[WEB4LIB] RE: UC Berkeley not seeking ALA accreditation

Wed Dec 16 16:41:25 EST 1998

SIMS stopped admitting new candidates in 1993, I believe, so it's not 
suprising that they did not maintain accreditation during their 
restructuring period, no?  It _is_ disturbing, however, that they are 
refusing to re-accredit the current incarnation of the program.  

-Margaret Escherich
 Oakland Public Library

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Roy Tennant wrote:

> Bernie is correct. According to the ALA Office for Accreditation's Web
> page at:
> 
> http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oa/schools.html
> 
> UC Berkeley possessed an ALA-accredited library school from 1924/25 to May
> 1994. Seventy years.
> Roy Tennant
> 
> On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Sloan, Bernie wrote:
> 
> > 
> > It's my understanding that Berkeley hasn't been ALA-accredited since
> > 1994, correct?
> > 
> > Bernie Sloan
> > Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
> > University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
> > 338 Henry Administration Building
> > 506 S. Wright Street
> > Urbana, IL  61801
> > Phone: (217) 333-4895  
> > Fax: (217) 333-6355
> > Email: bernies at uillinois.edu
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Ward Price [SMTP:wprice at panam.edu]
> > > Sent:	Tuesday, December 15, 1998 3:35 PM
> > > To:	Multiple recipients of list
> > > Subject:	[WEB4LIB] UC Berkeley not seeking ALA accreditation
> > > 
> > > Here's a message from another list that might be of interest to members of
> > > this list.
> > > 
> > > >Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:39:02 +0000 (ECT)
> > > >From: Corliss Lee <clee at library.berkeley.edu>
> > > >Subject: UC Berkeley not seeking ALA accreditation
> > > >Sender: Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group
> > > > <BI-L at BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
> > > >To: Multiple recipients of list BI-L <BI-L at BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
> > > >X-To: Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group
> > > > <BI-L at BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
> > > >Reply-to: Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group
> > > > <BI-L at BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
> > > >
> > > >The UC Berkeley School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS),
> > > >formerly the School of Library and Information Studies, has decided not
> > > to
> > > >seek ALA accreditation.  According to the Daily Californian, the campus
> > > >newspaper, the decision was made by the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and
> > > >SIMS Dean because the administration finds accreditation for professional
> > > >programs to be time-consuming, expensive and to have little discernible
> > > >value.  See the Daily Cal web site at
> > > >http://www.dailycal.org/archive/98/12/3/school.html
> > > >
> > > >Please send your comments to the following addresses.  Physical letters,
> > > >whether mailed or faxed, carry more weight than e-mail messages, but
> > > >please send whatever you can.  The university is closed beween December
> > > 24
> > > >and January 3.  I'm going to write as soon as possible, but in fact the
> > > >campaign needs to take place both before and after the holidays; we can't
> > > >let the issue die because of the holidays.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Your message doesn't have to be long.  Things you may want to include:
> > > >
> > > >* your current position and if it's relevant, what that includes
> > > >(especially helpful if your position is technical but you still feel an
> > > >ALA-accredited degree was essential)
> > > >
> > > >* affiliation to UCB or the school, if any
> > > >
> > > >* whether or not your current (and past) employers require a degree from
> > > >an ALA-accredited program
> > > >
> > > >* if you are an employer or hiring authority, how lack of accreditation
> > > >affects your ability to hire.
> > > >
> > > >* the impact on (society, California, the economy, k-12, higher
> > > education,
> > > >the public good, etc.!) that libraries and librarians have and how NOT
> > > >having an ALA-accredited school at UCB will negatively impact all those
> > > >things
> > > >
> > > >* what librarians add to the information universe that computers alone
> > > >cannot provide
> > > >
> > > >* and anything else you feel would make a succinct, rational case that
> > > >would be comprehensible to university administrators.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >if you like, you can cc: the SIMS Alumni Association (though this message
> > > >is my personal message,not from them):
> > > >
> > > >UCB SIMS Alumni Association
> > > >102 South Hall
> > > >University of California
> > > >Berkeley, CA  94720-4600
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Mail or fax copies to:
> > > >
> > > >Chancellor Robert Berdahl
> > > >200 California Hall
> > > >University of California
> > > >Berkeley, CA  94720-1500
> > > >FAX:  510-643-5499
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Vice Chancellor Carol Christ
> > > >200 California Hall
> > > >University of California
> > > >Berkeley, CA  94720-1500
> > > >FAX:  510-643-5499
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Dean Hal Varian
> > > >School of Information Management and Systems
> > > >102 South Hall
> > > >University of California
> > > >Berkeley, CA  94720-4600
> > > >FAX:  510-642-5814
> > > >
> > > >Daily Californian
> > > >PO Box 1949
> > > >Berkeley, CA  94701-0949
> > > >FAX:  510-849-2803
> > > >
> > > >Chair of the Regents of the University of California
> > > >John Davies
> > > >Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory
> > > >501 West Broadway, Suite 900
> > > >San Diego, CA 92101
> > > >FAX:  (619) 233-1158
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >(note:  there are 26 regents and no single mailing or e-mail address for
> > > >them.  if you address mail to the Office of the Secretary of the Regents,
> > > >1111 Franklin St. in Oakland, they will not forward letters to the
> > > >Regents; they might mention letters in their report of communications.
> > > >For the addresses and other information about the regents, see
> > > >http://www.ucop.edu/regents/    )
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >E-mail addresses:
> > > >
> > > >Chancellor Robert Berdahl (c/o Joyce deVries, his executive assistant)
> > > >
> > > >     joycedev at uclink4.berkeley.edu
> > > >
> > > >Vice Chancellor Carol Christ
> > > >
> > > >     cchrist at uclink4.berkeley.edu
> > > >
> > > >Dean Hal Varian
> > > >
> > > >     hal at sims.berkeley.edu
> > > >
> > > >Daily Californian
> > > >
> > > >     opinion at dailycal.org
> > > >
> > > >UCB SIMS  Alumni Association (c/o co-president Chris Orr)
> > > >
> > > >     chriso at sirius.com
> > > >
> > > C. Ward Price    wprice at panam.edu
> > >  Instruction/Reference/Web Librarian
> > >   University of Texas-Pan American
> > >          Edinburg, Texas  78539
> > >         http://www.lib.panam.edu/
> > 
> 
> 

Margaret Escherich
Oakland Public Library
esche_ma at oak2.ci.oakland.ca