Practice,
Reflection,
Advocacy,
eXcellence,
Inquiry,
Solutions: 
A Pre-Doctoral and Recruitment Program for Tomorrow's Culturally Diverse Information Studies Faculty and Leaders

Ph.D. Programs

Associations

Local Ethnic LI Association

Research Resources

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• Information-Related Ph.D. Programs http://isphd.syr.edu/
• World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies, Information Management, Information Systems, etc. http://InformationR.net/wl/

• Association for Library and Information Science Education http://www.alise.org
• European Association for Library & Information Education and Research (EUCLID) http://www.euclid.elt.sk/

• American Indian Library Association. Local contact: Ken Wade
• Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association. Local contact: Gerardo Colmenar
• Association of Jewish Libraries. Local contact: Adaire Klein. See website for information on local chapters:
  • Los Angeles Chapter. President: Judy Katz
  • San Diego/Tijuana Chapter. Co-Presidents: Nomi Levey and Barbara Sutton
• Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)
• California Librarians Black Caucus - Greater Los Angeles Chapter (CLBC-GLA)
• Chinese American Librarians Association - California Chapter. Local contact: Xiwen Zhang (909) 880-5106, Amy Tsiang (310) 825-1401
• Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT, ALA). Local contact: Clara M. Chu
  • Armenian Librarians and Libraries Information Commitee. Local contacts: Sylva N. Manoogian (323) 254-4892, Ani Matosian (310) 440-7617
  • Jewish Information Committee
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table (GLBTRT, ALA)
• Korean American Librarians Association (KALA). President: Choonhee Rhim (323) 265-8625
• REFORMA. National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking
  • Southern California Chapters: Los Angeles Chapter, Orange County Chapter, LIBROS (San Diego) Chapter
• Resources for Librarians with Disabilities

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RESEARCH RESOURCES

Diversity & Libraries: providing information to empower multicultural communities http://skipper.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/cchu/diversity/index.html

InformationR.net: the quality source for research on information management, information science and information systems. http://informationr.net/ It is the home of::

• Information Research: an international electronic journal
• World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies, Information
  Management, Information Systems, etc.
• Digital information in the Information Research field: a guide to freely accessible
  journals and newsletters.
• Electronic Resources for Information Research Methods

LibrarySpot.com http://www.libraryspot.com/ "A free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information."

NTU Library & Information Services: Social Science Research Methods http://www.ntu.ac.uk/lis/ssresearch.htm

Research Methods Courses (selected - in progress):

• LIS 6271: Research Methods (Boryung Ju) http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/syl/spr02/6271_02sp.html
• LIS 4326 Research Methods in Library and Information Science (Keith Lance) http://www.du.edu/LIS/program/syllabi/LIS4326.htm
• LIS 397.1: Intro to Research Methods in LIS (Ruth A. Palmquist) http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~palmquis/courses/research99f.html
• L509: Research Methods and Statistics (Martha M. Smith) http://www.infoethics.org/509syl.html

Research Methods Resources on the WWW (Mary Sue Stephenson) http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/default.htm

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