ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION

STATISTICAL REPORT

 

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.

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, if possible.

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
Attendance1

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)
institute
symposium
conference
forum		              
workshop              
seminar              
colloquium/
lecture		              
short course              
tutorial
individualized
instruction		              
other,
please specify

_____________

_____________

              
TOTAL              

1  Please exclude degree students.

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)
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.)
Institutional _____ %
Fees _____ %
Contracts and grants _____ %

Federal

 		_____ %

Other than federal

 		_____ %
Others (specify)
_____________________ _____ %
_____________________ _____ %

 

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.