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SUMMER 2013 SCHEDULE 

The following request is being sent to the dean for approval for Summer 2013. Until listed in Banner, all updates will be placed here.

SUMMER SESSION 2013 DATES

•    Session A  - May 20-June 23, 2013
[5/20/13-6/23/13]
•    Session B - June 24-July 28, 2013
[6/24/13-7/28/13]
•    Session C - July 29-August 18, 2013 [7/29/13-8/18/13]

 

ILS REQUESTED OFFERINGS:

EDU 566 S80 Media Utilization and Curriculum [NOTE: limit of 12] [Shteirman, Stephanie] Session A [5/20/13-6/23/13]

ITC 683 S70 Distance Learning Institute/ILS 683 S70 Distance Learning Methods and Models [Brown, Mary] Session B 
[6/24/13-7/28/13]

ILS 300 S7W Literature for Children [Brown, Mary] Session A 
[5/20/13-6/23/13]

ILS 400 01 Information Service Practice [Okobi, Elsie] Session ABC [5/2013-8/18/13]

ILS 499 S70 Seminar in International and Comparative Librarianship [Liu, Yan Quan] Session A 
[5/20/13-6/23/13]

ILS 501 S70 Intro to Information Science and Technology [Kim, Hak Joon] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 501 S71 Intro to Information Science and Technology [Kim, Hak Joon] Session BC

ILS 503 S70 Foundations of Librarianship [Brown, Mary] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 504 S70 Reference and Information Resources and Services [Okobi, Elsie] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 511 80 Materials for Children [NOTE: limit of 12] [Augusta, Caitlin] Session BC [6/24/13-8/18/13]

ILS 512 S70 Materials for Young Adults [Minichiello, Mary] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 534 S70 Technology in Libraries [Choi, Yunseon] Session A 
[5/20/13-6/23/13]

ILS 561 S70 Public Libraries [Okobi, Elsie] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

EDU 562 S80 Management of the School Media Center [NOTE: limit of 12] [Shteirman, Stephanie] Session B [6/24/13-7/28/13]

ILS 566 S70 Library Personnel Management [Bielefield, Arlene] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 568 S70 Library Public Relations [Bielefield, Arlene] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 575 S70 Instructional Design Principles[Kim, Hak Joon] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 580 S70 Research in Information and Library Sceince [Brown, Mary] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 582 01 Library Science Practice [Okobi, Elsie] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 599 S70 Legal Issues in Libraries [Bielefield, Arlene] Session AB [5/20/13-7/28/13]

ILS 630 S70 Seminar in International and Comparative Librarianship [Liu, Yan Quan] Session A 
[5/20/13-6/23/13]

ILS 655 S70 Digital Libraries [Liu, Yan Quan] Session BC [6/24/13-8/18/13]

 

Visiting International Scholars

 

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012, ILS will again be hosting a group of scholars from different universities in China. Dr. Yan Quan Liu will be presenting "The Impact of Digitization & Information Science on Distance Education and Teaching Technology" to the group of twenty-one university presidents, vice-presidents, department heads, and professors from radio and TV universities and the youth international exchange.  

For additional highlights on ILS' international connections click HERE. 

[photo from earlier visit by international scholars]

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News from the Graduate School

A number of announcements just came from the Graduate School Dean that effect students. These concern the special project, the planned program of study, commencement, and foreign transcripts.

 

Foreign Transcripts - effective immediately

Students needing to verify foreign transcripts may now use one of three services:

World Education Services, Inc.

Www.wes.org

Phone: 212.966.6311;  Fax: 212.739.6100

 

Josef Silny & Associates Evaluators, Inc.

Www.jsilny.com

Phone: 305.273.1616;  Fax: 305.273.1338

 

Global Credential Evaluators, Inc.

Www.gcevaluators.com

Phone: 800.707.0979;  Fax: 979.690.6342

 

Planned Program of Study - effective immediately

An initial planned program will be submitted when the student is recommended to the School of Graduate Studies for admission to the program. No further revisions will be make until the last semester in which the student is to be enrolled prior to Graduation. In that term, after the last day to add/drop courses, a revised planned program will be submitted, if needed.

 NOTE: ILS has already arranged with the Registrar's office that only required courses will be listed on the Planned Program for the MLS degree. Electives will be listed as "ILS elective." No specific course is to be listed; 500- and 600-level electives with the ILS designation may be taken to fulfill the "ILS elective."

