February 2014 - gslisadjuncts@lists.qc.cuny.edu

Gslisadjuncts Immediate action needed
by colleen cool 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Some while ago you were all asked to submit your individual grades for each of the assignments in your courses last semester - for use in our new assessment inventory as part of our accreditation effort. *As of today, only two of you have complied with this request.* *It is imperative that EVERYONE submit their grades for each of the assignments in each of the courses taught - TODAY.* Submit this to KB, in spreadsheet form, handwritten, or whatever other form you wish. I find it shocking that after all we have been through with accreditation that so many of you choose to ignore our requests for these important tasks. This extends to some committee work as well, but that is another matter. It seems to me that continued refusal to comply with requests for contributions to the accreditation effort constitutes a form of insubordination and I am willing to seek disciplinary action for those who remain non-compliant. 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 GSLIS PDC: ePortfolio inquiry AND notice of ePortfolio conference
by Roberta Brody 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

>From the GSLIS Professional Development Committee: FIRST: **If you would like a beginning user class in ePortfolios, please contact me at the email above or MK Chelton at mchelton(a)optonline.net The Committee plans to arrange access to such a course** NEXT: What follows is information about the CUNY-wide conference is for those who are already using ePortfolios in their classrooms: ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED TO 75 PEOPLE. PLEASE REGISTER NO LATER THAN MARCH 31, 2014. Dear Eportfolio Friends, We are planning a CUNY Eportfolio Symposium for Wednesday, April 2, 2014, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Breakfast, lunch and an afternoon offering of tea and cookies will be served. Because of your knowledge, experience and high public profile with eportfolios and other teaching and learning technology tools, your participation would add substantially to the event and to the conversations about eportfolios at CUNY. The symposium is unique in that no formal proposals are required and there will be no formal presentations, only genuine thematic conversations in focus groups, a “birds of a feather” lunch, group reports and an afternoon open mic session. To confirm your acceptance of this invitation, we request only that you register using the registration form linked below. http://tinyurl.com/CUNYeport2014 We do hope that you will put this event on your calendar and plan to be with us on April 2. And, if you have colleagues that you recommend as potential contributors to the symposium, please forward this email to them. Yours, Joe and Barbara *********************** Joseph Ugoretz, PhD Associate Dean Teaching, Learning and Technology Macaulay Honors College The City University of New York 35 West 67th St. New York, New York 10023 Phone: 212-729-2920 Barbara R. Walters, PhD Professor and Academic Director, Online BA in Sociology CUNY School of Professional Studies 101 W. 31st Street, Rm 706 New York, New York Phone: 646-344-7327 Roberta Brody bobbybrody(a)aol.com (home) Roberta.Brody(a)QC.cuny.edu (work)

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Call for paper
by Mary K Chelton 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Of possible interest. Mary K. Chelton Begin forwarded message: > From: journals(a)academicresearchjournals.org > Subject: Call for paper > Date: February 21, 2014 at 7:41:40 AM EST > To: academicresearchjournals(a)yahoo.com > > Dear Colleague, > > The Academic Research Journals ARJ is currently accepting manuscripts for publication. ARJ publishes high-quality solicited and unsolicited articles, in all areas of Agricultural Sciences, Biological Sciences, Political and Developmental Sciences, Arts & Education, Economic and Business Management, Library and Information Science, Psychology and Counselling. All articles published in ARJ will be peer-reviewed. > > Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript within two weeks of submission. > > Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the next available issue. > > > Call for papers > > One key request of researchers across the world is open access to research publications. The Academic Research Journals ARJ is fully committed to providing free access to all articles as soon as they are published. We ask you to support this initiative by publishing your papers in these journals. > > Instruction for author and other details are available on our website > http://www.academicresearchjournals.org/Journals.htm > > Prospective authors should send their manuscript(s) to > journals(a)academicresearchjournals.org and copy this > email: academicresearchjournals(a)yahoo.com > > > Best regards, > > Editorial assistant > Iyioma Sunny > http://www.academicresearchjournals.org >

