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2008-11-19 22:35:04| Between the Hedges
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2008-11-19 20:36:35| SLIS News
Scholarship and Internationalism: The Global Community SLIS Network (the SLIS Alumni Magazine), Vol.46, No.2, Fall 2008 Its amazing to think about how our technological landscape has changed throughout the past decade. The methods and speed with which we can access information and communicate away are astounding. When I started my graduate studies at Indiana University in the late eighties, the technological leaps and bounds were unimaginable. Now, I cant imagine going a day without the internet, e-mail, reading blogs or etc. With these changes in technology and the onslaught of Web 2.0 come transitions in the ways in which libraries are able to provide basic, as well as new and exciting services to our users. This new technology has also allowed us to make progress in our ability to interact with those all around the world. We hear about a global community every day. At no other time in our history have we been afforded the opportunity to communicate and share ideas with individuals across the globe. This opportunity granted to us is tremendous because to successfully better ourselves, our communities, and our profession, we need to attract faculty, staff and students with different life experiences and points of view than our own. I am proud to share that the current university administration understands the importance of this model and has embraced it. In keeping with the spirit the administration has infused into the university, we must attract library school students and faculty around the world to our program who are the brightest and most forward in their thinking. They must possess a spirit of service and scholarship that will build upon the foundation of former SLIS alumni and current and former faculty members. However, it is also imperative for the SLIS program and its alumni to understand that in order to recruit these top students and faculty members we cannot be totally dependent on the state to fund these programs; it will require external support. It is no longer feasible for us to be isolated from the rest of the world when it comes to filling our jobs or classes. Invaluable perspectives and knowledge will be added to our libraries through an increased interaction with and recruitment of those in our global community. In closing, I would like to end my inaugural column with a tribute to our former president, Keith Kuhn. As you may know, Keith passed away earlier this year after a brief illness. His death is a tremendous loss to the library profession, Indiana University and SLIS. Keiths passion and love for Indiana University were infectious. He not only volunteered his talents and time to SLIS and IU, but he also understood the importance of giving back financially to an institution that gave so much to him over the years. I will miss our attempts to solve everything wrong with the library profession during our drives from Southwest Ohio to Bloomington for our Board meetings as well as his sage advice and counsel. However, I will miss his friendship and brotherhood most of all. Thanks Keith, we are all luckier to have known you. SLIS alumni have recently been mailed the Fall 2008 issue of the alumni magazine (SLIS Network, Vol.46, No.2). The theme of this issue was "Scholarships Change Lives." If you did not receive a copy, you can update your alumni address by emailing us at (slisnews@indiana.edu). Fall 2008 SLIS Network (Full Text Version) SLIS Alumni Board
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2008-11-19 17:30:36| newratings.com Newsticker
NEW YORK, November 19 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Matrix Research downgrade Global Industries Ltd (ticker: GLBL) from "sell" to "strong sell." [more]
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2008-11-19 00:40:16| Forbes.com News
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2008-11-17 22:34:16| Between the Hedges
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