LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
DATA COLLECTION PROJECT

A collaborative effort of the Association for Library Information Science Education and the American Library Association Committee on Accreditation
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September 21, 2006

Dear Colleague:

Each year, the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) and the Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association cooperate to collect statistical data from library and information studies programs.  We invite your continued participation in this effort.

To participate in the data collection, please download the following documents from http://ils.unc.edu/ALISE (please note that the word “ALISE” is case sensitive): 

•	Faculty Part I form
•	Faculty Part II form
•	Students form
•	Curriculum form
•	Income and Expenditure form
•	Continuing Education form
•	Letter of transmittal for COA
•	Submission checklist for ALISE and COA

Completed questionnaires are due December 1, 2006 to both ALISE and COA.  

One hard copy of the full set of completed questionnaires must be submitted to the ALISE editors. The Office for Accreditation requests only electronic submissions via e-mail attachments. Send no paper copies to the Office for Accreditation.

Sincerely,

Jerry D. Saye				
Editor							
Library and Information Science Education Statistical Report

Renée D. McKinney
Assistant Director
ALA Office for Accreditation