Southern Miss School of Library & Information Science

Dr. Teresa S. Welsh

teresa.welsh@usm.edu

Southern Miss, Hattiesburg, 2015

Accredited by SACS Carnegie RU/H Research

Universities (high research activity)

Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Designated Military-Friendly

Hattiesburg named Top Ten College Town (livability.com)

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“The Dome” Admin Building

SLIS MLIS Program Accredited by American Library

Association since 1980 (35 years!); re-accredited in 2012 for max 7 years

Only ALA-accredited program in state; assigned LIS leadership status by Institution of Higher Learning

Accredited by Council for Accreditation of Education Preparation (CAEP)

Rated USM top-tier program

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What’s new at SLIS? 2015 celebrating 50th anniversary of 1st

master’s degree in library science awarded 1965

New admission requirements: GRE or Miller Analogies

Bachelor’s degree B.S. in LIS LIS undergrad minor

Coming soon – online dual master’s degree: MLIS/IT

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What’s new with SLIS faculty?

Dr. Griffis won CoEP Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award; awarded OCLC/ALISE Research Grant

Mr. Edmand Pace increased enrollment in UG program from 40+ in 2014 to 60+ in 2015

Dr. Creel awarded ALA Carnegie-Whitney Award for resources related to learning through play

Dr. Bomhold founded & directs Council on Community Literacy & Reading, distributes hundreds of books, sponsors grant-funded literacy activities

Faculty published scholarly articles, book chapters, presented research at local, regional, national, and international conferences

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Co-Sponsor of Children’s Literature Tent & Panel at MS Book Festival

Panel Moderated by Ellen Ruffin, MLIS (SLIS alum) Curator of USM de Grummond Children’s Literature

Collection

What’s new at SLIS?

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Largest Class, British Studies 2015http://usmbritishstudies15.blogspot.com

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What’s new at SLIS?

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Social Media Facebook: facebook.com/School-of-Library-and-Information-Science-at-Southern-Miss

Twitter: twitter.com/usmslis

LinkedIn: Southern Miss School of Library & Information Science

YouTube Channel: SLIS at Southern Miss

2016 Children’s Book FestivalFay B. Kaigler

Children’s Book Festival, April 6 - 8. Karen Rowell, Coordinator

Co-sponsored by SLIS & de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection internationally-recognized collection.

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http://www.usm.edu/childrens-book-festival

What’s new at SLIS?SLIS Connecting Fall

2015 issue out soonOpen-access e-journal

indexed in DOAJ, Ulriches Directory, Google Scholar

Published each spring & fall, downloaded more than 33,000x

Alums, please send us your updates

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Electives of Interest Spring 2016

LIS 508 – School Libraries LIS 590 – Library Instruction (2nd 8

weeks) LIS 642 – Special Libraries LIS 692 (H002) – Library Planning &

Design LIS 528 – Storytelling (May mini-

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SLIS needs you!SLIS graduates are;

Accomplished professionalsGreat mentorsGreat recruiters.

Please keep in touch:SLIS news ListServ:

https://mailman.usm.edu/mailman/listinfo/lisnews Connect on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedInSend us an email about awards, honors, new job or

promotion, professional publications, presentations, projects

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How to Donate Mail in tear-out from the foundation

brochure

Contact the USM Foundation at http://usmfoundation.com or 601-266-5210

Funds: Dr. Elizabeth Haynes Endowed Scholarship

Fund – 2199Library Science Fund – 0134

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Thank you for your attention….

Questions?