[WEB4LIB] UC Berkeley not seeking ALA accreditation

[Sloan, Bernie]

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
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> Subject:	[WEB4LIB] UC Berkeley not seeking ALA accreditation
> 
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> 
> >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
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> >
> >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
> >
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