The State of SLIS

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The State of SLIS

• Kimberly B. Kelley, Ph.D.
• Dean

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Advance Organizer

• Status on SLIS Planning
• Core values
• Vision
• Mission
• Next Steps for SLIS
• Presentation by Ms. OBrien, Executive Director,
  Office of Accreditation, American Library
  Association
• Break out session (planning/discussion)
• Meet the Provost
• Lunch
• Adjourn
• Tour!

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Core Values

• The Catholic University of Americas Values
  Reason, Faith and Service
• SLIS Core Values
• Collaboration
• Community
• Innovation and,
• Excellence

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SLIS Vision

• SLIS transforms the role of libraries and
  information in society globally and locally,
  through excellence in teaching, scholarship, and
  service by engaging with the rich resources of
  our region, and beyond, for the betterment of
  humanity.

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SLIS Mission

• The School of Library and Information Science
  (SLIS) provides professional education and
  supports lifelong learning in the tradition of
  the Catholic University of America. We produce
  innovative leaders with professional values
  informed by the CUA core values of reason, faith,
  and service and the SLIS values of
  collaboration, community, innovation and
  excellence. Our education is characterized by a
  strong grounding in the theory and practice of
  the LIS field and the creative use of information
  technology. SLIS is committed to applying the
  principles of library and information science
  toward the betterment of the individual,
  communities, and society.

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We Serve

• Students by providing excellent education in the
  theory and practice of LIS, instilling the SLIS
  and CUA core values of reason, faith and service,
  collaboration, community, innovation, and
  excellence while preparing them for lifelong
  learning.
• The university by collaborating with other
  academic units to educate students in all
  disciplines about information literacy, IT
  competency, and research skills.

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We Serve

• The profession and the discipline through
  interdisciplinary research and collaboration with
  practitioners in teaching and research.
• Employers and society by producing innovative
  leaders who have high professional ethics,
  excellent knowledge of the theory and practice of
  LIS and technical expertise.

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SLIS Realizes its Mission By

• 1.  Advancing the frontiers of knowledge and
  practice in LIS
• 2.  Educating highly competent, ethical
  librarians and other information professionals
• 3.  Serving the needs of the field, the
  community, the region and the world
• 4.  Engaging with the rich information resources
  and professionals of our region and beyond
• 5.  Grounding our work in the core values of
  collaboration, community, innovation and
  excellence
• 6.  Responding to the changing needs of
  individuals, communities, and the global society

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Realizing the Vision, contd

• 7.  Engaging in an ongoing dialogue and
  conducting research in LIS to ensure relevance,
  responsiveness, and to advance the role of
  libraries and information in our global society
• 8.  Exploring and employing innovative
  technologies to foster scholarship, improve
  practice, and to reach a global community
• 9.  Integrating technology to improve information
  management and services
• 10.  Furthering the library profession and
  libraries and,
• 11.  Preserving our cultural heritage.

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Next Steps for SLIS Planning

• Complete the development of our goals and
  objectives for the program
• Develop a Working Plan for the School
• Multi-year
• Comprehensive
• Developed collaboratively with stakeholders
• Revise the curriculum
• Tackle the technology

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Accreditation Planning Update

• Two-year process
• Developed an Advisory Board
• Systematically examining our status re the ALA
  Standards
• Areas of concentration
• Mission, goals and objectives
• Curriculum
• Faculty
• Facilities/technology infrastructure

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Accreditation Planning (2)

• Completed a Planning Retreat
• Developing our planning documents
• Involving our stakeholders
• Meetings with constituencies (like today)
• Developed an advisory board
• Developed the standards committees
• Moving steadily forward for completion in
  December, 2008!

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Our Goal

• Make SLIS stronger
• Define our niche
• Successfully achieve accreditation in 2009
• Celebrate our success!

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Thank You

• Questions?