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Info Career Trends - March 2001 Welcome Message
Welcome back to Info Career Trends, Lisjobs.com's bi-monthly professional development newsletter. Today's articles focus on distance education for librarians. Although much attention has been paid to how librarians can best support distance learners, less has been paid to how distance education (DE) is transforming library education, both as a way to earn the MLS and to take continuing education (CE) classes to foster lifelong learning in the library environment.
In this issue, find articles that address distance education from the perspective of both schools and students. Rutgers' Karen Novick discusses DE as CE, Madison's Jane Pearlmutter writes about her experiences teaching CE classes online, and Info Career Trends interviews Syracuse DE program coordinator David Pimentel. M. Zoe Holbrooks explains distance CE as a way of developing a library career, while Spring Lea Boehler describes her own experiences in Emporia's DE program and Emporia's Daniel Roland discusses Emporia's offerings from the school's perspective.
I'm still seeking contributors for the May issue on changing careers. This can include any of a number of themes: Is librarianship your second career? Have you struck out on your own as an independent researcher or consultant? Have you moved from academic to public librarianship, from public to special, or from librarianship to a nontraditional (yet related) field? Please see the online guidelines, and consider sharing your experiences and expertise with your fellow librarians.
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- Rachel