 

Special Project - effective December 1, 2012

The Dean of Graduate Studies will no longer be a signatory on the certification pages for thesis and special project proposals and thesis and special project submission. The signers will be the Thesis advisor, the 2nd reader and the Department Chair. However, these certification pages still need to be forwarded to the School of Graduate Studies, with all the required materials as outlined in the Guidelines for Thesis and Dissertations. In the event that the Department Chair is either the Thesis Advisor or the 2nd Reader, then the Dean or Associate Dean of the School in which the program is housed, will serve as the final reader and signatory. Once the Graduate School receives these forms they will continue to issue the letters of notification just as they do now.

The appropriate document is at the following website: http://www.southernct.edu/grad/uploads/textWidget/wysiwyg/documents/Thesis_and_Special_Project_Guidelines_Revised_Fall_2012.pdf

 

Commencement

Graduate School Commencement will return to campus and will be held in the Lyman Theatre on Thursday, May 16, 2012. There will be two ceremonies, on in the afternoon and one in the evening. Which schools will participate in which ceremony has yet to be determined. 

 

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Course Scheduling Survey [n=49]

  • 49% want all ILS courses to require permission and preregistration
  • 78% want all required MLS or school media courses to require permission and preregistration
  •  81% prefer courses to be online
  •  33% prefer on-ground courses to meet weekday evenings (37% would not take an on-ground course)
  • 51% want on-ground course to meet on Southern's campus
  •  56% are interested in taking a course during Winter/Intersession; 73% are interested in taking a course during the Summer session
  •  84% of MLS students reside instate and 16% out-of-state.

 

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policy on emailing faculty and staff

ConnSCU policy: students are to use their university (@owls.southernct.edu) accounts when emailing faculty and staff. Faculty and staff are to email and reply to students using students' university (@owls.southernct.edu) email accounts.

The university email system is the official communication system for university business.

All students are issued a university email account [OWLS Mail]. For information on using OWLS Mail go to http://www.southernct.edu/oit/accountsandmail/owlsemail/

Faculty and staff contact information can be found on the department website at http://www.southernct.edu/ils/facultyandstaff/

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Results of  focus groups and focused interviews conducted as follow-up to recent MLS student and alumni surveys

Click Here to a summary of the focus groups and focused interviews. [pdf file] 

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Highlights from ILS 652 Development of Digital Memorials and Cultural Archives - Summer 2012

This summer's class created a site that digitally archived the images the 9/11 Living Memorial project has already in addition to the oral history interview with Anthony Gardner and some of the images of the 9/11 exhibit at the New Jersey State Museum. [Click here to visit the site.]

In addition to adding information on individuals, the following additional items were added:

  • Joan and Cathy created a collection of survivor and rescue worker stories
  • Miguel and Sharon created a collection of 9/11 Mail Art
  • Annie created a collection of 9/11 art
  • Jenn N. worked behind the scenes with Frank S. to see if importing information from the Living Memorial via an Excel spreadsheet / CSV import worked (this info is not visible to visitors as it is a Beta test)
  • Robert and Lauretta created a collection of memorials that incorporated remnants from 9/11
  • Jenn I. and Chrisie created a collection of Anthony Gardner's oral history interview and the museum exhibit he curated. 

 

[Partial tuition scholarships were made available through a U.S. Department of Education grant to Voices of September 11th.]

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International Connections - Summer 2012

Click here to see a few of the exciting projects ILS faculty have been involved with this summer.


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Report on China Trip  

(ILS 630 - Seminar in International and Comparative Librarianship)

Published in the Canterbury School's fall issue of their aulmni magazine, The Pallium. [This article is delightful in narrative and photographs.. Enjoy.]

 Report on China Trip [pdf file] 

 

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Annual Student Progress Report

All ILS students, undergraduate and graduate, are to file an Annual Student Progress Report with their advisor or program coordinator each May.

Please name your file lastname-firstname_20##-Progress.doc For example: Smith- John_2012-Progress.docx. Please submit annual reports as Word documents.

