Conference at a Glance
(as of December 12, 2011)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Time
Event
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Internet Cafe
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Placement Services
10:00 a.m. – Noon
WISE Pedagogy Pre-conference Workshop: “Extending our Reach in Teaching
Online: Going Beyond the Course Management System”
Presenters: Laura Braun (Simmons), Michelle Kazmer (Florida State), and Vanessa Irvin
Morris (Drexel)
Organizer/Moderator:Rae-Anne Montague (Illinois)
Organizers: Linda C. Smith (Illinois) and Alison Miller (WISE)
12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
ALISE
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1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Curriculum Vitae and Portfolio Review
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
ALISE Board of Directors Meeting
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
ALISE Leadership Orientation
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Set-up for Works in Progress Poster Session
5:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m.
ALISE Committee Meetings
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
2012 and 2013 ALISE Program Planning Committees Joint Meeting
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Opening Reception/Works In Progress Poster Session (Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar)
Sponsored by the University of North Texas
Academy: Leading From Where You Are
“Leading from the Classroom: Teaching Leadership,” Peter Hernon (Simmons)
“Leading from Where You Are: Modeling Leadership,” John Bertot (Maryland)
“Leading from Administration: Choosing Leadership,” Elizabeth Aversa
(Alabama) and Cecilia Brown (Oklahoma)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time
Event
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
First Timers’ Breakfast
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
SIG Business Meetings Session 1
 Archival/Preservation Education
 Distance Education
 Gender Issues
 Information Ethics
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Research
Technical Services Education
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Internet Café
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Exhibits
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Placement Services
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Session 1: Programs and Papers
1.1 Juried Program: “The Information Professions: Knowledge, Memory,
Heritage”
Moderator: Toni Carbo (Drexel)
Presenter: Marcia Bates (UCLA)
1.2 Juried Program: “To Dialog or Not to Dialog: Teaching Online Searching
to MLIS Students in the Age of Google”
Organizer/Moderator/Presenter: Rong Tang (Simmons)
Presenters: Carol Tenopir (Tennessee), Rachel Applegate (Indiana), Lynn
Hanson (Illinois), Jamshid Beheshti (McGill), and Maria Ziemer (ProQuest)
1.3 Juried Program: “Inside the Canadian/American Classroom: Quick
Lessons in Expanding Teaching and Learning About Access and Culture”
Presenters: Julie Ann Winkelstein (Tennessee) and Toni Samek (Alberta)
1.4 ALISE Awards Papers #1
Moderator: Lorna Peterson (Buffalo)
 ALISE Research Award 2012: "Teaching in the Age of Facebook
and other Social Media: LIS Faculty and Students ‘Friending’ and
‘Poking’ in the Social Sphere," Carolyn Hank (McGill), Cassidy
Sugimoto (Indiana), Jeffrey Pomerantz (North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
 ALISE Research Award 2011 Update: "The Impact of National
Board Certification of Library Media Specialists on Student
Academic Achievement | A National Study (Impact NBC)," Gail
Dickinson and Shana Pribesh (Old Dominion University)
 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper 2012: “Improvisation,
Tactics and Wandering: Urban Information practices of Migrational
Individuals,” Jessica F. Lingel (Rutgers)
1.5 Juried Papers: Theory and ITC
Moderator: Sanghee Oh (Florida State)
 “Understanding Human Multitasking Behaviors through a lens of
Goal-Systems Theory, ” Ji Hyun Park and Randolph T. Bias
(Texas)
 “Framework for Applying Postcolonial Theory in ICT Research, ”
Navadeep Khanal (Illinois)
 “Erasmus: A Flexible and Scalable Administrative Tool for Dublin
Core Metadata,” Michael Koo and Craig MacDonald (Drexel)
 “Educator-Level Contributions to Youth Learning Outcomes in a
Discovery-Based Game Design Program in Rural Schools,”
Rebecca Reynolds and Go Un Kim (Rutgers)
1.6 Juried Program: “Expertise and Emerging Roles for Public Library
Professionals: “[S]he’s gone where ... doing what?”
Organizer/Moderator: Mary Cavanagh (Ottawa)
Presenters: Susan MacDonald (Toronto), Pilar Martinez (Edmonton Public
Library), and Lisa Quirke (Toronto)
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Opening Plenary Session: David Ferriero, Archivist of the U.S.
