Thursday, March 27, 2008

Exciting Developments in SLIS

New Developments in SLIS:

The Faculty Web Page:

SLIS faculty, students, and staff have been extremely busy with many projects designed to make things better for all of us in SLIS. First, we recently "unveiled" our new faculty Web page available at: http://slis.cua.edu/people/adjunctresources.htm. I am very interested in your feedback on our new faculty Web page and any ideas you have for improving this resource for the future.

ALA Accreditation:

We have completed, and submitted, the next report for our upcoming accreditation visit in 2009. The Program Plan is the next required submission. You can find the report at http://slis.cua.edu/about/Accreditation/. The final version of that report will be on the accreditation page in the next day or two. The Program Plan is the detailed outline of the report we are preparing, referred to as the Program Presentation, that forms the primary document for the on-site accreditation visitors in 2009. The Plan is under review by ALA and the SLIS Coordinating Committee will speak with ALA in early April to ensure we are on the right track and preparing a document that meets their expectations.

So many of our dedicated alumni, current students, faculty and staff have contributed to this impressive document. I want to thank everyone for your dedication and commitment to SLIS's future.

Upcoming Events:

Some important upcoming events on the SLIS calendar include:
1. The Elizabeth Stone Lecture, sponsored by the SLIS Alumni Board on April 30, 2009 in Hannan Hall.

2. The semi-annual faculty meeting of the entire SLIS faculty scheduled for April 26, 2009 in Mullen Library, the May Gallery and, last but not least,

3. SLIS Graduation! SLIS graduation is on May 17th in the Law School Atrium on the CUA campus.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!
Dean Kelley