From: Lapachet, Jaye (Jhl@cpdb.com)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 12:55:38 PST
Subject: FW: [alumni@sims] Library community implications in Dean search Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:55:38 -0800 Message-ID: <33F5C292AD72904792A8069A11221E4862C454@mail2000.cpdb-nt.com> From: "Lapachet, Jaye" <Jhl@cpdb.com>
FYI. Lincoln asked me to forward this to you.
Jaye
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Jaye. A. H. Lapachet, M.L.I.S.
Library Manager
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
E-mail: jhl@cpdb.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lincoln Cushing [mailto:lcushing@library.berkeley.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:22 PM
To: alumni@sims.berkeley.edu
Subject: [alumni@sims] Library community implications in Dean search
Dear SIMS and SLIS alumni:
Many of you are aware of the loss felt by the library community when
South
Hall shifted its curriculum away from library science and dropped its
ALA
accreditation as it became the School of Information Management and
Systems
(SIMS).
Right now SIMS is searching for a new Dean, and there appears to be an
opportunity to re-integrate library-positive values within the program.
On
Friday, January 31, 2003 a public forum was held by the search
committee,
and I and several other academic and public librarians made a plea to
make
sure that the new dean should be open to both including a library track
in
the curriculum and to considering re-accreditation with ALA. It was my
distinct impression that the committee seemed genuinely supportive of
this
suggestion. Although the personal and professional qualities on the wish
list are long, and there is still strong support for candidates with a
business or information technology background, it does appear that there
is
genuine openness to considering candidates that support the instruction
of
library science.
I encourage anyone who may know of suitable candidates to submit their
names right away to the committee (see text below.)
Lincoln Cushing, SIMS 2001
Electronic Outreach Librarian
Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley
Institute for Labor and Employment
2521 Channing Way #5555
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-642-1056
http://www.iir.berkeley.edu/library/
Original Nomination Request:
As members of the search committee for a new dean for the School of
Information Management and Systems, we are hopeful you can provide our
committee with the names of people you believe would be appropriate and
successful candidates for consideration for this position. The job
advertisement is available here:
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/about/news/press_releases/view.php?news_id=
59
Should you be interested in nominating anyone for this position, please
send an email directly to the staff person for this
committee: kriordan@uclink.berkeley.edu. Include in the subject heading
"SIMS nomination," and include your name, the name of the person you are
nominating, and the name of their institution. The deadline to receive
nominations is February 1, 2003. [editor's note- this deadline has been
extended]
Please include any suggestions you may have about the criteria you
believe are critical for the committee to consider as they review each
applicant for this dean position.
If you have any other questions, comments, or concerns regarding the
search for a new dean, please feel free to contact any of us:
John Chuang (chuang@sims.berkeley.edu)
Kevin Heard (kevin@sims.berkeley.edu)
Luis Villafana (luisv@sims.berkeley.edu)
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