August 2013 - gslisadjuncts@lists.qc.cuny.edu

Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Epsilen QPortfolio workshop tomorrow - reminder
by colleen cool 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: colleen cool <colleen.cool(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:12 PM Subject: Epsilen QPortfolio workshop tomorrow - reminder To: gslisfac(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu, glisadjuncts(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu This is a reminder that Rachel Stern will give a workshop on QPortfolio at 4pm tomorrow. This workshop is for faculty, not students, and will take place in the GSLIS. Colleen -- Colleen Cool, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library & Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Phone: 718 997-3790 email: ccool(a)qc.edu; colleen.cool(a)gmail.com -- Colleen Cool, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library & Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Phone: 718 997-3790 email: ccool(a)qc.edu; colleen.cool(a)gmail.com

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Gslisadjuncts Message for students who completed QPortfolios inn spring 2013
by colleen cool 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

Please be aware that faculty can not remove names of former assessors from your QPortfolio accounts. Therefore, *please remove your Spring 2013 professors as assessors for your QPortfolio. * Dr. Cool -- Colleen Cool, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library & Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Phone: 718 997-3790 email: ccool(a)qc.edu; colleen.cool(a)gmail.com

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Gslisadjuncts Course Syllabus
by Kwong-Bor Ng 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

Dear Colleagues, We are collecting the syllabi of courses offered by GSLIS in 2013 Fall for COA's revisit. Please send me a copy of your syllabus. Many thanks! Also, starting from the 2013 Spring semester, for the 4 core courses, 709, and also a few other courses, students must construct an Epsilen ePortfolio with a Learning Matrix (see attachment). Students will continue to update their ePortfolio/Learning Matrix in every course they take until they graduate. The ePortfolio/Learning Matrix course requirement is part of students' Participation grade in each course and failure to maintain the ePortfolio/Learning Matrix in every course will result in a lower grade in the course in question. Starting from this semester (2013 Fall), we will implement this requirement to all courses. In previous semesters, Prof. Linda Cooper was the additional assessor (i.e., in addition to the instructor) for accessing students' ePortfolio, in this semester (2013 Fall), please instruct students to list me and Dr. Colleen Cool as the additional assessor. We will have an Epsilen ePortfolio workshop on the orientation day. This is the first semester that we require ePortfolio to be used in all courses. We will discuss more about the implementation strategy in the first faculty meeting, to be held on Aug 29. Instructors can inform students that there will be more details available very soon. regards, K.B. =========================================================== Kwong Bor Ng (Ph.D.) Vice Chair, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Emails: kbng(a)qc.cuny.edu; kwongbor(a)gmail.com ===========================================================

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Gslisadjuncts Dates for Curriculum Space
by colleen cool 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

The dates for Curriculum space during fall 2013 are; September 17th - Tuesday (APA workshop) October 16th - Wednesday November 14th- Thursday (709 Orientation) December 9th - Monday (795 Orientation) Colleen -- Colleen Cool, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library & Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Phone: 718 997-3790 email: ccool(a)qc.edu; colleen.cool(a)gmail.com

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Gslisadjuncts Implications of the ALA appeal determination
by colleen cool 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

A number of you have asked about the implications of yesterday's ALA appeal decision. Here's what it means for us at this time: 1. First and most important - while the ALA Executive Board could have upheld the decision to withdraw GSLIS' accreditation, they did not do so, and *we remain accredited,* under Conditional status. We are currently enrolling new students for the fall semester. 2. If all goes according to the ALA directive, the Committee on Accreditation will give us another chance for review in fall 2014, with a new accreditation decision to be announced in January 2015. Our accreditation status would remain Conditional until this new decision. 3. Although we are very optimistic, we must wait until November 2013 for the final word. At that time, the Committee on Accreditation holds their next scheduled meeting and will formally announce their decision to go forward with the fall 2014 review. Until we receive this formal announcement in November, we must advise students to complete their program requirements by end of Fall 2015 in order to graduate with an accredited degree. In November we will update you about changes to this deadline for program completion. I hope this message has answered most of your questions about where we stand right now with ALA accreditation. We are very excited to be moving forward! Dr. Cool -- Colleen Cool, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library & Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Phone: 718 997-3790 email: ccool(a)qc.edu; colleen.cool(a)gmail.com

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Victory! Accreditation news
by colleen cool 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: colleen cool <colleen.cool(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:17 PM Subject: Victory! Accreditation news To: gslisfac <gslisfac(a)qc.edu>, glisann(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu, glisadjuncts(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu Colleagues, We received the following message from the ALA Executive Board today. This is extremely good news for us moving forward. "The Executive Board of the American Library Association voted that COA’s decision to withdraw accreditation from the Master of Library Science program at the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies (GSLIS) of Queens College be remanded back to COA, and that COA be directed to reconsider the decision. The ALA Executive Board further directs that COA proceed with the previously promised site visit to Queens College GSLIS as scheduled (October 6-7, 2014) or at a later date." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mg Mary W. Ghikas Senior Associate Executive Director, ALA 312-280-2518 mghikas(a)ala.org -- Colleen Cool, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library & Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Phone: 718 997-3790 email: ccool(a)qc.edu; colleen.cool(a)gmail.com -- Colleen Cool, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library & Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York Flushing, N.Y. 11367 Phone: 718 997-3790 email: ccool(a)qc.edu; colleen.cool(a)gmail.com

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