Table II.5 Curriculum Planning Activities 2011-2014
September
2011
Faculty Planning Meeting: Curriculum
Announced launch of student and alumni curriculum survey to gather
input from current students and alumni regarding how well program
courses met the stated course objectives, which courses they
believed were most and least useful to them, and which they believed
should be retained, discontinued, or added. The 2011 Curriculum
Survey is also included as Appendix II.F
 Added student and alumni members to Curriculum Committee
 Approved revisions to the Graduate Catalog and forwarded to the
Dean, COE
 Approved informal agreement with HACE to offer Community College
Teaching Certificate
October
2011
November
2011
March 2012
Faculty Planning Meeting: Curriculum

Regular Faculty Meeting:

Recommended revision of LIBS 6135 Materials for Children and
6137 Materials for Young Adults to meet Common Core Standards
Regular Faculty Meeting:

April 2012
Compared eight required program courses to those of 12 established
library education programs
Decided to revise course rotation schedule to accommodate decision
not to admit for summer terms (Appendix II.G)
MLS Program Advisory Board Meeting:

Members examine and review MLS program objectives and tier
structure, and review Fall 2011 Student and Alumni Curriculum
Survey results
Faculty Planning Meeting: Students

May 2012
Decided to revise and publish standardized list of course electives for
all pathways (Appendix II.B)
Faculty/Curriculum Committee day-long curriculum workshop
(http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/libs/upload/Curriculum-Workshop2012_05_09-Minutes-draft.pdf)

Reviewed and recommended changes for LIBS 6010 Foundations
of Library and Information Studies, 6012 Analyzing and
Synthesizing Professional Library Information, 6031 Library
Administration and Management, 6014 Introduction to
Reference, 6026 Organization of Information in Libraries, 6018
Collection Development, and 6991 Internship: Seminar

Postponed changes in course titles for LIBS 6012 Analyzing and
Synthesizing Professional Library Information and 6042
Technology for Library Services.
July 2012

Curriculum Committee conducts first annual student forum to solicit
feedback on courses and the general curriculum. Student Forum
notes (http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/libs/upload/Forum-summer-20121.pdf) are also included as Appendix II.E
Summer
2012

Interim Chair, Department of Library Science conducts interviews
with the media coordinator supervisors and media specialists working
in four of the largest school districts in the state of North Carolina to
solicit these stakeholders’ view of curriculum needs for school library
media specialists
September
2012
Regular Faculty Meeting:
October
2012

Added at-large professional librarian as member of Curriculum
Committee
Regular Faculty Meeting:

Decided to discontinue offering a non-degree course of study leading
to NC 076 School Media Coordinator licensure, effective Spring
2013. Permit students with a previously earned MLS to enroll as
non-degree students for the purposes of NC Public Library
Certification or 076 licensure.
Faculty: Day-long Curriculum Workshop
Met with Drs. Ravi Paul (Associate Professor, College of Business,
Department of Management Information Systems) and Lori Flint
(Assistant Professor, COE Department of Special Education,
Foundations and Research) to hear presentations on curricular
revisioning and the skills, abilities and dispositions useful for
teachers and librarians
MLS Program Advisory Board Meeting
JanuaryMarch 2013

Curriculum Committee chair makes committee report to the MLS
Program Advisory Board and solicits member feedback

Alumni and employer surveys (http://www.ecu.edu/cseduc/libs/Program_reports.cfmlaunched) and survey reports
distributed to faculty and the Program Advisory Board
April 2013
Program Advisory Board Meeting

Curriculum Committee chair makes Committee report to the Program
Advisory Board and solicits member feedback
July 2013
2013 Faculty Workshop
July 2013
Student, Alumni forum, including presentation of curriculum and
curriculum revisions
August
2013
First MLS program faculty of the academic year
September
2013
Monthly program planning meeting
October
2013
Monthly program planning meeting
October
2013
MLS Program Advisory Board
 Curriculum Committee chair makes Committee report to the
Program Advisory Board and solicits member feedback
November
2013
MLS program Curriculum Committee meeting
November
2013
Monthly program planning meeting
January
2014
Monthly program planning meeting
February
2014
Monthly program planning meeting
March 2014
Monthly program planning meeting
April 2014
MLS Program Advisory Board meeting
 Presentation and discussion of the ALA Program Presentation
May 2014
Faculty workshop on mission, goals and objectives
July 2014
Annual student and alumni forum