What's New at SLIS, 2018

What’s New at SLIS?
MLA 2018

10/28/2018 2MLA Annual Conference, Meridian, 2018
Southern Miss Vision 2020
Arts &
Sciences
Business &
Economic
Development
Education
& Human
Sciences
Nursing &
Health
Professions
Large Academic College, 3 Professional Colleges

School of Library & Information Science
SLIS
Bachelor of
Science in LIS
LIS Minor
MLIS/MLIS
w/Licensure
Emphasis
Graduate
Certificate
Archives & Special
Collections
Graduate
Certificate in
Youth Services &
Literature

What are the Latest Enrollment
and Graduation Statistics?

SLIS by the Numbers
 44 students earned MLIS
degree in 2017 (#3 in Top 10
USM Master’s Degrees
awarded)
 175 graduate students
• from 25 different states,
Canada, Germany
 98 undergrads students
• from 24 different states
Fall 2018

SLIS Rankings
2018
 #2 Best Online LIS Bachelor’s Degree
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 #6 Most Affordable Top MLIS Programs
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 #9 Best Online Master of LIS Degree Programs
mastersprogramsguide.com
 #15 Best Online MLIS Programs
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 #24 Best MLIS Degree Programs
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SLIS Rankings
2019
#1 Best Online Master’s in Library Science
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#4 Great College Deals: MLIS Online Degree
www.greatcollegedeals.net
#7 Most Affordable MLIS Degree Online
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#14 Most Affordable Top MLIS Programs
www.gradschoolhub.com

SLIS Rankings
2019
 #5 Based on ROI
 Salary potential vs Tuition
www.guidetoonlineschools.com/de
grees/library-science#best-value-
masters
 #7 Based on Tuition Rates
www.onlineu.org/most-affordable-
colleges/library-science-masters-
degrees

British Studies LIS Class
British Studies Class of 2016
Steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral

British Studies LIS 2007 - 2018
 212 students from 24 different
Universities in U.S. and Canada
 British Studies research papers
published in:
 Current Studies in Librarianship
 SLIS Connecting (2)
 QQML Journal (2)
 2016 IFLA Student Paper
Award

Student and Alum Highlights
LaTrisha Blunt, MLIS
ACRL Fellowship
Federal Hwy Research Library Fellowship
Stephen Parks, J.D., MLIS
Law Librarian of MS appointed to
GPO Depository Library Council

Undergrad LIS Students
 Janae Barron - fall 2018 internship
at Farmley House Library, on
outskirts of Dublin, the Irish State
Guesthouse for visiting dignitaries
Tara Sims Carron - Johns Hopkins
University Advanced Academic program,
Master of Arts in Museum Studies and
Certificate in Digital Curation

SLIS MLIS Students
 Amy Hamilton - summer archival
internship, Met Museum of Art, NYC to
preserve press kits from 2005-2015 as
well as other archival tasks
 Ever McKinney - summer archival
internship, NARA, College Park, MD,
Navy Decklog & Muster Roll Digitization
Project (access to Vietnam-era Navy
records, help restore Agent Orange
exposure-related benefits to "Blue Water"
Navy veterans)

SLIS MLIS Alums
 Carrie Mastley (MLIS, Archival
Certificate, 2018), Miss State
University project archivist,
Lincolniana Collection
 Amed Demirhan (MLIS, 2004),
Director of Barzani National
Memorial Library, Kurdistan,
Iraq, awarded ALA International
Award

SLIS MLIS Alums
 Ashley Howell, MLIS, Archival Certificate,
Metadata Librarian, George Mason
University, is a 2018 ALA Emerging
Leader
 Tiffany Paige, J.D., MLIS named
Assistant Dean of Student Services,
Mississippi College School of Law

SLIS MLIS Alums/Authors
2018 Junior Library
Guild Selection
www.fatgirlreading.com @misskubelik
Angie Manfredi, MLIS, Head of Youth Services,
Los Alamos County Library System
Ash Parsons, MLIS

What’s New in SLIS
Programs and Curriculum?

Revisions in Application
 GRE may be waived with graduate degree
 May take GRE or Miller Analogies Test
 Immunization waiver for out-of-state applicants
 Regular admission GPA reduced from 3.0 to 2.75
 2.0 – 2.74 GPA may be admitted w/conditional status
 Why and how to apply:
 www.slideshare.net/drtwelsh/interested-in-an-
alaaccredited-mlis-program-online

Revisions Based on Research, Review
 Qualitative
 Focus group at MLA – alums, employers, students
 Quantitative
 Exit Survey of graduating students
 Creel & Welsh community-building survey
 Other surveys as needed
 Review, comparison w/other ALA-accredited
programs, courses, SLOs, professional
competencies

LIS Undergrad Degree Review, 2016-17
 Required hours reduced from 124
to 120 per ‘Finish in 4’ initiative
 Greater flexibility for 45 required
LIS hours
 LIS 416 or 457 or 458
 LIS 417 or 418
 LIS 440 or 445
Bachelor of Science
LIS degree all online

Accelerated Master’s Option (AMO)
 Approved for fall 2017; used English Lit model
 Senior undergrad LIS students with GPA of 3.5 or
higher can take up to 9 hours of graduate credit
 AMO students pay undergrad tuition rate
 Graduate credit counts toward undergrad
degree & MLIS degree