Noon – 1:45 p.m.
Birds of a Feather
Organizer: Stephen T. Bajjaly (Wayne)
 Administration and Management - Eileen McElrath (Texas
Women's)
 Archives/Special Collections - Mary Edsall Choquette (Maryland)
 Business and Competitive Intelligence - Jeff Naidoo (Kentucky)
 Cataloging, Classification and Metadata - Shawne Miksa (North
Texas)
 Digital Libraries - Nora Bird (North Carolina-Greensboro)
 Distance Learning - Stephen Bajjaly (Wayne State)
 Ethics - Jean Preer (Indiana)
 Future of Reference - Eileen Abels (Drexel)
 Information Literacy Instruction - Heidi Julian (Alabama)
 LIS Workforce Issues - Susan Rathbun-Grubb (South Carolina)
 Research Methods - Lisa Given (Charles Sturt)
 Social Networking/Web 2.0 - Suellen Adams (Rhode Island)
 Type of Information Institution (Public, Academic, Special) - Linda
Most (Valdosta State)
 Youth Services - Nancy Everhart (Florida State)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
JELIS Editorial Board Meeting
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Session 2: Programs and Papers
2.1 Juried Program: “Extending Our Reach Across Disciplines: Informatics
Education”
Presenters: Prudence Dalyrmple (Drexel), Michael Twidale (Illinois), and
Philip Doty (Texas, Austin)
2.2 Juried Program: “Concept Mapping as a Knowledge Management Tool
to Facilitate Scholarly Writing”
Organizer/Moderator: Tonyia J. Tidline (Dominican)
Presenters: Guillermina Duarte, Elizabeth Garcia, and Elizabeth Zak
(Dominican)
2.3 SIG Program: Youth Services “Telling Our Stories: Extending Our
Reach”
Convenors: Denise Agosto (Drexel) and Kate McDowell (Illinois)
Presenters: Colette Drouillard (Valdosta), Elizabeth Figa (North Texas),
Annette Goldsmith (Washington), Sue Kimmel (Old Dominion), Rebecca
Morris (Simmons), Judith Saltman (British Columbia), Brian Sturm (North
Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Cindy Welch (Tennessee)
2.4 Juried Papers: e-Learning, Formal and Informal
Moderator: Jeff Naidoo (Kentucky)
 “Perceptions of Community of Practice Development in Online
Graduate Education,” Gail Dickinson and James Marken (Old
Dominion)
 “I Like My Horizon Where It Is!: Perceptions and Experiences of
On-Campus Students in Online Classes,” Michelle Kazmer, Amelia
Gibson, and Kathleen Shannon (Florida State)
 “Reading as a Communal Practice: Examining the Reading
Engagements, Identity Constructions, & Social Factors Present in
an Online Book Club,” Delicia Tiera Greene (Syracuse)
2.5 Juried Papers: National/International Perspectives
Moderator: Lisa Given (Charles Sturt)
 “Developing a framework for the future of Australian library and
information science education,” Mary Carroll (RMIT, Australia) and
Jo Hanisch (University of South Austraila)
 “How many librarians does it take?: A Honduran case study in LIS
education effort,” Kim M. Thompson (Charles Sturt, Australia) and
Denice Adkins (Missouri)
 “Strategic Repositioning: Crossing disciplinary and institutional
boundaries in LIS education in the Caribbean,”Paulette Kerr (West
Indies)
 “The effect of school library closings on public libraries in
Sacramento, CA,” Mega M. Subramaniam (Maryland), Denise
Davis (Sacramento Public Library), and Natalie Greene(Maryland)
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
ALISE Statistical Report Update
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Doctoral Poster Session Setup
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Doctoral Poster Judges Meeting
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Session 3: Programs and Papers
3.1 Juried Program: “Convergence Among Libraries, Archives and
Museums”
Moderator: Seamus Ross (Toronto)
Presenters: Lynne Howarth (Toronto) and Richard Hulser (Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County)
3.2 SIG Program: Gender Issues “Everything You Wanted To Teach Youth
About Gender But Were Afraid To”
Convener/Presenter: Lesley Farmer (California State – Long Beach)
Presenters: Karen Gavigan (South Carolina), Paula Griffith (Houston –
Clear Lake), Bharat Mehra (Tennessee), and Nancy Votteler (Sam
Houston)
3.3 SIG Program: New Faculty “How to Prepare Your Courses During Your
First Faculty Position”
Conveners: Linda Most (Valdosta) and Jenny Bossaller (Missouri)
Moderator: John Budd (Missouri)
Presenters: Denise Agosto (Drexel), Ana Cleveland (North Texas), and Ann
