ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION

 

STATISTICAL REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE 2000

 

 

PART V

 

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

 

 

Please complete the following contact information identifying the person completing this part of the Statistical Report.  This will help if questions arise in interpreting the data.  Please be sure to return this cover sheet with the questionnaire.

 

                                                                                                                

           Name:                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                

               Title:                                                                                                  

 

               Phone Number:                                                                                   

 

               Fax Number:                                                               

 

               Email Address:                                                            

 

      University:                                                                                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

If questions arise in completing this part of the questionnaire, or if you have comments on its content, please contact the author of this section:

 

Jana Varlejs

School of Communication, Library and Information Studies

Rutgers University

4 Huntington Street

New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071

 

Telephone:  732-932-1726

Fax:  732-932-2644

Email:  varlejs@scils.rutgers.edu

 

 


 

 

PART V:  CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

 

This section should include information on continuing education activities which are offered specifically for practicing information professionals during the 1999-2000 academic year.. 

 

Do not include activities or courses intended primarily for library/information science degree program students.  Report 6th year and other post-masters enrollments in regular masters and doctoral courses in Student Section. 

 

Please refer to definitions pages at the end of this section and read all definitions before answering the questions below.

 

Please append announcements of continuing education activities.

 

1.A      Type, Number, Duration, Location, etc.  Please provide all information for each type of activity reported.

 

A.

 

Non-Credit Activity

(Use definitions provided)

 

Col. 1

 

Total Number Held

Col. 2

 

Total No.

Contact

Hours

(for activities in Col. 1 Do not multiply by Col. 3)

Col. 3

 

Total

Attendance[1]

 

Col. 4

 

Number of programs which offered CEUs

 

Col. 5

 

Number held on campus

Col. 6

 

Number held off campus

Col. 7

 

Number delivered by alternate methods (specify)[2]

 

institute

symposium

conference forum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

seminar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

colloquium/

lecture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

short course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tutorial

individualized

instruction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

other,

please specify

_____________

_____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If CEUs were not awarded as a matter of policy, indicate so here:  ________

Col. 5 refers to courses-do not multiply by number of students.


1.B      Did you offer CE courses specifically designed for practitioners who were not candidates for a degree (i.e., not enrolled in 6th year, masters, or doctoral degree programs) for which academic credits were granted?

 

                                                      _______yes (if yes, complete the following)   ________no

 

B.

 

Credit Activity

 

1.0 credit hour

 

2.0 credit hours

 

3.0 credit hours

 

Total enrollment

 

Number held on campus

 

Number held off campus

 

Number delivered

by alternative methods

(specify)[3]

1-2 week short course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-4 week short course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-6 week course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7+ week course

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

evening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tutorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

other:

________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.C      Please indicate the number of contact hours that equals one credit hour.

 

__________

 

 

2.         Primary geographical groups

            From where did your attendees come? (see geographical definitions)

 

Local                            _____%

State/Province              _____%

Regional                       _____%

National                       _____%

 


3.         Financial Support

 

            From where did your continuing education support come:  for salaries for the CE           portion of administrators and support staff, for stipends or salaries of CE teaching staff, for travel and other expenses associated by CE speakers/faculty, facility rental and other CE program related costs. (Exclude overhead for own facility space use, both as office and as CE event site.)

 

Fees                                               _____%

Institutional                                     _____%

Contracts and grants                       _____%

Federal                                     _____%

Other than federal                     _____%

Others (specify)

___________________                _____%

___________________                _____%

 

Total                                               100%

 

 

4.         Compensation for continuing education program faculty

 

How was the fee or honorarium for presenters/instructors determined?  Check all that are applicable.

 

 

Non-credit Activities

Courses for Credit

School’s Own Faculty

Outside Instructors

School’s Own Faculty

Outside Instructors

Negotiated

 

 

 

 

Flat Fee

 

 

 

 

Formula (please

explain)

_____________

_____________

_____________

 

 

 

 

 

Part of teaching load (no extra compensation)

 

 

 

 


5.         Faculty/Staff

            Indicate the extent to which you used your own faculty and other instructor/presenters.

 

 

not at all

 

 

 

to a great extent

Own library/information science faculty

1

2

3

4

5

Visiting library/information science faculty

1

2

3

4

5

Non LIS faculty in own institution

1

2

3

4

5

Non LIS faculty from other institution

1

2

3

4

5

Library/information science practitioners

1

2

3

4

5

Consultants

1

2

3

4

5

Vendors

1

2

3

4

5

Others (Specify)

______________________________

1

2

3

4

5

______________________________

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

6.         Administration and Coordination

            Who administered (A) and/or coordinated (C) your continuing education program?

            Indicate A and/or C for all that apply:

 

 

Total Program

Individual Activities

a.   Library School coordinator (other than d, e, or f)

 

 

b.   University Office of CE or Extension

 

 

c.   Faculty Committee

 

 

d.   One faculty member as permanent administrator

 

 

e.   Faculty rotate

 

 

f.    Dean or director

 

 

 

 


 

DEFINITIONS

 

Colloquium – A series of lectures or seminars convened by a coordinator but featuring different

            speakers or leaders.

 

Conference – A general type of meeting, usually of one or more days’ duration, attended by a

fairly large number of people.  The emphasis is on prepared presentations by authoritative speakers, although division into smaller group sessions for discussion purposes is often a related activity.

 

Continuing Education Unit (CEU) – Ten contact hours of participation in an organized

            continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction and

            qualified instruction.

 

Individualized Method of Learning – A method of learning which leads the learner to control

            the rate of his/her progress in learning.  The communication method is correspondence

            (mail), computer, programmed text or teaching machine, independent learning on 

            campus.

 

Institute – Similar to a conference but more tightly structured.  Emphasis on providing

            instruction in principles and techniques.  Institute program may have certain continuity,

            meeting on a yearly basis for example.

 

Lecture – A carefully prepared oral presentation of a subject by an expert.

 

Seminar – A small group of people with the primary emphasis on discussion under a leader or

resource person or persons.  In continuing higher education, a seminar is more likely to

            be a one-time offering, although it may continue for several days.

 

Short course – A sequential offering, as a rule under a single instructor, meeting on a regular

            basis for a stipulated number of class sessions over a short period of time (one to three

            weeks, etc.).  The non-credit course may resemble the credit course in everything but the

            awarding of credit.  It may also be more informal and more flexible in its approach in

            order to meet the needs of student.

 

Symposium/Forum – Similar to conference / Institute.  Audience participation.

 

Tutorial or Primer – A brief remedial exposition of a subject in order to provide a foundation

            for more in-depth learning; generally delivered by an expert in the lecture mode.

 

Workshop – Usually meets for a continuous period of time over a period of one or more days.

            The distinguishing feature of the workshop is that it combines instruction with laboratory

            or experiential activity for the participant.  The emphasis is more likely to be on skill

            training than on general principles.

 

GEOGRAPHICAL DEFINITIONS

 

Local – Majority of attendees from within one hour travel time.

 

Regional – At least some attendees come from outside the state or province.

 

National – At least some attendees come from beyond the region.

 



[1] Please exclude degree students.

[2] If the method was teleconference, indicate whether you produced it or received it.

[3] If the method was teleconference, indicate whether you produced it or received it.