ALISE Distance Education SIG
abstracts due: July 11, 2010
Distance Education SIG of Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) calls for papers to be presented at the ALISE conference in San Diego, California, January 4-8 2011. The 2011 conference theme is Competition, Competitiveness, and Innovation as a venue for discussing various approaches to remaining competitive and innovative. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
* Ethical considerations of competition and innovation
* Race, gender, social class equity issues
* Changing modes of curricular delivery
* Approaches to preparing for the unforeseen innovations on the horizon
* Expanding student populations and competing for talent
* Competitiveness and innovation as research and scholarship expectations
* Innovative administrative structures and responses
* Developing and nurturing a successful culture of competitiveness and innovation
* Political aspects of competition and innovation
* Unions and unionization
* From radical, fringe, queer to mainstream—inclusion, competing for representation
* Critical approaches to conventional thought regarding library and information science education
* Accreditations, certifications, licensures
* Historical perspectives on competition and innovation in library and information science/ education for the LIS-archival studies-museum studies
* Competition and innovation—challenges and opportunities for access to information
* Globalization, internationalism, cross-nationalism, multilingualism, multicultural concerns
* Open source/closed source/managed services
* Responses to technological advances that have brought challenges, increased globalization, competition, and forced innovation
Submit abstracts of 500 to 750 words via email to ALISE Distance SIG Convenor Lorri Mon (lmon@fsu.edu) by July 11, 2010. Notice regarding acceptance will be sent by August 15. Also see the ALISE site for more information on the 2011 Conference: http://www.alise.org
Lorri Mon, Assistant Professor
College of Communication and Information
Florida State University
268 Louis Shores Building, 142 Collegiate Loop
Tallahassee, FL 32306
email: lmon@ fsu.edu
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