Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science

Spring 2008 Continuing Education Offerings for LIS Students and Professionals

And the Entire Community of Learners

 

“Educating Library Leaders”

 

Dear Colleague:

 

This message extends to you well wishes for a rewarding and productive New Year as well as a personal invitation to take part in some of the exciting Continued Education programs sponsored by  Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science. In our goal of promoting leadership and innovation in the LIS profession, we are pleased to bring you some of the profession’s most compelling thinkers and doers. In addition to our ongoing ‘Emerging Library Leaders for the 21^st Century’ seminar series; newly appointed Follett Chair, Steve Herb, will look at the roles libraries play in bridging the burgeoning literacy gap. Later that month our active Alumni Council will sponsor their annual Career Day featuring keynoters Barbara Ford and Paul K. Whitsitt and a roster of library leaders. All programs are free of charge. Please share these programs with LIS students, with colleagues, with new and potential librarians, and across your organization’s learning community. We look forward to seeing you at one (or all) of these events!

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The 2008 Follett Lecture

Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 6:00 pm

Life, Literacy, and the Pursuit of Happiness:

The Importance of Libraries in the Lives of Young Children

By Steven Herb

 

In this compelling address Steven Herb, past president of the Association for Library Service to Children and a three-term chair of the American Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee, presents a snap shot of our nation’s less-than-stellar support of literacy in the lives of young children and the important role that public libraries can play to develop a fully literate generation. After nourishment and shelter there are no more basic needs for our children than language and literacy development. According to Herb, our educational preoccupation with testing in public schools would become a historical artifact if only our national obsession focused on children entering school already reading and writing. Currently head of the education and behavioral sciences library at Pennsylvania State University and director of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Dr. Herb was appointed to the Follett Chair in Library Science at Dominican University in August, 2007.

 

A reception will follow the lecture.

 

Dominican University

Eloise Martin Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building

7900 West Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305

Please RSVP attendance to (708)524-6845 or email gslis@dom.edu

 

 

11^th Annual Career Day Sponsored by the Dominican GSLIS Alumni Council

Saturday, February 16, 2008, 10 am-3 pm

Taking the Lead: Career Development and Networking

 

Keynoters Barbara Ford, director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Paul Whitsitt, director of Libraries and Information Services at Chicago Public Schools will be featured at Dominican GSLIS’s Career Day program designed to support new and seasoned LIS professionals and current LIS students in setting and reaching their career goals. Library leaders including Paula Dempsey of DePaul University Libraries, Tamar Dougherty of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium, Greg Gosselin of North America Ex Libris, Betsy Adamowski of the Itasca Public Library, and Toby Rajput of Chicago Public Schools join Whitsitt and Ford in providing insights on emerging trends in librarianship and the importance of professional development and proactive networking in enhancing your career.

 

Lunch will be provided

 

Dominican University

Parmer Hall

7900 West Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305

Please RSVP attendance to (708)524-6845 or email gslis@dom.edu

 

 

Spring Semester 2008 “Emerging Library Leaders for the 21^st Century (ELL-21)” Series

 

January 21, 2008: 4-6pm

“Beyond the Margins or When Collection Development Leads to Staff Development: The Building of a Transgender Resource Collection”

Bleue Benton, Collection Development Manager, Oak Park Public Library

 

February 4, 2008: 4-6 pm

“Gaming and Libraries: Intersection of Services”

Jenny Levine, “Shifted Librarian” blogger and Internet Development Specialist & Strategy Guide, American Library Association

 

February 18, 2008: 4-6 pm

“Grant-writing for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know About the Aim, the Pitch, and the Score” 

Tracie D. Hall, Assistant Dean, Dominican Graduate School of Library and Information Science

 

March 17, 2008: 4-6pm

“Get a Voice: Why Writing, Blogging and Speaking Out Are Crucial to Advancing Your LIS Career” 

John Berry III, Editor-At-Large, Library Journal

 

March 31, 2008: 4-6pm

“Libraries:  What it Takes to Lead—An Interactive Workshop for Managers and Aspiring Managers”

Kathryn J. Deiss, Content Strategist, Association of College and Research Libraries

 

April 14, 2008: 4-6 pm

“Libraries, Advocacy, and the Power of the Personal Connection”

Emily Sheketoff, Associate Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA), and Manager of the Washington Office

 

All ELL-21 Lectures will take place in the Rebecca Crown Library, Springer Suites

Dominican University

7900 West Division Street, River Forest IL, 60305

Please RSVP attendance to (708)524-6845 or email gslis@dom.edu

 

 

Tracie D. Hall

Assistant Dean

Dominican University GSLIS

7900 West Division Street

River Forest, IL 60305

(708) 524-6848 or thall@dom.edu

www.gslis.dom.edu

 

Dominican GSLIS…Have a Goal? We’ll Help You Reach It. 

 

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