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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> wain-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au
[mailto:wain-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barbara COMBES<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 8 September 2010 11:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WAIN (wain@lists.curtin.edu.au)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ALIAWest (aliawest@lists.alia.org.au)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WAIN] Focus groups - call for LIS research participation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Hi
Everyone - could I please ask you to set aside some time to participate in this
important research. We don't have the empirical data available concerning
Australian conditions and the LIS workforce to be able to make concrete
submissions to Govt and this is an attempt to rectify this lack of data. My
Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Calling
all current students and recent graduates of library and information science
(LIS) courses at Australian institutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Sincere
thanks to those of you who have already taken part in our national survey*. To
date, the survey has had almost 300 responses. To expand on these results we
are now asking for your participation in a focus group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The
focus groups will be conducted:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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by telephone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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at a time that suits you, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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for the cost of a local call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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these sessions, you and a small group of your peers will be asked to take part
in a free-flowing discussion about:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Your reasons/motivations for entering the LIS profession.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Your developing understanding and expectations of the field and your course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ways to develop and improve LIS education in Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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privacy will be respected by not identifying you in any reporting of the
results. The sessions will run for 1 hour, but we ask that you commit 1.5
hours to allow time for administration and potential delays. For further
information please see the detailed participant information sheet at: <a
href="http://alturl.com/o95jb">http://alturl.com/o95jb</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>If
you are able to participate please contact our project officer, James Whittle,
on james.whittle@qut.edu.au / (07) 3138 1134 / 0448962943<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>*If
you have not yet participated in the survey, please access either:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The current student’s survey: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://alturl.com/dsq9"><span style='font-family:
"Courier New"'>http://alturl.com/dsq9</span></a></span><span style='font-size:
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The recent graduate’s survey: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://alturl.com/h7hf"><span style='font-family:
"Courier New"'>http://alturl.com/h7hf</span></a></span><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>before
14th September.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Again,
many thanks in advance for your participation in this study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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'Reconceptualising and re-positioning Australian library and information
science education for the twenty-first century':<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Australian Teaching and Learning Council has initiated a national study into
education for the Information Professions (Examples of information professions
include librarians and library technicians, teacher librarians, records
managers and archivists, and information and knowledge managers). The outcomes
from the project will have a significant bearing on education for the
information professions in Australia and on the quality of Australia’s future
information professionals. Details of the study can be found at: <a
href="www.liseducation.org.au">www.liseducation.org.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>President
WA Operations, WASLA, <a href="http://www.wasla.asn.au/">http://www.wasla.asn.au/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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President, Advocacy & Promotion, IASL: <a href="www.iasl-online.org">www.iasl-online.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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GiggleIT Project: <a href="www.iasl-online.org/sla/giggleIT/index.htm">www.iasl-online.org/sla/giggleIT/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>InfoScience
Seminars: <a href="http://www.scss.ecu.edu.au/seminars/infosci/index.php">http://www.scss.ecu.edu.au/seminars/infosci/index.php</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Australian
School Library Research Project: <a href="www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/ASLRP/">www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/ASLRP/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Barbara
Combes, Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>School
of Computer and Security Science Edith Cowan University, Perth Western
Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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(08) 9370 6072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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b.combes@ecu.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>"Whatever
the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant
nation." Walter Cronkite<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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