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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">ALA Task Force on the Context of Future Accreditation Webinars </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">The ALA Task Force on the Context of Future Accreditation is charged to develop a white paper that describes the fields and context
for which ALA will be accrediting in the future and to make such recommendations as may arise in the process of that development to the ALA Executive Board. Within its purview are</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accreditation of information programs - who is doing what, how do or might they relate to library and information studies (LIS) programs; disconnect (or perceived disconnect) between skills increasingly
needed (e.g., information architecture), the current curricula of LIS programs, and standards/statements of core competencies currently in place;</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Values - e.g., public access, privacy, intellectual freedom - as common threads binding together LIS and related fields and a core element in curricula; and</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The changing institutional context for accreditation, including factors such as pedagogical innovation, assessment and resources.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">The discussion/white paper should result in a conceptual statement as a framework for the development (by the ALA Committee on Accreditation)
of future standards.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">The Task Force on the Context of Future Accreditation seeks broad input from the LIS community. To this end, the Task Force will be
staging a series of online forums targeting certain populations and capped with a general forum for those who have not otherwise had an opportunity to contribute.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">The four sessions are as follows:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">Thursday, August 18, 10:00 am PDT/12:00 pm CDT, Target population: LIS faculty (other than deans and directors)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030"><br>
To attend this event please register at:<br>
<a href="http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e29y9qkrq6t/event/registration.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0055A5">http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e29y9qkrq6t/event/registration.html</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">Thursday, August 25, 10:00 am PDT/12:00 pm CDT, Target population: Librarians and LIS graduates in Canada</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030"><br>
To attend this event please register at:<br>
<a href="http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e4ce2enqwbm/event/registration.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0055A5">http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e4ce2enqwbm/event/registration.html</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">Wednesday, August 31, 10:00 am PDT/12:00 pm CDT, Target population: Current LIS students and recent LIS graduates</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030"><br>
To attend this event please register at:<br>
<a href="http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e9diwl8lksi/event/registration.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0055A5">http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e9diwl8lksi/event/registration.html</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">Friday, September 2, 10:00 am PDT/12:00 pm CDT, General forum</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030"><br>
To attend this event please register at:<br>
<a href="http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e96sg35oo59/event/registration.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0055A5">http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e96sg35oo59/event/registration.html</span></a><</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">Each forum will be hosted by a facilitator from the Task Force. Attendance at each forum will be capped at 100. The facilitator will
have a set of guiding questions, but discussion is otherwise open. The conversation will be recorded.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">Please contact Task Force Chair <a href="mailto:peter.hepburn@canyons.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0055A5">Peter Hepburn</span></a> should
you have questions about the Task Force or the content of the webinars.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">Please contact <a href="mailto:dalderson@ala.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0055A5">Danielle Alderson,</span></a> Member Relations/Services
Specialist in the ALA Member Programs & Services Department, should you have technical or logistical questions about the webinars.</span><span style="color:black">
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