Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management
Emporia, Kansas
Wooster Lake, ESU Campus
The goal of Emporia's SLIM program is to create individuals that are fully prepared to go out into the information profession as intellectuals, and provide client-centered service to the public, while maintaining a commitment to the profession by exploring exciting new options in technology and resources to keep libraries fresh and current for both the profession and the public we serve. The following outcomes are discussed on the SLIM website here. Please click on the titles in the Evidence of Outcomes column to be directed to artifact.
Program Outcomes
Evidence Of Outcomes
1. Explain an artifact that demonstrates the achievement of each (and every) MLS program outcome and professional value
2. Articulate a philosophy of client-centered information services based on the epistemological and ethical foundations of the library and information professions
3. Explain and apply interdisciplinary theories and models relevant to managing library and information service agencies
4. Conduct an information needs assessment, and design and evaluate customized information services and products based on those needs
5. Based on a diagnosed need, retrieve, interpret, and/or repackage relevant information resources, and evaluate their use and impact
6. Lead appropriate change by using effective collaborative, communication and organizational skills
7. Teach information literacy skills in order to facilitate effective learning organizations
8. Demonstrate life-long learning skills by continually acquiring new knowledge, skills and perspectives to respond to changing conditions
9. Communicate effectively in writing, orally, and in using information technologies.
This process of identifying a region in need, researching the communities access to information resources, and seeing what resources the information professionals will need to create access for the individuals in this region was an eye-opening experience. In a region where some inhabitants do not have electricity or running water, some different techniques had to be thought of, since they cannot rely on electronic dissemination. It seems unbelievable that we live in the United States and there are still individuals in this country that do not receive the best medications, education and other resources the rest of us take for granted. This project, Welcome to Appalachia Group Wiki, taught us that as an information professional, it is our duty to create any opportunity to disseminate the information necessary for people globally, not just in the United States, to benefit.
This wiki, TSCPL Genealogy Archive Reference Sources, is relevant to this outcome because it is a review of genealogy reference sources used by patrons. It studies the scope of the reference services available for patrons while focusing on the validity of the profession.
This paper, Global Nomadism Shapes the Information Profession, is relevant to the outcome because it explains the way information science has crossed over traditional boundaries as new needs of the global community has expanded.
This analysis, Washburn University: A Community Analysis, has met the needs of the outcome because it examined the needs of the Washburn University undergraduate community and evaluated the library’s commitment to furthering student’s information searching needs.
This paper, American Literature Short Stories: Information Transfer and the Anthology, met this outcome because it was based on the theory of information transfer, and the anthology was used as an example of how different information resources can be used to disseminate information.
This group presentation, Technology in a Small to Medium Sized Public Library: Baldwin City Library, is an example of this outcome because it was an opportunity to work together as a group and examine new technology ideas for the Baldwin City Library. Click here to read the paper repeating the presentation.
Fiction is an integral part of public libraries, from learning to read by story hour with the children, to adults checking out books for recreational reading. Stories serve to entice young readers into furthering their literacy skills and create learning skills later in life. This paper, The Role of Stories in Public Libraries, examines this process to understand literacy in the information process.
Since technology is changing at a rapid rate, it is important for libraries to keep current and accessible by providing all levels of technology. This paper, LibX-A Browser Plug-in for Libraries, fits with this outcome simply by examining a new technology that might not have been recognized previously as important to the profession.
Digital books are quickly becoming a requested item by patrons. This example of the outcome, The Future of Digital Books, examines in written form how the future of information technologies will be changing to include digital books, and how libraries can become involved in this new source.
