LISNews: Librarian News

Heidi Landskroener writes "Syacuse University is now offering its MSLIS program via distance learning at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. This is needed competition for Kent State University, the only institution in the state with an ALA-accreditited MLIS degree. weatherhead.cwru.edu Has More"

The Curmudgeony Librarian writes "The Library and Information Science program at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa was given a two year extension for its accreditation deadline by the American Library Association. The library science program was to be audited by the ALA in fall 2006. The extension is in response to the devastating floor which struck Hamilton Library October 30th. The flood washed away all of its accreditation documents as well as inflicted several million dollars worth of damage to the library.

The American Library Association represents librarians in the United States as well as overseeing accreditation standards for Library and Information Science Programs. In the United States and Canada, it is usual for a librarian to have a one- or two-year master's degree in library science or information science from an accredited university."

An Anonymous Patron writes "NPR : Historically Black University Cuts Rare Library Sciences Program In a cost-cutting move, Clark-Atlanta University plans to shut down its library sciences program. The program is one of only two in the nation at historically black colleges and universities, and since 1941 has graduated more black librarians than any other institution. Emily Kopp of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports."

mdoneil writes "What is even more interesting is that he is not a librarian. The FSU SIS website has a bit about him here . His CV is available here.

There has been talk of broadening the School of Information Studies to include more than just Library Studies. I have heard that they were considering taking computer science - at least the informational part- into SIS.

Dr. Dennis is a great professor and has done a great deal for online instructional design and was the head of distance and distributed learning so I am sure he will be a benefit to SIS, but not having an MLS seems odd for someone in charge of the library school. Then again the LOC does not have one either.

For those interested the other candidate is here"