Historical Perspectives First Webinar with Daniel Ransom

The ALISE Historical Perspectives SIG is pleased to announce its first webinar. We’ve invited Daniel Ransom, a librarian at Holy Names University’s Paul J. Cushing Library, to give a presentation and invite discussion. Daniel Ransom’s presentation title is:

Blazed Pathways and Skillful Glancing: Using the Lens of Library History to Focus on the New Information Literacy Framework

The session is free to members, who may register at the following address:

Click here to register!

Registration closes at 5pm CST, January 12.

Up to 20 non-members may register. If interested, please contact office@alise.org by January 9, 2015.

Historical Perspectives SIG at ALISE 2015 #ALISE2015

SIG Session Title: Historical Perspectives of Social Justice Issues in LIS Education and Information

Session date and time: January 28, Wednesday, 4:00 – 5:30pm CST

This year the ALISE Historical Perspectives SIG is co-convened by C. Sean Burns and Susan Rathun-Grubb. The three papers in this session apply historical methodology to examine some combination of information, LIS education, and social justice. The first paper discusses the historical and informational challenges with truth and reconciliation reports. The second two papers use a historical approach to frame social justice and LIS education.

Paper 1:

• Title:
  • “Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports as Tools for the Social Justice Agenda in LIS”
• Presenter:
  • Sergio Chaparro
  • Universidad de Puerto Rico
  • Escuala Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información

Paper 2:

• Title:
  • “Moving Forward with a Look Back: Examining LIS Education through the Lens of History”
• Presenters:
  • Liya Deng and Stan Trembach
  • University of South Carolina
  • School of Library and Information Science

Paper 3:

• Title:
  • “Diversity in LIS Education: Historical and Statistical Perspectives”
• Presenters:
  • Danny P. Wallace, Reema S. Mohini, and Qiong Xu
• University of Alabama
  • School of Library and Information Studies

Visit http://www.alise.org/ for more information about this and other sessions. Hashtag for this conference is #alise2015.