Please download, complete, and email to your advisor or program coordinator the 2011-2012 Annual Student Progress Report [.doc file]

 

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New SOE Dean Named

Deborah Newton, Ed.D. has been named Interim Dean of the School of Education. Dr. Newton has appointed Adam Goldberg, Ed.D., as Assistant to the Dean; and Susan Calahan, Ph.D., as NCATE Coordinator. Angela Todaro, Ph.D. will now oversee the Student Teaching Placements Office. 

 

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New Conceptual Framework for SOE

Members of the Conceptual Framework Committee have devoted a great deal of time, energy, and enthusiasm to creating a draft of a new Conceptual Framework for the School of Education Unit (CALL: Collaborating, Applying, Learning, Leading). You are invited to review the above pdf file, which contain a draft of the Conceptual Framework document as it has evolved to date and three logos being considered to provide a visual representation of the Framework.

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Planning for Spring 2013 ALA Site Visit

Follow updates and opportunities for your input as ILS prepares for ALA's External Review Panel's visit in spring 2013.

If you have questions, input, suggestions, please contact Chang Suk Kim, kimc1@southernct.edu, Eino Sierpe, sierpee1@southernct.edu, or Mary Brown, brownm6@southernct.edu, or a faculty member listed under a specific standard under 2013 ALA Site Visit. 

 

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TUITION EQUALIZATION Pilot

 

Out-of-state and international students may want to plan to take advantage of a pilot pricing strategy that will allow about a fifty-percent savings on full-time tuition for Fall 2012-Spring 2013. The pilot pricing will charge all Master of Library Science (MLS) students the same in-state tuition rates regardless of residency. See one news article at: http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/CSU-system-tries-new-program-to-entice-2642632.php

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Faculty Passes Department Standard for Minimum Elements for ILS Syllabi

Faculty passes on October 6, 2011, a department standard for minimum elements for ILS Syllabi. The Minimum Elements for ILS Syllabi are derived from the "Graduate School Syllabus Standards" found in the Official Handbook of the Academic Standards Committee.

Faculty are to begin using the Minimum Elements for ILS Syllabi for all syllabi beginning with WinterSession and Spring 2011 courses.

ILS Syllabus Standard-APPROVED-2011_09_28-2011_10_6 [pdf]

 

 

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THE TK20 ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

All ILS MLS candidates, as of Fall 2011, are required to purchase the TK20 assessment system. This will allow you to upload key assessments which demonstrate your progres and competencies as you move through your MLS program.     The key assessments occur in ILS 501, ILS 503, ILS 504, ILS 506, ILS 565, and ILS 580; therefore you must purchase TK20 prior to registering for these courses.  Some of your other professional courses (field experiences for instance) may also require TK20, so if your instructor lists this as a requirement for your course, you must purchase it for that course.  You only need purchase the system once.
 
For information on the system and how to purchase it and log on, go to: http://www.southernct.edu/education/tk20/
 

Please be advised that that following statement should appear in all ILS 501, ILS 503, ILS 504, ILS 506, ILS 565, and ILS 580 syllabi:

All students are required to purchase Tk20 accounts.  For this course, you will submit [one or more] assignment[s] through your Tk20 accounts.  Students who do not submit their assignments in this way will receive an incomplete in the course.  For information on Tk20, please go to the School of Education's website.
 
http://www.southernct.edu/education/tk20/

 

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Dr. Triolo tapped for expertise in horticulture

Dr. Victor Triolo, Emeritus Associate Professor, Information and Library Science, is working with other Southern faculty on an innovative and multifaceted project, Sustainable Southern-Plant it Forward Initiative (SPIFI), an urban agriculture demonstration project. For more information, see the article on Plant It Forward.   

 

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Planning your schedule

Each student needs to be prepared to spend 2-3 hours on coursework outside of class for every hour in class.

For a 3-credit course this means you need to plan on 6-9 hours per week outside of the expected 3 hours in class.

 

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Student Access to online courses after the semester ends

Student access to old courses
January 24, 2011 12:36 PM

Recent interpretations of the Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002, known as the TEACH Act, require the Teaching and Learning Technologies Group to limit access to copyrighted content within eLearning Vista. The day after grades are due in Banner, students will not have access to course materials. Making courses unavailable to students is a divisional setting within eLearning Vista and will be applied to all courses.

Should a student(s) continue to need to access  course content after this time, the professor can override that setting for his/her section. Contact your course professor if you need access to a course after grades are due in Banner, contact our course professor.

This policy change will be effective immediately and begin with Fall 2010 courses.