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California's Library Schools:
Visions of the Present and Future
African American
Roundtable/California Librarians Black Caucus
November 4, 2001
Graduate Program Overviews
Dr. Michael Buckland, Professor
School of Information Management & Systems
University of California, Berkeley
www.sims.berkeley.edu
- Primary Mission:
- Education, research, and service in the field of
Information Management & Systems; includes education
and research relating to library services. The report
that became the mission for the school is at www.sims.berkeley.edu/about/history/proposal.html
- Faculty and Student Demographics and Size of Program:
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 | Faculty: 14 headcount, 10.5 FTE (9 FT, 5 PT; 10
male, 4 female; 1 Asian-American, rest Other) |
| Students: Masters degree (2 year program): 83
active (36, male; 42 female; average age 26)
Ph.D: 14 active (7 male; 7 female; average age
28).
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Program strengths, specializations, or other unique
features:
Strong in technology, economics, and information policy.
Selective admissions. Accreditation of Masters program
by ALA Committee on Accreditation has not been
requested, but graduates can be considered "or
equivalent" if they have taken library-related
courses. Students are approx: 50% domestic; 50% foreign.
Degree(s) Offered:
Master of Information Management & Systems; Ph.D.
Masters graduates average starting salary in 2000:
$71,090; 2001 (to date): $73,400.
DR. LESLEY S. J. FARMER
Library Media Teachers Services Credential Program
California State University, Long Beach
http://www.csulb.edu/programs/lmt
- Primary Mission
- The Library Media Teacher Services Credential Program at
CSULB is designed to prepare fully-qualified,
outstanding Library Media Teachers for California K-12
schools to meet the information and reading needs of its
diverse student population. The program is based on the
principles and philosophy of Information Power, the
American Association of School Librarians' guidelines.
As such, the program emphasizes the triple role of the
Library Media Teacher as Teacher/Partner, Information
Specialist and Program Administrator.
- Faculty and Student Demographics and Size of Program:
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| Faculty: 1 TENURE-TRACK ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR; 8
PT LECTURERS. |
| Students: 110 Students; 85% Anglo, 5% Black, 5%
Asian, 5% Latino; Average age 43, from Santa
Barbara to San Diego. Many students are working
towards their credential while on an Emergency
LMT Services Permit.
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Degree(s) Offered:
LMT Services Credential; Interdisciplinary Master of
Arts in School Librarianship
Program strengths, specializations, or other unique
features:
Focus on school librarianship to deepen networking and
focus discussion. Classes blend theory and practice and
include service learning. Classes offered year-round.
Classes offered in Long Beach, Northridge and San Diego
areas. Classes meet on Saturdays 5-6 times a semester.
Classes enhanced with Internet opportunities- 2 classes
now offered completely online -- at least 1 more is
slated for online. Field work can be located near your
home or work setting. Interdisciplinary MA blends
credential with degree (4 additional courses). Program
is CCTC and NCATE accredited.
Dr. Ken Dowlin and Dr. Blanche Woolls
School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu
- Primary Mission:
- In support of the San José State University Mission,
the School of Library and Information Science educates
professionals to address the information needs of their
community, the nature of information and its uses and
its supporting technologies through teaching, research,
service, and leadership.
- Faculty & Student Demographics and Size of Program:
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| Faculty: 12 full-time, 5 women, 7 men; 3 Asian
Pacific. Part-time faculty is drawn from
California and throughout the United States.
This term we have distance education instructors
in Kansas and Texas. Next term instructors will
be located in Kansas, Pennsylvania, and
Missouri, and our summer faculty will be
teaching online from even more locations. |
| Students:This term we have 856 students
registered in classes. This is an increase of
100 from fall, 2000.
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Degree(s) Offered:
MLIS
Program strengths, specializations, or other unique
features:
Our program strengths include the school library media
teacher credential, special libraries (Bill Fisher,
2001/2002 Special Libraries Association President-Elect,
is on our faculty), academic libraries, public
libraries, digital libraries and medical informatics.
Other unique features include our growing distance
education opportunities. A visit to our website will
show you the variety of formats for class from
traditional (3 hours a week for 15 weeks) to totally web
based (all instruction online) with many
"in-between," such as our six-day intensives
and our 1 face-to-face with the remainder on the web.
Faculty at SLIS are active in state, national and
international professional associations and encourage
students to become active also. Our ALA Student Chapter
has been named chapter of the year (2000) and runner-up
chapter of the year (2001).
Dr. Virginia Walter
Department of Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/
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