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1) SLIS Enrollment, Retention, MLIS Degrees Awarded
Year |
Grad/UG Enrollment* |
Retention** |
MLIS Degrees Awarded*** |
2023 |
291/142 |
94% | 125 |
2022 |
282/105 |
88% | 87 |
2021 |
313/125 |
92% | 67 |
2020 |
265/114 |
90% | 49 |
2019 |
185/112 |
85% | 54 |
2018 |
158/74 |
85% | 41 |
2017 |
142/66 |
89% |
44 |
2016 |
133/64 |
88% |
36 |
2015 |
103/43 |
80% |
40 |
2014 |
128/43 |
70% |
63 |
* Southern Miss Institutional Research (Fall 2021)
*** IHL Degree Books: 2014 (PDF), 2015 (PDF), 2016 (PDF), 2017 (PDF), 2018 (PDF), 2019 (PDF), 2020 (PDF) 2021 (PDF) 2022 (PDF) 2023 (PDF)
2) Average Time to Degree Completion
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Full-time students- 2.6 years
- Part-time students- 3.3 years
3) Percentage of Graduates w/Positions Relevant to Degree within 12 months of Degree Completion
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2015-2023 - 95%
SLIS History, Educational Goals, Strategic Goals
Southern Miss SLIS has been ALA-accredited since 1980. At the last review by the ALA Committee on Accreditation (COA) in 2019, ALA Accreditation status was Continued and the next accreditation review by ALA COA is scheduled for .
Read about this history of Southern Miss SLIS in by Dr. Matthew Griffis.
Educational Goals for Students Include:
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Knowledge of and commitment to ethical practices
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Professional practice and training experiences
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Knowledge of the LIS literature
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Engagement in research
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Technical competency.
Educational Goals and Objectives (2016, updated 2022)
Strategic Plan with Strategic Goals, Objectives (2016, reaffirmed 2022)
- SLIS Strategic Goals 2024 (PDF)
- SLIS Organizational Chart (PDF)
- Planning Documents: Relation of Course Objectives, SLOS, to Professional Competencies
Policies
ALA Biennial Report 2022
ALA Biennial Report 2020
ALA Accreditation Report 2019
ALA Biennial Report 2016
ALA Biennial Report 2014
ALA Biennial Report 2012
ALA Accreditation Report 2012
Program Assessment
Students must complete a capstone research project, a comprehensive exam, and create an e-portfolio as part of the 40-credit hour MLIS program requirements.
- MLIS students must take a technology class as one of their electives and create an e-portfolio
- In LIS 695 capstone course, students must complete a master's research project
- In LIS 695 capstone course, students must pass a comprehensive exam.
Assessment of MLIS Program by Students
The Exit Surveys of Graduating MLIS students are aligned with the. Students evaluate their knowledge of the core competencies using a Likert Scale.
- Exit Surveys of Graduating MLIS students (Quantitative data) graduate_student_exit_survey.pdf
- Annual Focus Group conducted each October at the Mississippi Library Association Conference (Qualitative data) focus-group_mla2013-18.pdf
- Course evaluations
- Survey research conducted by Dr. Creel and Dr. Welsh
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)
Program assessment is an ongoing, active and systematic process intended to monitor and improve the overall quality of Student Learning Outcomes (SLO). The documents below relate to SLIS program assessment based on Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) as required for SACS and ALA Accreditation.
MLIS WEAVE Assessment Reports
- SLIS WEAVE Report 2022-2023
- SLIS WEAVE Report 2021-2022
- SLIS WEAVE Report 2020-2021 (PDF)
- SLIS WEAVE Report 2018-2019
- SLIS WEAVE Report_2017-18.pdf
- SLIS WEAVE Report_2016-17.pdf
- SLIS WEAVE Report 2015-16.pdf
- SLIS WEAVE Report_2014-15.pdf
- SLIS WEAVE Report 2013-14.pdf
- SLIS WEAVE Report_2012-13.pdf
2023-24 Advisory Board
- Jeannie Jones Damiano, MLIS, Pascagoula Branch Manager, MS
- Sharon Davis, MLIS, Head Librarian, Biloxi Public Library
- John Eye, MLIS, Ed.D., Professor and Dean, 欧美AV University Libraries
- Mantra Henderson, MLIS, Ph.D./a.b.d., Library Director, Mississippi Valley State University
- Otha Keys, MLIS, School Librarian, South Jones High School, Ellisville
- Wesley Lucas, MLIS, Special Librarian, World War II Museum, New Orleans
- Sarah Mangrum, MLIS, Ed.D., Assistant Teaching Professor, 欧美AV SLIS Faculty Representative
- Natalie Mitchell, MLIS, School Librarian, Jackson Elementary, Pascagoula, MS
- Stephen Parks, MLIS, JD, State Librarian, Jackson, MS
- Yvonne Parton, MLIS, Branch Manager, Ocean Springs Municipal Library
- Julie H. Schiavo Ed.D., MLIS, AHIP, Assistant Director Dental Library, LSUHSC-NO Libraries
- Diana Simpson, MLIS, Assistant Professor/Catalog Librarian, 欧美AV Libraries
- Adam Singletary, MLIS, Associate Director, The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County
- Lorraine Stuart, MLIS, Head of Special Collections, Curator, Historical Manuscripts & Archives, 欧美AV University Libraries
- Karlie Herndon, MA, MLIS, Assistant Professor, Curator, de Grummond Children's Literature Collection