Library Education: Facing New Realities

Webcast on Library Education to Focus on Issues

April 27, 2007 - Noon to 1:30pm Eastern Time

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A forum on the issues that face LIS Programs and their impact on practitioners was held at the Seattle ALA meeting. Taped highlights of the forum will be part of a live webcast from College of DuPage on April 27,2007. The webcast will use these presentations as a point of departure and focus on ideas that will ensure that library educational programs remain vibrant and are responsive to the needs of practitioners.

Co-sponsored by ALISE and ALA’s Committee on Education, the Seattle forum, moderated by Don O’Connor, Chair of COE, featured brief presentations by Michael Gorman, immediate past president of ALA, Leslie Burger, current ALA president, Loriene Roy, president-elect, Tom Leonhardt, chair of COA, and John Budd, ALISE president.

The College of DuPage webcast Library Education: Facing New Realities, will be co-hosted by Richard Dougherty and Mike Jackson. Guests will be Dan O’Connor, chair of COE, Jan Sanders, Director, City of Pasadena Public Library, and Janice Simmons-Welburn, Dean of Libraries, Marquette University.

Library Education: Facing New Realities

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