Accreditation

Accreditation

External Review Panel (ERP): Review Dates March 28-30, 2004; final decision will be made at Summer meeting of ALA, in June 2004. According to Ann O’Neill, Director of the Office of Accreditation, the shift of the site visit from fall 2003 to spring 2004 will not affect students graduating in Academic Year 2002-2003.

Thomas Wilding has agreed to serve as Chair of the External Review Panel. COA will review the proposed composition of the External review Panel at its April 25-27, 2003 meeting. Once the committee is approved, the names will be sent to us. LIS faculty and Advisory Board will review the names for conflicts of interest. COA has final authority on the composition of the ERP; all members do not visit the campus.

Thomas Wilding, Director of the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, is a former President of the Library Administration and Management Association [LAMA], a current American Library Association Councilor, and a well-known leader in the library and information science profession. He is known for his work in faculty governance. He has taught the College and University Libraries and Management courses at TWU SLIS to wide student acclaim.

Timeline: Based on the review dates, the following deadlines have been established:

The Plan for the Program Presentation is due March 28, 2003—one (1) year before the review

A complete draft of the Program Presentation is due no later than December 8, 2003—four (4) months before the review

The final Program Presentation is due no later than February 16, 2004—six (6) weeks before the review.

Program Presentation:

Framework: Knowledge Management Model

Past transitioning to Present;
Present Reality;
Projection to Future.

Sections

Introduction: Past, present, future
Standards I-VI
Conclusion and Future Directions
Appendices

Syllabi
Faculty vitae and publications
Assessment documents
Supporting documentation

Committees: (http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oa/accreditation.html

Steering Committee; Committee on Assessment and Evaluation

Ginger Maloney, Dean, College of Education, ex-officio

Rick Forsman, Director Dennison Memorial Library, ex-chair COA, Advisory Board

Sheila Summers Thompson, Director of University Assessment

All committee chairs

Standard I. Mission, Goals, and Objectives, Deb Grealy, Chair

Sandy Mondragon,

Cheryl Lovell, Associate Professor/Assoc. Dean, COE, Higher Education

Sharon Gabel, Assistant Director of Human Resources, KM Certificate student

Standard II. Curriculum, Dr. Clara Sitter, chair

Mark Anderson, student

Bruce Urmacher, Assoc. Professor/Director Educational Leadership, School & Community

Steve Fisher, Penrose Library, University Archivist, Advisory Board

Betty Bankhead, Retired, Cherry Creek High School, School Library Media Specialist, Advisory Board

Standard III. Faculty, Dr. Sylvia Hall-Ellis, chair

Les Goodchild, Assoc. Professor, Higher Education Administration

Kathy Green, Full Professor, Quantitative Research Methods

Martin Garnar, Regis University, Reference Librarian, Alumnus

Michael Levine Clark, Penrose Library, Reference Librarian, Collection Manager.

Standard IV. Students, Sandra Snyder-Mondragon, chair

Janet Erickson, College of Education, Enrollment Manager

Jean Heilig, Director, E-Global Library, Jones International University, Alumna

Rochelle Logan, Associate Director, Douglas Public Library System, Alumna

Brian Schwarz, student

Standards V-VI. Administration and Financial Support and Physical Resources and Facilities, Deb Grealy, chair

Sandy Mondragon, Assistant to the Director, LIS

Ginger Beach, Senior Budget and Planning Coordinator

Priscilla Lehman, Budget Manager, COE

Paul Sharpe, student

Janne Cookman, student

Faculty Search

Position Number: 3922:

Advertised in The Chronicle of Higher Education, American Libraries; Listserves: JESSE, ALISE, Library Hotline, LJ; Joblines: DU, ACLIN.

Position posted January 21, 2003. Applications to be reviewed March-April 2003; Candidate Interviews, early May; Hire date, September 2003.

ALISE (ALA Mid-Winter): Sixty resumes evaluated at ALISE; 15 selected; 9 new PhDs screened preliminarily (Grealy, Hall-Ellis, Maloney)

Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track (Faculty (Exempt))
Department: College of Education, LIS
Hiring Range: Competitive
Schedule: 37.5 hrs/wk (Full Time)
Closes: Open Until Filled

Duties
The Library and Information Science (LIS) Division in the College of Education at the University of Denver has an opening for a tenure-track faculty member to teach core courses in Library and Information Science, and develop and teach courses in other established concentration areas including, but not limited to information or educational technology, knowledge management, archives and records management, and school library media. The position carries teaching, research, and service responsibilities.

Qualifications
Candidates should have an earned Doctorate in LIS or other appropriate field, a master's degree in Library and Information Studies (MLS/MLIS), professional experience in a library or information setting, and demonstrated potential for teaching and scholarly research. Candidates familiar with technology and automation trends in library and information environments preferred.

Search committee (Deborah Grealy, Chair) includes representatives of: College of Education (faculty and staff), LIS Faculty; University Libraries/Advisory Board/Adjunct Faculty; Current Student. Committee has convened, and will meet again on Monday, March 10 to begin examination of applications. Currently we have 9 viable applications.