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This report and several grant opportunities are from ALA Connect so I thought I would share them with you.
~Sharon
ALISE Statistical Report and Database is a compilation and analysis of statistical data and information about graduate library and information science education programs in ALISE Institutional Member schools/institutions.
ALISE has released the 2020 Statistical Report. It includes a well-done and readable analysis of the statistics. This stood out to me:
"In the 2018-2019 academic year, programs awarded a total of 6686 master's degrees accredited by ALA. Of these, 5002 were awarded to females and 1684 to males.
White students accounted for sixty percent of the total ALA-accredited master's degrees awarded.
Students of unknown race or ethnicity were awarded eighteen percent of the total degrees.
Seven percent of the total were awarded to Hispanic students of any race.
Degrees awarded to Black or African American students or to international students comprised five percent of the total each.
Three percent were awarded to Asian students.
Students who identify with two or more races were awarded two percent of the total degrees awarded.
Less than one percent of the degrees awarded went to American Indian or Alaskan Native students (0.3%) and to Native Hawaiian or Pacific Island students (0.1%). "
--from the 2020 ALISE Statistical Report.
The ALISE Statistical Report and Database is a compilation and analysis of statistical data and information about graduate library and information science education programs in ALISE Institutional Member schools/institutions. The annual publications are available online at no charge for ALISE members.
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Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Distinguished University Professor
School of Information
University of South Florida
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Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant
Libraries are invited to apply for the Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant by designing and outlining a library-led community engagement project focused on anti-racism. The Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant is an annual grant to recognize, promote, and support innovative and meaningful community engagement efforts in libraries. Community engagement is the process of working collaboratively with community members-be they library patrons, residents, faculty, students, or local organizations – to address issues for the betterment of the community.
Each year, the grant will focus on supporting a community engagement project with a specific theme. For the 2020–2021 cycle, libraries are invited to submit applications for a community engagement project that focuses on anti-racism. The grant will be awarded to a library with a demonstrated commitment to anti-racism work to continue or expand their community engagement programming.
Applications for the 2020-2021 cycle will be accepted from December 1, 2020 through February 5, 2021.
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Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
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ALA is seeking nominations for the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. The awards consists of $1,000 and a 24k gold-framed citation. Nominees can be anyone in or related to the field of librarianship who significantly contributed to the public recognition and appreciation of librarianship through professional performance, teaching, and/or writing. For more information, including the application form, please see the award's website at www.ala.org/awardsgrants/... .
Recipients in past years have included: Lesley Farmer, Patricia Smith, Ernest Ingles, R. David Lankes and Nancy Kranich.
Applications are due by February 1, 2021.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Roderick MacNeil
Director of Library Operations
Thomas Jefferson University
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