What's new at Southern Miss School of Library & Information Science in 2017

1. What’s New @ SLIS
in 2017?

2. Southern Miss Reorganization
 Colleges reduced from 6 to 4:
1. Arts and Sciences
2. Business & Econ. Development
3. Education and Human Sciences
4. Nursing and Health Professions
 Colleges/schools/departments
 SLIS remains School in CoEHS
 Emphasis on efficiency,
productivity, retention, grad rates
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www.usm.edu/provost/academic-reorganization-planning

3. Southern Miss e-Learning: New Apps
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4. Increasing Enrollment
 150 graduate students
• from 25 different states
 88 undergrads students
• from 24 different states
 4 dual masters
 Graduate certificates
• Archives, Special
Collections
• Youth Services & Literature
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5. LIS Bachelor of Science Degree
 Accelerated Master's Option (AMO)
• Senior UG LIS students with GPA of
3.5 or higher can take up to 9 hrs of
grad credit
• Students pay UG tuition and credit
counts toward undergrad degree &
MLIS degree
• Students in AMO charged undergrad
tuition rate.
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Bachelor of Science
LIS degree all online

6. Graduate Certificate in Archives &
Special Collections (18 credit hrs)
 LIS 646: Intro Archival Theory & Practice
 LIS 647: Intro to Archival Organization
 LIS 648: Archival Practicum
 LIS 645: Digital Preservation
 LIS 652: Metadata for Digital Collections
 Archival Elective, Archival Paper
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Dr. Matthew Griffis
Faculty Advisor
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7. British Studies LIS Class of 2017
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King’s College Maughan Library, London
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8. British Studies LIS Class of 2017
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National Art Library, V&A, London
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9. Graduate Certificate in Youth Services
& Literature (15 credit hrs)
 LIS 517: Children’s
Literature
 LIS 518: Young Adult
Literature
 LIS 519: Programs &
Services for Youth
 Two electives, e-Portfolio
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Dr. Stacy Creel, Faculty Advisor
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10. LIS Student Association (LISSA)
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 Pres. Charlotte Roi
 VP Rachel McMullen
 Secretary Keshia
Coulter
 Faculty Advisor,
Dr. Chris Cunningham
 Affiliated with ALA
Book Drive for Texas Shelters
Charlotte Roi, LISSA President
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11. Southern Miss Student Archivists (SMSA)
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 Pres. Rachel
McMullen
 VP Elaine Walker
 Secretary Jonathan
Puckett
 Faculty Advisor,
Dr. Cindy Yu
 Affiliated with
Society of Miss.
Archivists
Rachel McMullen, Dr. Yu, Daniel Shemwell, Jonathan Puckett
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12. Dr. Catharine Bomhold, Associate Professor
 Director, Council on
Community Literacy and
Reading
 Advisor, MLIS w/School
Licensure Emphasis
• School library courses
• Children’s literature
• Young adult literature
 2017 CoEP Outstanding
Faculty Service Award
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13. Dr. Stacy Creel, Associate Professor
 Youth Services Certificate Advisor
• Reference
• Children’s Lit
• Library Instruction
• Youth Programming
• Storytelling
• Public Libraries
 Chair of 2017 Mississippi National
Library Week
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14. 10/18/17 14
Dr. Chris Cunningham, Assistant Professor
 British Studies LIS Class
 LISSA Faculty Advisor
 Teaches info technology, web
development & evaluation,
information science
 LIS 656: Online Information
Retrieval in summer
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15. Dr. Matthew Griffis, Assistant Professor
 Advisor, Archival Certificate
• History of the Book
• Intro Archival Theory & Practice
• Intro to Archival Organization
• LIS Research Methods
 Laura Bush 21st
Century Librarian
grant ($82,251), “Segregated Carnegie
Libraries as Spaces for Learning and
Community Making in Pre-Civil
Rights America”
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aquila.usm.edu/rocoverview/

16. 10/18/17 16
Dr. M.J. Norton, Associate Professor
 Library Management
 Academic Libraries
 Foundations of
Librarianship
 SLIS grant development
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17. 10/18/17 17
Dr. Cindy Yu, Associate Professor
 Southern Miss Student
Archivists Advisor
 Cataloging
 Cataloging Multimedia
Objects
 Special Libraries
 Digital Preservation
 Metadata for Digital
Collections
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18. 10/18/17 18
Mr. Edmand Pace, Instructor
 MLIS, Southern Miss
• Beta Phi Mu Award
 LIS BS Degree
Coordinator/Advisor
 Star Recruiter
 Info Literacy
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19. 10/18/17 19
New Faculty – Mrs. Jessica Whipple, Instructor
 MLIS, Southern Miss
 Warren Tracy Award
 Graduate Certificate in Youth
Services & Literature, USM
 Montessori educator, taught
English abroad in China
 Teaching information literacy,
information ethics, collection
development in spring 2018
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20. 10/18/17 20
Ms. Adrienne Patterson
 Student Outreach,
Student Success
 Tech support
• Canvas
• SOAR
 SLIS Budget, Finances
 GA Coordinator
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21. 10/18/17 21
Ms. Karen Rowell
 Children’s Book Festival
Coordinator
 Special Events
Coordinator
 Admissions
 Recruiting, Public
Relations Coordinator
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22. Council on Community Literacy & Reading
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Dr. Catharine Bomhold, CCLR Director
Read Across America Day, March 2017
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23. Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
 2017 CBF record attendance
• 550+ adults
• 500+ 4th
graders
 Co-sponsored by SLIS &
de Grummond Collection
 Karen Rowell, Coordinator
 Keynotes, workshops
w/CEUs
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www.usm.edu/bookfest/
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24. Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
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25. 10/18/17 25
www.usm.edu/childrens-book-festival
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26. 10/18/17 26
Thank you, SLIS Recruiters, Ambassadors
Alex Brower, Lori Schexnayder, Sarah Rials Mangrum with Karen,
ALA, Chicago, June 22-27
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27. 10/18/17 27
Adrienne, National Conference of
African American Librarians,
Atlanta, Aug. 9-13
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Heather Moore with Karen,
ALA Midwinter,
Atlanta, Jan. 20-24

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LISSA & SMSA students,
Fall recruitment event, Cook Library

29. SLIS Connecting
Refereed open-access e-
journal
 Dr. Stacy Creel, Dr. Teresa
Welsh, Managing Editors
 Spring/summer issue
Indexed in DOAJ, Ulriches
Directory, Google Scholar
Downloaded 56,000+ times
from sites around the world
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aquila.usm.edu/slisconnecting

30. You are invited to
SLIS Focus Group
4 - 5pm this afternoon
Forrest 1
Yoga 7:30am
informal breakfast and
conversations w/faculty
& staff, 8am
Thursday, Terrace
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Star recruiter Alex Rowell
with Karen Rowell, LAMP

31. Questions?
Contact slis@usm.edu
OR
Dr. Teresa Welsh,
Professor and Director
teresa.welsh@usm.edu