via Stacey Knight-Davis, HSLI Past President) An international team of librarians (consisting of Lorie Kloda, MLIS, PhD (McGill University, Canada); Andrea Miller-Nesbitt, MLIS (McGill University, Canada); and Megan Fitzgibbons, MLIS (University of Western Australia) is conducting a research study exploring the value of journal-club participation for librarians. As part of this research, the study coordinators…
Month: September 2015
Illinois Librarians Giving Poster Sessions at MLA – Midwest Chapter
The following Illinois librarians will be giving poster sessions at this year’s meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association. The meeting will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, from October 2 to October 6. The posters will be on display on Sunday, October 4, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and then from…
Legislative Updates, 9/4/2015
Federal: In the continuing fight over net neutrality, ALA, ACRL, ARL, & COSLA have requested the right to file an amici curiae brief supporting the respondent in the case of United States Telecom Association (USTA) v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and United States of America. The purpose of the brief would be to bolster the…
University of Maryland Report on the Future of the Library Science Degree
Last month, the University of Maryland’s iSchool and the University’s Information Policy & Access Center released a report on the future of the master’s degree in library science, at least in the degree’s current form. The report is the result of a year-long collaborative effort, including discussions with the broader community, to determine how an…