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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Research Journal Publishes LIS Graduate Student Writing <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Is librarian certification necessary to ensure high quality service? What trends and challenges do law librarians face in the twenty-first century? Graduate students from three universities investigate these topics and more in the new Spring issue of the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science (SJSU SLIS) <a href="http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/vol2/iss1/"><i>Student Research Journal</i> (<i>SRJ</i>)</a>, a peer-reviewed open source online publication. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Volume 2, Issue 1 of the </span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>SRJ</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> features:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Closing the Research/Practice Gap: The Journey from Student to Practitioner, Stacey Nordlund, Editor-in-Chief, SJSU SLIS<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Value of the Research Methods Course: Voices from LIS Practitioners, Lili Luo, Assistant Professor, SJSU SLIS<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Certification of Librarians: An Unproven Demand, Jonathan Pacheco Bell, SJSU SLIS<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>An Exploratory Study of Online Information Regarding Colony Collapse Disorder, Meredith K. Boehm, University of Tennessee - Knoxville<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Using Organization Theory to Explore the Changing Role of Medical Libraries, Kathy J. Fatkin, Emporia State University<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>International Legal Collections at U.S. Academic Law School Libraries, Camelia Naranch, SJSU SLIS<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The articles are available online in PDF format at: <a href="http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/vol2/iss1/">http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/vol2/iss1/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2in;background:white'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>The<i> SRJ</i></span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>, established in 2010, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>promotes <span style='color:black'>graduate scholarship and intellectual inquiry in library and information science, archives and records management, and museum studies</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> through publishing two issues annually and </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>accepts submissions on a rolling basis</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>It is</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> San Jose State University’s first student-governed research journal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For more information about the <i>SRJ</i>, please visit: <a href="http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/">http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For more information about the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University, please visit: <a href="http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/">http://slisweb.sjsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333399'>Call for Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>The <i>SRJ</i> editorial team is currently working on the Fall 2012 issue. This is an excellent opportunity for graduate students to showcase and publish their work. The <i>SRJ</i> invites original research or critical review essay manuscripts</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> from all universities <span style='color:black'>on topics in the fields of information science theory, policy, application, or practice. Please extend our <a href="http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj/call_for_submissions.html">call for submissions</a> to graduate students you may know and feel free to share this announcement with colleagues and friends.</span><span style='color:#333399'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science offers two fully online master’s degrees, a fully online certificate program, and a doctoral program: Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS),<b> </b>Master of Archives and Records Administration (MARA), Post-Master’s Certificate in Library and Information Science, and the San Jose Gateway PhD Program. Let the learning begin: <a href="http://slisweb.sjsu.edu">http://slisweb.sjsu.edu</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>