May 26, 2013

LIS Education Q&A with Toni Samek, 2007 Teaching Award Winner

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To reconnect with them and catch up with their current thinking, we recently sent five questions to each of the first five winners of the LJ Teaching Award. Their thoughtful responses will be featured in this online series sponsored by ProQuest.

Our fifth and last interview: Toni Samek, winner of the first Teaching Award in 2007, is a Professor, School of Library & Information Studies at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton.

LIS Education Q&A with Martin Wolske, 2011 Teaching Award Winner

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To reconnect with them and catch up with their current thinking, we recently sent five questions to each of the first five winners of the LJ Teaching Award. Their thoughtful responses will be featured in this online series sponsored by ProQuest.

Our fourth interview: Martin B. Wolske, Teaching Award Winner, 2011, is research scientist and adjunct lecturer at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

LIS Education Q&A with Steven MacCall, 2010 Teaching Award Winner

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To reconnect with them and catch up with their current thinking, we recently sent five questions to each of the first five winners of the LJ Teaching Award. Their thoughtful responses will be featured in this online series sponsored by ProQuest.

Our second interview: Steven MacCall, Teaching Award Winner 2010.

LIS Education Q&A with Rick Block, 2008 Teaching Award Winner

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To reconnect with them and catch up with their current thinking, we recently sent five questions to each of the first five winners of the LJ Teaching Award. Their thoughtful responses will be featured in this online series sponsored by ProQuest.

Our first interview: Rick Block, LJ Teaching Award Winner, 2008.

Learn from the Best: LJ Speaks with Model LIS Teachers

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Thursday, November 29, 2012, 2:00-3:00 PM ET Library Journal presents a gathering of past LJ Teaching Award winners as they discuss the changing nature of librarianship in the new digital landscape from the perspective of teachers setting the bar for innovation in LIS education. With decades of combined experience fostering critical thinking about library issues and essential leadership skills, these teachers have first-hand experience incorporating new methods and practices as they adapt to address the ever-evolving demands on their students. What challenges await the class of 2013 and beyond? What are the essential skills and qualities that will be required of future library leaders? Is the increasing shift toward online learning affecting the way librarians are trained, and if so, how? This archive is no longer available.

Lilia Pavlovsky | LJ Teaching Award Winner 2012

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“She is the epitome of a cutting-edge professor,” says the first letter nominating Lilia Pavlovsky, professor at the School of Communication and Information (SCI) at Rutgers University, NJ, and the winner of the 2012 LJ Teaching Award, sponsored by ProQuest.