscribe" command in the body of the message, as follows: > > unsubscribe lrrt-mem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > “The U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code for 501(c)(3) organizations expressly prohibits any political speech. This IRS Code applies to all ALA sponsored or managed listservs, website or other electronic forums. Individuals engaging in such speech will be removed from this listserv.”

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Gslisadjuncts Update on GSLIS leadership and the accreditation appeal
by Roberta Brody 07 Jun '13

07 Jun '13

Update on GSLIS Leadership: It has been my pleasure to serve as Chair of the GSLIS during this past semester. As you know, The GSLIS is considered a Department within the Social Science Division, one of four academic divisions at QC. In all departments at QC, the chair is elected by the department's faculty. In November 2012, I was elected by my colleagues to complete the remainder of a three year cycle already in progress. My term of office began on January 1, 2013 and will end on June 30, 2013. I did not choose to run for office past that day. It is with greater pleasure that I return to the teaching faculty at the GSLIS on July 1, 2013 and announce that Dr. Colleen Cool will begin a three term as Chair of the GSLIS starting on that day. Update on Accreditation: Today we were notified that the ALA President has appointed an Appeal Review Committee (ARC) which will consider our appeal of the April 13, 2013 ALA Committee for Accreditation vote to withdraw accreditation from our program leading to the degree of Master of Library Science at Queens College. A sample timeline of how such appeals progress may be found at: http://www.ala.org/accreditedprograms/standards/AP3/appealprocess/timeline Frequently Asked Questions: [All of the information provided here is from public and/or published sources or from QC official letters and announcements] When did the current GSLIS comprehensive review for accreditation by the ALA begin? The current review cycle began in 2009, when two GSLIS faculty members were appointed to lead the development of A "Program Presentation" which was written by the GSLIS faculty with the help of students and other stakeholders and submitted to the ALA Committee for Accreditation in late summer 2011. The Program Presentation and the Review were conducted using the Committee's Accreditation Process, Policies and Procedures (AP3), second edition. When did the External Review Panel (ERP) visit the GSLIS and did students meet with them? The ERP visited the GSLIS in October 2011. Students were invited to and attended public activities and were also invited to speak with the ERP members and did so. What was the result of the submission of the ERP visit and the "Program Presentation"? The accreditation decision was published in the Spring 2012 issue of ALA's publication Prism: the Office for Accreditation newsletter at http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/content/accreditatio… It reads as follows: "Conditional accreditation status was granted to the following program:· Master of Library Science offered by Queens College, City University of New York. The next comprehensive review visit is scheduled to occur in 2014." When did this status change? On April 16, 2013, we received a letter from the ALA Committee for Accreditation stating that on April 13, 2013 they voted to withdraw accreditation. The Committee for Accreditation argued that we do not have a "comprehensive planning process." No further explanation of that statement has been given. They have found no problem with our courses, our curriculum or our assessment. What's next? An appeal has been filed by the QC Administration and we cannot comment on it at this time. The ALA is following its published timetable and an Appeal Review Committee has been appointed by the ALA President. A timeline "example" may be seen at http://www.ala.org/accreditedprograms/standards/AP3/appealprocess/timeline The administration of Queens College and the GSLIS faculty are understandably very concerned about this turn of events, and are working to gain reinstatement of accreditation for the program. We appreciate your patience and understanding in this difficult time, and by working together, we are confident that we can get you to your academic goal of a MLS from an ALA-accredited program. Lastly, I ask that you support the new GSLIS Chair to meet the challenges that face us going forward. Roberta Brody, PhD Professor Chair, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York 6530 Kissena Blvd. Queens, NY 11367 Roberta.Brody(a)QC.cuny.edu (work) bobbybrody(a)aol.com (home) 718 997-3790

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Gslisadjuncts Appointment of the Appeal Review Committee
by Roberta Brody 07 Jun '13

07 Jun '13

-----Forwarded by Roberta Brody/GSLIS/Faculty/Queens College on 06/07/2013 08:49PM ----- ======================= To: <James.Muyskens(a)qc.cuny.edu>, <steven.schwartz(a)qc.cuny.edu>, <Roberta.Brody(a)qc.cuny.edu> From: Mary Ghikas <mghikas(a)ala.org> Date: 06/07/2013 04:41PM Cc: Maureen Sullivan <msullivan(a)ala.org>, Keith Michael Fiels <kfiels(a)ala.org>, Karen O'Brien <kobrien(a)ala.org> Subject: Appointment of the Appeal Review Committee ======================= On behalf of ALA President Maureen Sullivan, I am pleased to announce that the following individuals have accepted appointment to the Appeal Review Committee, either as members or alternates. ARC members: Linda C. Smith (GSLIS, University of Illinois) - LIS educator Diane L. Barlow (GSLIS, University of Maryland) - LIS educator Frank Cervone (consultant) - Practitioner Richard AmRhein (Chief Information Officer, Valparaiso University) - Practitioner Jeff Kosokoff (School of Law Library, Tufts University) - Practitioner Alternates: Alvan Bregman (Technical Services, University of British Columbia) Kenneth Roy Bonin, Carleton University Mary W. Ghikas Senior Associate Executive Director, ALA 312-280-2518 mghikas(a)ala.org

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: [Socrates] FW: SPS summer online faculty development workshops--register by June 11
by Linda Cooper 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eva Fernandez <Eva.Fernandez(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:12 PM Subject: [Socrates] FW: SPS summer online faculty development workshops--register by June 11 To: "socrates(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu" <socrates(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu> Greetings, colleagues:**** ** ** If you're seeking to refresh your teaching this summer: the CUNY School of Professional Studies is offering two workshops (entirely online), one on instructional design and most appropriate if you teach hybrid or online, and another on providing feedback. For more information, see below or visit: http://spsfacworkshops.commons.gc.cuny.edu/**** ** ** Best wishes,**** Eva.**** ** ** ** ** Eva M. Fernández**** Assistant Vice Provost**** Director, Center for Teaching & Learning**** Queens College, City University of New York**** http://people.qc.cuny.edu/faculty/efernandez**** http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl **** ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* Center for Teaching and Learning [mailto:CTL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Susan Ko *Sent:* Thursday, June 06, 2013 9:57 AM *To:* CTL(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU *Subject:* SPS summer online faculty development workshops--register by June 11**** ** ** Hi, please let your faculty know that now through June 11th, we have openings available for CUNY faculty interested in our two upcoming faculty development workshops, “Essential Instructional Design for Faculty” (June 17-24) and “The Art of Feedback” (July 15-22). Each workshop is delivered entirely online and is 8-days in length. There are no real-time or face-to-face meetings required. **** For a description of each workshop and a link to register, please see http://spsfacworkshops.commons.gc.cuny.edu/**** ** ** ** ** ** ** Susan S, Ko, PhD**** Director, Faculty Development and Instructional Technology**** CUNY School of Professional Studies**** Office phone: 646-344-7267**** ** ** _______________________________________________ Socrates mailing list Socrates(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu To unsubscribe or change your preferences goto http://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/socrates -- Linda Cooper, PhD Associate Professor Vice Chair & Coordinator of LMS Programs Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York linda.cooper(a)qc.cuny.edu<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/html/compose/static_files/linda.cooper@qc.…> 718.997.3790

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