Carlson Weeks (Maryland)
3.4 Juried Papers: The MLIS and Beyond
Moderator: Renee Franklin (Syracuse)
 “Perceptions of Education and Continuing Education in the Evolving
Reality of Technical Services Librarianship,” Heather Lea
Moulaison (Missouri) and Shilpa Rele (Miami)
 “The Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship Program: Investigating The
Present to Prepare for the Future,” Nicole Cooke (Rutgers)
 “Learning to Teach: Doctoral Students' Use of Problem-Based
Llearning to Facilitate Small Group Sessions,” Crystal Fulton
(Dublin)
 “The Many Ways of Becoming a School Librarian: The Role of the
Praxis II Library Media Specialist in Licensure,” Kasey Garrison,
Gail Dickinson and Shana Pribesh (Old Dominion)
3.5 Juried Papers: Virtual Information Services
Moderator: Gary Burnett (Florida State)
 “Modalities, Motivations, and Materials: Investigating Traditional
and Social Online Q&A Services,” Chirag Shah and Vanessa Kitzie
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(Rutgers)
“Extending our virtual reach: A longitudinal study of query type and
accuracy in live chat and IM reference,” Marie Radford (Rutgers),
Lynn Silipigni Connaway (OCLC) and Susan Wengler (Rutgers)
“Community College Students’ Perceptions on Library Website
Features & Evaluation Criteria,” Xin Wang, Ben Richardson, and
Josipa Basic (Missouri)
4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Doctoral Poster Judging
5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Past Presidents’ Reception – By invitation only
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Doctoral Student Research Poster Session and Reception (Hors d’oeuvres
and cash bar)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Time
Event
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
School Representatives’ Breakfast
Sponsored by the Freedom to Read Foundation
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
SIG Business Meetings Session 2
 New Faculty
 Curriculum
 Information Policy
 International Library Education
 Multicultural, Ethnic, and Humanistic Concerns
 School Library Media
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Internet Cafe
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Exhibits
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Placement Services
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Session 4: Programs and Papers
4.1 SIG Program: Historical Perspectives “Expanding the Reach of Youth
Services: A Historical Perspective”
Convener: Ellen Pozzi (Rutgers)
Presenters: Cindy C. Welch (Tennessee), Sharon McQueen (WisconsinMadison), and Paulette Rothbauer (Western Ontario)
4.2 SIG Program: Distance Education “Creating New Distance Education
Opportunities with Expanded Technology”
Convener: Nora Bird (North Carolina – Greensboro)
Presenters: Sharon Stoerger (Wisconsin-Milwaukee); Susan W. Alman,
Bernadette G. Callery, and Christinger Tomer (Pittsburgh); and Valerie Hill
(Texas Woman's)
4.3 Juried Program: “Modeled Approaches for Teaching Graphic Novels in
LIS Education”
Organizer/Moderator/Presenter: Elizabeth Figa (North Texas)
Presenters: Rob Weiner and Carrye Syme (Texas Tech Universities
Libraries), Stephanie Noell (North Texas), Douglas Campbell (North Texas
LIbraries), and Kim Moore (All Saints Episcopal School Fort Worth)
4.4 Juried Papers: Cultural Record and Diversity
Moderator: Don Latham (Florida State)
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“The Missing Women and Sex Work Database: Lessons Learned
from the Margin,” Danielle Allard (Toronto) and Shawna Ferris
(Manitoba)
“Bearing Witness: Silence and Agency in Archives of Khmer Rouge
Mug Shots,” Michelle Caswell (Wisconsin-Madison)
“ ‘The Special Collection in Librarianship’: Sketches for a History of
Library Science Libraries,” Susan E. Searing (Illinois)
“Expanding Horizons Through Pleasure Reading: The Diverse
Experiences of LGBQ Readers,” Jen Pecoskie (Wayne)
4.5 Juried Program: “Teaching Reference Services: Past and Present”
Organizer/Moderator: John V. Richardson, Jr. (UCLA)
Presenters: Robert Kieft (Occidental College Library), Linda C. Smith
(Illinois), and Lili Luo (San Jose)
4.6 Juried Program: “Standing at the Intersection of Expectation and
Pedagogy: What Works, What Does Not, and Where are We Headed?”
