ALISE2015: Full Schedule

8:30am CST

Session 1.5 SIG Program - Youth Services: Transforming Youth Services in Library and Information Science: A Participatory Panel of Best Practices for Social Justice Action and Praxis

This panel will highlight six short papers that offer examples for the transformation of youth services in library and information science through social justice in the LIS classroom and beyond.

Moderators

Robin F. Kurz

Writer and Librarian

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Speakers

Sandra Hughes-Hassell

Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also President of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). In her current research, she focuses on social justice issues... Read More →

Sue Kimmel

Professor, Old Dominion University, Library and Information Studies Program

Ask me about Old Dominion University's Master of Library and Information Studies.

Dr. Kafi Kumasi

Associate Professor, Wayne State University

Judi Moreillon

Assistant Professor, Texas Woman’s University

For ALISE 2015, I am most interested in discussing why the term "social justice" seems to be more allusive in our literature than in the librarianship literature of other countries, such as the United Kingdom. I believe this term should be more widely applied to library services and... Read More →

Rebecca Morris

UNC-Greensboro

Katy Jean Vance

Librarian, Yokohama International School

Libraries. Research. Invigorating Communities.

Wednesday January 28, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am CST
Holabird, Floor 8

Programs and Papers

2:00pm CST

Session 2.5 SIG Program - Technical Services Education: Re-imagining Technical Services Education and Instructional Partnerships

Panelists will present a recent study on cataloging education and will use a recent departmental ILS purchase as a case study to explore instructional partnerships in LIS education.

Moderators

Karen Snow

Professor, Dominican University School of Information Studies

Karen Snow is a Professor and the PhD Program Director in the School of Information Studies at Dominican University in River Forest, IL. She teaches face-to-face and online in the areas of cataloging, classification, and metadata. She completed her PhD in Information Science at the... Read More →

Speakers

Don Hamerly

Assistant Professor & Director, School Library Media Program, Dominican University Graduate School of Library and information Science

School media centers/libraries; role of the school library media specialist; new literacies; strategic planning, marketing, lobbying

Gretchen Hoffman

Associate Professor, Texas Woman’s University

Maurine McCourry

Adjunct Faculty, Dominican University

Wednesday January 28, 2015 2:00pm - 3:30pm CST
Holabird, Floor 8

Programs and Papers

4:00pm CST

Session 3.5 SIG Program - Part-time and Adjunct Faculty: Identity, Administration, and Inclusion: Current Status of Adjunct and Contingent Faculty in LIS

Moderators

Catherine Closet-Crane

Kent State University

Jennifer Sweeney

Principal, JK Sweeney & Associates LLC

Dr. Sweeney is a management consultant for libraries and educational organizations, a member of the adjunct faculty at Drexel University, and instructor with Infopeople, and Library juice Academy. Recent projects include evaluation of library staff training programs, strategic planning... Read More →

Speakers

Debbie Faires

San Jose State University

Sandra Hirsh

Associate Dean for Academics, San Jose State University

Dr. Sandra Hirsh is Associate Dean for Academics in the College of Professional and Global Education at San José State University. She previously served as Professor and Director of the School of Information at San José State University for ten years from 2010-2020. Prior to joining... Read More →

Linda L. Lillard

Professor and Department Chair and Program Director, Clarion University

Wednesday January 28, 2015 4:00pm - 5:30pm CST
Holabird, Floor 8

Programs and Papers

8:30am CST

Session 4.5 SIG Program - Gender Issues: Re‐Imagining Issues of Gender and Sexuality in LIS Teaching, Research, and Service Delivery

Moderators

Deborah Charbonneau

Speakers

Barbara Dewey

Penn State University

Claire McInerney

Dean of School of Communication and Information, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Laura Saunders

Assistant Professor, Simmons College

Thursday January 29, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am CST
Holabird, Floor 8

Programs and Papers

10:30am CST

Session 5.5 SIG Program - School Library: School Library Practice and Education: Developing a Passion and Commitment to Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Learning For Life

Moderators

Sue Kimmel

Professor, Old Dominion University, Library and Information Studies Program

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Dr. Ellen Pozzi

Associate Professor, William Paterson University

Director, School Library Media Program

Mega Subramaniam

Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

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Speakers

Kendra Albright

Associate Professor, University of South Carolina

Editor-in-Chief, Libri Talk to me about publishing your research.

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Karla Collins

Associate Professor, LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY

I am an associate professor in the School Librarianship Program at Longwood University in Farmville, VA. I teach Collection Development, Reference and Information Sources and Services, Children's Literature Young Adult Literature, Instructional Design, and Best Practices for Library... Read More →

Deborah Lang Froggatt

Director of Library Services, Boston Public Schools

Debbie is in her 6th year as Boston Public Schools Director of Library Services. Over the last 25 years, she served as a library teacher in all three levels, was a public library director and worked in academic and health science libraries.

Karen Gavigan

Interim Director, University of South Carolina - School of Information Science

Dr. Gavigan is the Interim Director and a Professor in the School of Information Science at UofSC. She worked as a school librarian for 15 years. She also worked as a public librarian and an academic librarian. Her research interests include the use of graphic novels in libraries... Read More →

Lucy Santos Green

Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University

Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, School Librarianship, School-Based Librarianship in South America, Technology Integration in Teacher Education, Guided Inquiry in Science Education, Online Pedagogy

Stephanie Jones

Thursday January 29, 2015 10:30am - 12:00pm CST
Holabird, Floor 8

Programs and Papers

1:30pm CST

Session 6.5 SIG Program-Curriculum Responding to the Call for Social Justice: How the Evolution of Library School Curricula Reflects New Directions in LIS Education

Moderators

Linda L. Lillard

Professor and Department Chair and Program Director, Clarion University

Speakers

Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

Clarion University

Liya Deng

University of South Carolina

YooJin Ha

Assicuate Professor, Clarion University

Cecilia L. Salvatore

Associate Professor & Coordinator/Archives & Cultural Heritage Program, Dominican University

Stan Trembach

University of South Carolina

Thursday January 29, 2015 1:30pm - 3:00pm CST
Holabird, Floor 8

Programs and Papers

8:30am CST

Session 7.5A Juried Works In Progress Papers: Social Justice, Service Learning, and Multicultural Populations in LIS Education

This presentation will describe and discuss the outcomes of an LIS Multicultural Populations course that addressed social justice theory through a service learning pedagogy.

Moderators

Sara Chizari

PhD Candidate & Adjunct Faculty, University of South Carolina

I am a PhD Candidate at the University of South Carolina. My research interests lie in the intersection of neuro-cognitive and cross-cultural studies of information searching behavior. I am hoping to graduate in summer 2016!

Speakers

Catharine Bomhold

University of Southern Mississippi

Friday January 30, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am CST
Holabird, Floor 8

Programs and Papers