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Gslisadjuncts forthcoming dept. newsletter
by Mary K Chelton 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

I am gathering stuff for a spring edition of the GSLIS Gazette. If you have any professional news and accomplishments, please forward to me asap by email or as Word attachments. I would also love photos in jpg format. The news can include new jobs, new publications, speaking engagements new babies, new spouses, small articles that you think will be helpful to others, etc. I will also need a Director’s report and grad advisor reports. Besides the newsletter, we also need this for our COA reports. DEADLINE MARCH 15. Mary K. Chelton

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Gslisadjuncts Draft Agenda--Jt. Meeting of Assessment and Curr/Ed Tech Committees
by Claudia Perry 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

1. Dear Colleagues, Attachments have already been sent to Committee members and LISSA officers and will be available at the meeting. Comments and corrections welcome. Drs. Chelton and Perry, Curr/Ed Tech Comm Co-Chairs ApApproval of agenda 2. Approval of draft minutes of Joint meeting of December 19, 2013 by Assessment Committee 3. Approval of draft minutes of February 6, 2014 meeting by Curriculum/EdTech Committee 4. Old Business a. ePortfolios i. Recap on recommendations from November 25, 2013 Assessment Committee minutes, and revisions from Joint Meeting minutes from December 19, 2014 1. Students will upload at least one representative assignment for each and every program objective (or core competence, to be determined) into their ePortfolios 2. Students will make their own decisions about which assignments to use from all courses taken 3. In light of recommendation to only require this in the core courses and 709 for practical harvesting reasons, will this suffice to address all program objectives/core competencies? ii. How will the information harvested from these ePortfolios be actually used for assessment purposes? [Who, What, When, Where, How?] 1. Random sample of student ePortofolios? 2. Schedule for sampling? 3. Rubrics or other assessment mechanisms? 4. Consult Ed Division regarding their approaches to this? 5. Who/what entities will be responsible for oversight, implementation, conducting the assessments? 6. How will the information obtained be used to “close the loop”? b. Review of Detailed Curriculum Assessment measures document, for potential inclusion in COA Progress Report due March 1, and for discussion at the meeting with the President and Provost at 3:00 today. i. See attached ii. This summarizes much of the activity in the “End-of-Semester Report” and overlaps with some of the agenda items below 5. Other items as time allows: a. Update on proposed possible joint degree program in history and library/information studies b. Prof. Stumm is working on requested revisions to the LBSCI 790: Museum Collection Management syllabus prior to a final vote by the faculty and subsequent followup to submission to be a permanent course to be offered regularly in Spring semester c. Other issues as time allows: d. Update from Dr. Ng on submission of curricula for Spring—how to handle review for conformity with template guidelines e. How to implement substitution of revised ePortfolio verbiage into existing syllabi? f. How to prioritize various issues identified in End-of-Semester Report for follow-up? i. Evaluations of Certificate programs in Children and Young Adult Services in Public Libraries and in Archives and Preservation of Cultural Materials ii. Further discussion of Reflective Essay as per section 2. B v of End-of-Semester Report iii. Followup on lack of consistency during fall advising period in completion of long term plan; need for revision of course rotation form—update 6. Old Business (Postponed until Spring term—how to handle?) a. Review of two syllabi from Jim Marcum (comparison with prior versions and adherence to syllabus template) b. Preliminary draft survey of students regarding online/blended instruction based in part on LIU example. 7. Set date for next meeting 8. Motion to adjourn Attachments: Detailed Curr Assessment measure draft; Final End-of Semester Report; Minutes from Joint meeting of Dec. 19; draft minutes of Curr. Comm. meeting February 6, 2014. 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 Revised ePortfolio instructions
by Claudia Perry 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, Attached are the revised and updated ePortfolio instructions. These include instructions for indicating the course name and number for elective courses in the learning matrix. Most students going forward will only be required to submit course materials in core course and in LBSCI 709. LMS students--please review the verbiage that pertains to your specific requirements. For faculty, these are to be included in all forthcoming revised syllabi from summer onward. We are seeking approval to make this a requirement of graduation, but it will not be required until the approval process is completed. For students, please note that these rules are not being applied retroactively. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. Our thanks to LISSA Officers Deborah Kinirons and Jackie Quinn who requested that this clarification be widely disseminated. Profs. Mary K. Chelton and Claudia A. Perry Curriculum/Ed Tech Committee Co-Chairs 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 Faculty observation schedule
by colleen cool 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Here is the list of assignments for classroom observations for this semester. Please make arrangements with the professor you are observing at least 24 hours in advance. Marcum: Barnes (736) Gordh (768) Perry: Chauhan (700) Behar (701) Ng: Husain (700) Kibirige (709) Brody: Stumm (790) Perry (753) Chelton: Caniano (764) Rosenblum (767) Cool: Marcum (780) Chelton (779) Li: Terrile (777) Mellone (702) Alexander: Grevin (752) Kibirige: Tice (773) Alexander (730) -- 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 Curriculum/Ed Tech & Assessement Committees Joint Meeting
by Mary K Chelton 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Thursday, February 20 at 1 p.m. Agenda forthcoming. Mary K. Chelton