Licensure Emphasis Review, 2015-16
Focus group indicated needed revisions
 LIS: Collection Development not useful
 Need education theory & practice course
 Need practicum hours across one
semester
Curriculum Committee created survey
w/Bomhold, distributed to listservs
Developed proposal based on feedback
from focus group and survey
Dr. Catharine Bomhold
Licensure Advisor

MLIS w/Licensure Emphasis Revisions
 LIS 589: School Library Practicum approved
Practicum hours w/collection development assignments
Licensure students take LIS 589 instead of LIS 511: Collection
Development
LIS 590: Library Instruction approved
Licensure students may choose two of three:
 LIS 517: Children’s Literature
 LIS 518: Young Adult Literature
 LIS 590: Library Instruction

Graduate Certificate in Archives &
Special Collections Review, 2017
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Dr. Matthew Griffis
Certificate Advisor
MLA Annual Conference, Meridian, 2018
 Griffis led review of archival courses with
Yu, Welsh
 Mapped SLOs to SAA archival education
recommendations
 Reviewed other archival programs, course
titles, descriptions, requirements
 Updated course titles and descriptions
proposed and approved

Archival Course Title Revisions
Previous Titles Revised Titles
LIS 506: Advanced Cataloging LIS 506: Cataloging Multimedia
Objects
LIS 631: History of Libraries LIS 631: History of Libraries &
Librarianship
LIS 645: Digital Libraries LIS 645: Digital Preservation
LIS 646: Special Collections &
Archives
LIS 646: Intro to Archival Theory and
Practice
LIS 652: Metadata LIS 652: Metadata for Digital
Collections

Graduate Certificate in Youth Services
& Literature (15 credit hrs)
 LIS 517: Children’s Lit
 LIS 518: Young Adult Lit
 LIS 519: Programs &
Services for Youth
 Two electives
 e-Portfolio capstone
 Review scheduled 2019
10/28/2018 26
Dr. Stacy Creel, Faculty Advisor

What Outreach Initiatives
are Sponsored by SLIS?

Student Group Activities

LIS Student Association (LISSA)
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 Affiliated with ALA
 Assists w/Book Festival
 Recruiting activities
 Book drives for:
 Louisiana libraries
 Texas flood shelters
 Virgin Island schools
Book Drive for Texas Shelters
Charlotte Roi, LISSA President

Virgin Island Students
LISSA Book Drive
Virgin Island Schools

Southern Miss Student Archivists (SMSA)
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 Founded by request
of Society of Miss.
Archivists Education
Committee
 Assists w/Book
Festival
 Recruitment activities
 Sponsors Digi Day
Workshop at USM
Digitization Lab
 Volunteer work
related to archives
Rachel McMullen, Dr. Yu, Daniel Shemwell, Jonathan Puckett

South Miss Genealogical and
Historical Society, Hattiesburg
SMSA Volunteers
McCain Library & Archives

Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
 Karen Rowell, Coordinator,
works w/SLIS faculty, Ellen
Ruffin, University Libraries
 Keynotes, workshops w/CEU
credit
 New literacy initiative in 2017
 Kate DiCamillo request
 600+ 4th Graders
Kate DiCamillo, Bennett Aud.

Children’s Book Festival 2018
 Record attendance
 550+ attendees
 1500+ children at literacy event
 Inaugural movie screening at
new Cochran Center Theatre
 Captain Underpants movie
 Dave Pilkey spoke at CBF,
literacy event, movie screening
 Donated book, $15 gift cards,
red capes to children at event
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www.usm.edu/bookfest/

Karen, Dave, Dawn, Sarah
Reed Green Coliseum, April 11, 2018

Children’s Book
Festival 2019
10/28/2018 36
www.usm.edu/bookfest/

SLIS Connecting
Refereed open-access e-
journal
 Dr. Stacy Creel, Dr. Teresa
Welsh, Managing Editors
 1st aquila e-journal
Indexed in DOAJ, Ulriches
Directory, Google Scholar
Downloaded 68,000 times
from sites around the world
aquila.usm.edu/slisconnecting

Council on Community Literacy & Reading
10/28/2018 38
Dr. Catharine Bomhold, CCLR Director
 Read Across America Day each March
 Homecoming Parade Book Giveaway
 Halloween literacy event, book giveaways

10/28/2018 39
ALA 2018, New Orleans, Alumni Reception, Sheraton Hotel, June 23

SLIS Needs You!
for ALA Accreditation
 Draft Self-Report due to ALA end of October
 ALA Committee Site Visit February 23 – 26
 Reception for SLIS alums, advisory board,
employers (no faculty present) scheduled Sunday
afternoon, Feb. 24, Cook Library Gallery
 Light refreshments in Gallery
 Dessert and coffee in de Grummond Exhibit Room
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Future Directions?
 Children’s Literature at Southern Miss
www.usm.edu/childrens-literature
Revive LIS 629: Studies in Children's Literature
Summer workshops for CEU credit?
Fall one-day conference on children’s lit research?

Questions?
Dr. Teresa Welsh,
Professor and Director
teresa.welsh@usm.edu

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