COA
Program
Presentation
Spring 2004

Background

SLIS Faculty Vita

Timeline

Review Panel

Review Process

Advisory Council

Program Presentation:

• Introduction (Word, PDF)

Sections:

1. Mission, Goals, Objectives (Word, PDF)
2. Curriculum (Word, PDF)
3. Faculty (Word, PDF)
4. Students (Word, PDF)
5. Administration (Word, PDF)
6. Facilities (Word, PDF)
7. Future (Word, PDF)

Program Presentation: Supporting Documents

General Supporting Documents: Locations

Index to Supporting Documents on the Web:

Background:

The University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science offers MSLS and MA degrees through a program of study accredited by the Office for Accrediation at the American Library Association. The School is scheduled for an accrediation program review in the spring of 2004. This site has been created to facilitate access to our program presentation for both our reviewers and the public at large.

Review Timeline:

• Program Presentation: February 9, 2004
• Panel Site Visit: March 22- 23, 2004
• Draft Panel Report Due: April 12, 2004
• School Corrections Due: April 19, 2004 Final Report Due: April 26, 2004
• Optional School Response Due: May 3,2004 COA Action: 2004 Annual Conference

Review Panel:

Review Process Summary

Preparing for accreditation review has been a continual process for the past few years. A more formal re-view of the master's program began as early as fall 2002, during a faculty retreat that focused on curricu-lum review and reconsideration of the school mission statement. During the May 2003 meeting of the school council, the general structure of the accreditation review was discussed and a plan for developing a Program Presentation was presented. Faculty members were appointed to study teams generally defined by elements of the Standards for Accreditation of Master's Programs in Library & Information Studies.

The study teams were:

Introduction.: Andrews (Chair), White, (Sineath)
Planning and Assessment: Sineath (Chair), Andrews
Mission/Goals: Chan, Waldhart (Chair)
Facilities: Miller (Chair), Jeng, Nicole Montgomery, student
Faculty: Case, Chan (Chair)
Students: Jeng (Chair), Miller, (Carrigan), Jeremy Berberich, student
Admininstration/Finance: Case (Chair), Lillard, (Sineath), Lori Hancock, alumna, Karen McClanahan, student
Curriculum: White (Chair), Waldhart, Robert Trader, student
Future: Lillard (Chair), Andrews

During the summer, the director sent a letter to the members of the school advisory council, to advise them of the forthcoming review and to solicit their comments and suggestions. At the first fall meeting of the school council, in August 2003, the standards and accreditation review were addressed again in greater detail, and a plan was devised to prepare the Program Presentation. A timeline was developed for completing and reviewing drafts of the various sections, and for preparing and reviewing final versions of the sections. Student and alumni members were identified for each study team. During September and October, members of each team collected data, and drafts were distributed and subsequently discussed in detail at weekly school council meetings.

Following discussion of a draft section at a school council meeting, the draft was revised to reflect agreed-upon changes, and the section was then forwarded to the Program Presentation editor, whose role it was to achieve consistent format. As the editor completed a section, it was made available to faculty for review, following which the editor made any required changes. On Friday, November 21, the draft Pro-gram Presentation was delivered to Dean David Johnson, for his review and comments. On Monday, De-cember 1, Dean Johnson's comments were incorporated; the draft Program Presentation was duplicated and bound; and copies were sent to the Office for Accreditation, to External Review Panel Chair Hiram Davis, and to the nine members of the school's advisory council. On December 10 comments were re-ceived from a member of the advisory council. On December 18 Director Sineath participated in a con-ference call to discuss the draft Program Presentation with Office for Accreditation Director Ann O'Neill and ERP chair Davis. Revisions were then made to prepare the final Program Presentation for delivery early in February 2004. It is this program presentation that is presented here.

Advisory Council

The School would like to thank our Advisory Board for their valuable input during this process.

Arne Almquist
Associate Provost for Library Services
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Height, KY 41099
Almquista@NKU.edu

Craig Buthod
Director
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York Street
Louisville, KY 40203-2257
buthod@Louisville.lib.ky.us

Kimber L. Fender (Kim)
Executive Director
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
800 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-2071
Kim.Fender@cincinnatilibrary.org

Judith Gibbons
Director, Field Services
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
300 Coffee Tree Road
Frankfort, KY 40602-0537
Judith.Gibbons@KDLA.net

Paul Lanata, Director
Library Media Services Department
C.B.Young Services Center #6
3001 Crittenden Drive
Louisville, KY 40209
Planata1@Jefferson.k12.ky.us

Karen McDaniel
Library Director
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY 40601
KMCDANIEL@gwmail.kysu.edu

Hannelore Rader
Dean of Libraries
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
h.rader@louisville.edu

Marie Robertson (Missy)
Vice President for Technical Services
BWI Book Wholesalers
1847 Mercer Road
Lexington, KY 40511
mrobertson@bwibooks.com

Miko Patti
Director, KYVL and CIO
Kentucky Virtual University
1024 Capital Center Drive Suite 320
Frankfort KY, 40601
Miko.pattie@kyvu.org

Revision date 2/18/04