Everything tagged: LIS Education

Louise Spiteri is completing her term as the Director of the School of Information Management on June 30th, 2015 and will be taking her well-deserved administrative leave during the 2015-2016 academic year.

L’École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information (EBSI) de l’Université de Montréal est heureuse d’annoncer que l’agrément de son programme de maîtrise en sciences de l’information par l’American Library Association (ALA) a été renouvelé jusqu’en 2021.

The full report [PDF] is available from the Royal Society of Canada website. Executive Summary Purpose In Spring 2013 the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) struck this Expert Panel on …

Which educators in your MLIS or LIT education has had the biggest influence on you as an information professional?

The Master of Library and Information Studies degree at SLAIS, The iSchool at UBC, has been granted a three-year extension of its accreditation status (2014-2017) by the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation (ALA-COA). This is also known as conditional accreditation status. Although this is not a decision granting the longer seven-year accreditation cycle, it affirms full accreditation for the degree and all students who receive an MLIS degree from UBC during those three years and up to two years after.

Lynne Bowker appointed as Chair of the School of Information Studies

Forty-nine students will begin their MLIS program today in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at the University of Alberta without ever setting foot on campus.

Colleagues, it is my great honor to provide here a copy of correspondence received yesterday relating to the recent review of the University of Alberta, School of Library and Information …

Dr. Anna Altmann, former Director of SLIS from February 2003 to December 2007, will serve as Interim Director for the 2013-14 year.

The anticipated start date for this program will be Fall 2013.