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Gslisadjuncts Fwd: Curriculum Space--APA Style and Writing Center--Cancelled due to weather
by Claudia Perry 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Just in case the first message was not delivered due to the attachment, here is the announcement without the attachment. Stay warm everyone! Begin forwarded message: > > From: gslisfac-bounces(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu [gslisfac-bounces(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu] on behalf of Claudia Perry [c2perry(a)nyc.rr.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:18 AM > To: glisann(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu; gslisadjuncts(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu; gslisfac(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > Cc: John Troynaski; Ping Li > Subject: gslisfac Fwd: Curriculum Space--APA Style and Writing Center--Cancelled due to weather > > Dear Colleagues, > > In light of yet another storm, and in the interest of safety, we are canceling the Curriculum Space originally schedule for Feb. 6, then rescheduled for this evening. > > Please see the attached PPT regarding APA Style, which addresses the topics we were to have discussed. I will forward the announcement again from Mr. Troynaski regarding the services offered by the Writing Center. > > Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. > > Best wishes, > > Drs. Ping Li and Claudia 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: FW: evening classes are cancelled
by colleen cool 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Colleen Cool <Colleen.Cool(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:21 PM Subject: FW: evening classes are cancelled To: "colleen.cool(a)gmail.com" <colleen.cool(a)gmail.com> ------------------------------ *From:* Elizabeth F Hendrey *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:19 PM *To:* Israel Blumenfrucht; Ekaterina Pechenkina; Antonio Gonzalez; Pokay M Ma; Wilma A Saffran; Yunzhong Shu; Ali J Ahmed; Zhigang Xiang; Charles Repole; George Hendrey; John Devereux; Lynn C Howell; Daisuke Akiba; Glenn D Burger; David A Jones; Michael M Toner; Joel W Allen; Rolf Swensen; Colleen Cool; Robert M Vago; Wallace Goldberg; Richard M Maxwell; Stephen Grover; Alexander Lisyansky; Patricia Rachal; Robert N Lanson; Eleanor Armour-Thomas; Andrew Beveridge; Leonard S Rodberg; Jose Martinez-Torrejon; Janice P Smith *Cc:* Christopher Vickery; Craig A Michaels; Eva Fernandez; June D Bobb; MaryAnn Watch; Sandra Mew; Richard J Bodnar; Rolf Swensen; Steven A Schwarz; Vincent J Angrisani; William Mcclure; Robert R Engel; Leonard S Rodberg *Subject:* evening classes are cancelled Classes beginning 4pm and after are cancelled. However, the College remains open. We expect the College to be open and classes to be held tomorrow. Please let faculty and staff know. There will be a QCMailer shortly. Betsy -- 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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