Organizer/Moderator: Elise Lewis (South Carolina)
Presenters: Karen Gavigan and Susan Rathbun-Grubb (South Carolina)
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Session 5: Programs and Papers
5.1 President’s Program on Indigenous Knowledge
Organizer/Moderator/Presentor: Loriene Roy (Texas)
Presenters: Patricia Galloway (Texas), Analu Kame'eiamoku Josephides
(Yolo County Public Library), and Cara Krmpotich (Toronto)
5.2 SIG Program: Curriculum “Gauging Information and Computer Skills for
Curriculum Planning”
Convener: Linda Lillard (Clarion)
Presenters: Janice M. Krueger and YooJin Ha (Clarion)
5.3 Juried Program: “Expanding Our Horizons and Creating Opportunities
Through Bilingual and Bicultural Education in LIS: Learning What Works
Based on the uOttawa Experience”
Organizer/Moderator: Lynne Bowker (Ottawa)
Presenters: Mary Cavanagh (Ottawa), and Leslie Weir (University of Ottawa
Library)
5.4 Juried Program: “Professional Learning Communities and Personal
Learning Networks in IS”
Co-sponsored by Doctoral Student SIG
Organizer/Moderator: Valerie Hill (Texas Women’s)
Presenters: Kris Helge (North Texas), Robin Bartoletti and Sian Brannon
(Texas Women’s)
5.5 Juried Papers: Law, Ethics and LIS
Moderator: John Budd (Missouri)
 “The Evolution of Access Rights to Digital Legal Information: A
Case Study,” Xiaohua Zhu (Tennessee)
 “Examining the Limits of Free Expression through Canadian Case
Law: Reflections on the Canadian Library Association’s Codes of
Ethics and its Supporting Statement on Intellectual Freedom,”
Michelle Atkin (Algoma)
 “Who or What is Constrained by the Library Bill of Rights? A
Theoretical Analysis of Intentionality and Collective Action for
Library and Information Science,” Sean Burns (Missouri) and
Matthew Altman (Central Washington)
5.6 Juried Papers: 21st Century Skills
Moderator: Michele Besant (Wisconsin-Madison)
 “Extending Our Reach: Librarian/Teacher Partnerships To Ensure
Student Attainment of 21st Century Skills,” Melissa Gross, Don
Latham and Shelbie Witte (Florida State)
 “Using Empirical Data to Inform Syllabi Development for an
Information Literacy Instruction Course,” Heidi Julien (Alabama)
 “Building Bridges: Teaching Information Science Skills to Leverage
the Power of Environmental Information,” Suzie L. Allard, Elizabeth
Noakes and Llisa Metzer (Tennessee)
5.7 “Teacher, Professional, and Colleague: Supporting adjunct faculty in LIS
education”
Presenter: Sandra Hirsh, San Jose State University
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty Lunch and Discussion (Invitation Only)
Sponsored by San Jose State University
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch break
12:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Council of Deans, Directors, and Program Chairs Meeting
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session 6: Programs and Papers
6.1 Juried Program: “Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom: the Instructor's
Imperative”
Organizer/Moderator: Tonyia J. Tidline (Dominican)
Presenters: Thomas J. Barthelmess (Dominican), Rachel Fleming-May
(Tennessee), and Cindy Welch (Tennessee)
6.2 SIG Program: Library School Media “Four Perspectives on School
Librarian Professional Development”
Convener: Lesley Farmer (California State-Long Beach)
Presenters: Judi Moreillon, Maria Cahill, and Rebecca McKee (Texas
Women’s); Renee Franklin Hill (Syracuse); and Jeannifer Branch and
Joanne de Groot (Alberta)
6.3 SIG Program: International Library Education “International Library and
Information Science Education, Professional Registration, and Teaching
Abroad”
Convener: Judy Jeng (San Jose)
Presenters: Loriene Roy (Texas), John Richardson (UCLA), and Ismail
Abdullahi (North Carolina Central)
6.4 Juried Papers: Sustainability and LIS Education
Moderator: Julie Hersberger (North Carolina-Greensboro)
 “A framework for exploring sustainability in LIS education,” Leanne
Bowler, Eleanor Mattern, Heather Soyka and Jessica Benner
(Pittsburgh)
 “Sustainability and the LIS management curriculum,” Deborah
Turner (Drexel)
 “Extending Librarian Technology Literacy and Management
Training in the Rural Southern and Central Appalachia: Curricular
Development in the ITRL Program,” Bharat Mehra, Kimberly Black,
Vandana Singh, and Jenna Nolt (Tennessee)
 “It Takes Several Villages: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Librarians
Serving the Public and the Florida Leaders & Managers Projects,”
Linda Most (Valdosta) and Michelle Kazmer, Paul Marty, and
Corrine Jorgensen (Florida State)
6.5 OCLC/ALISE Grant Papers
Moderator: Lynn Silipigni Connaway (OCLC)
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
ALISE Business Meeting and Kick-off to 2013
4:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion: “Extending ALISE’s Reach: Expanding our
Diversity Horizon”
Co-sponsored by the ALISE Diversity Statement Task Force,
Assistant/Associate Deans & Directors (A/ADD) SIG, and Multicultural,
Ethnic, and Humanistic Concerns SIG
Organizers: Clara Chu, Task Force Chair; and Rae-Anne Montegue, A/ADD
SIG convener.
