Competitiveness and Innovation: The Best of the ALISE 2011 Conference Papers

摘要

This issue features four articles developed from the best papers presented at the ALISE 2011 Conference, as judged by the Editorial Board and a Blue Ribbon Panel. Each article provides a different perspective on the conference's theme: competitiveness and innovation. The first two articles make important contributions to preparing professionals to meet the needs of diverse library communities. In Are We There Yet? Results of a Gap Analysis to Measure LIS Students' Prior Knowledge and Actual Learning of Cultural Competence Concepts, Kafi Kumasi and Renee Franklin Hill initiate a research agenda employing gap analysis through examination of LIS student responses to the education section of a pilot questionnaire. Their preliminary results indicate that cultural competence learning objectives need to be better infused into the LIS curriculum through development of a set of standards that can be used to measure and to improve learning outcomes. Bharat