originally: http://www.oclc.org/programsandresearch/dss/eisenberg.htm
Professor and Dean Emeritus
The Information School of the University of Washington
Thursday,September 20, 2007
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Coffee & Pastries
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Presentation and Q&A
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Kilgour Building—Auditorium
6565 Kilgour Place (formerly Frantz Road)
Dublin, OH 43017-3395
“There’s a crisis in library education. Library schools are closing. There won’t be enough librarians to fill the ranks of those retiring. Library schools aren’t teaching the fundamentals (such as cataloging and children’s services). The very core of librarianship is in danger.”
These would be serious concerns if they were true; but they’re not. Library and information science programs are thriving as never before. Schools are expanding, with growing on-campus and distance library and information science programs and new degrees in information-related areas. The new information schools embrace, celebrate, and promote librarianship even as they move into new information areas. And, there are more students graduating with ALA-accredited degrees than ever before.
Mike Eisenberg, long-time library and information science educator and dean emeritus of the Information School of the University of Washington, will set the record straight regarding library education and the information school movementMike Eisenberg is the “founding dean” of the Information School
at the University of Washington. During his tenure from 1998 to 2006, Mike
transformed the unit from a single graduate degree into a broad-based information
school with a wide range of research and academic programs, including an undergraduate
degree in informatics, masters degrees in information management and library
and information science (adding a distance learning program and doubling enrollment),
and a doctorate degree in information science.
Mike is a frequent speaker, presenter, consultant, and recipient of several prestigious
awards. His current efforts focus on information literacy, the expanding role
of libraries, and information science education K-20.
Mike Eisenberg
http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/mbe/
Distinguished Seminar Series lectures are available online as PowerPoint and MP3 files shortly after the lecture at http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/. Additional information about the Distinguished Seminar Series can also be found there.
A printable version of this announcement is available at: http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/pdf/eisenberg.pdf (.pdf: 67KB/1 p.)