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Awards Reception (Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar)
Friday, January 20, 2012
Time
Event
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SIG Business Meeting Session 3
 Adjunct/Part-time Faculty
 Doctoral Students
 Historical Perspectives
 Youth Services
 Assistant/Associate Deans and Directors
 Teaching Methods
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Hosted by ProQuest
8:00 a.m. - Noon
Registration
8:00 a.m. - Noon
Placement Services
8:00 a.m. - Noon
Exhibits
8:00 a.m. - Noon
Internet Cafe
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Session 7: Programs and Papers
7.1 SIG Program: Archives/Preservation Education “Cultural Heritage
Preservation: Identifying Concepts, Communities and Constructs”
Convener: Mary Edsall Choquette (Maryland)
Presenters: Kevin Cherry (IMLS), Michele Cloonan and Ross Harvey (Simmons),
Ken Lavender (Syracuse), and Noah Lenstra (Illinois)
7.2 SIG Program: Research “LIS Research: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities
and Threats”
Convener: Pnina Fichman (Indiana)
Moderator: Howard Rosenbaum (Indiana)
Presenters: Gary Marchionini (North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Ralf Shaw (Indiana),
Kevin Cherry (IMLS), and Lynn Connaway Silipigni Connaway (OCLC)
7.3 Juried Program: “Inter-continental Explorations: The Execution of a Multicountry Study of Reference Competencies”
Organizer/Moderator: Laura Saunders (Simmons)
Presenters: Mary Wilkins Jordan (Simmons) and Serap Kurbanoglu (Hacettepe
University, Ankara Turkey)
7.4 ALISE Awards Papers #2
Moderator: Lorna Peterson (Buffalo)
 ALISE/Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Competition: "The Nature
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and Impact of Information Problem Solving in the Middle School
Classroom" Eric Matthew Meyers (Washington)
ALISE/Dialog Methodology Competition: “Is There a Role for Physiological
Methods in the Evaluation of Human-Information Interaction?” Mahria
Lebow and Heather L. O’Brien (British Columbia)
ALISE/LMC Paper Award: TBD
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Session 8: Programs and Papers
8.1 Special Session: “Where Do We Go From Here? Panel on Potential
Collaboration among ALISE, ASIS&T and iCaucus”
Moderator: Andrew Dillon (Texas)
Presenters: Gary Marchionini (North Carolina), Michele Cloonan (Simmons), and
John Unsworth (Illinois)
8.2 Juried Program: “Student Led Conferences and Internships: Integrating
Professional Community Engagement into an iSchool Doctoral Program”
Organizer: Patricia Galloway and Philip Doty (Texas, Austin)
Presenters: Sarah Kim, Snowden Becker, Craig Blaha, Lorraine Dong, Virginia
Luehrsen, Carol Brock, April Norris, and Kathryn Pierce (Texas, Austin)
Noon - 3:00 p.m.
ALISE Board of Directors Meeting
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
“Bibliographic Control: A Meeting Between Educators and Practitioners”
Co-Sponsored by ALISE and Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services (ALCTS)