1. Global Information Courses Across the Curriculum Kendra Albright, Assistant Professor Doug Raber, Interim Director University of Tennessee ALISE - Boston January 11, 2005

2. College of Communication and Information (CCI) Formed 2002 Graduate programs in each school Undergraduate programs in all but SIS Shared doctoral program

3. Course: The Information Society Examines competing theoretical positions and definitions Examines competing theoretical positions and definitions Explores the historical evolution Explores the historical evolution Identifies key contributors Identifies key contributors Examines issues of globalization within the context of an information society Examines issues of globalization within the context of an information society

4. Course: International Information Policy   Globalization issues - economic, social, political, cultural Coupled with ICTs - presents a new range of political issues related to information Examines the nature of these issues; intended and unintended effects of policy

5. International Information Issues (selective examples)

6. Issues of Inclusion & Exclusion Is LIS keeping up with globalization? Is LIS keeping up with globalization? Do international perspectives and issues draw the attention they should? Do international perspectives and issues draw the attention they should? Is LIS as inclusive as it needs to be? Is LIS as inclusive as it needs to be? Is something missing from the discourse of LIS? Is something missing from the discourse of LIS?

7. The 67 th Annual Meeting of ASIST A meeting about the “global” information society, but what does “global” mean? A meeting about the “global” information society, but what does “global” mean? The focus of the conference: means to ends The focus of the conference: means to ends The themes of the conference The themes of the conference A world of advanced Western capitalist democracy A world of advanced Western capitalist democracy

8. Papers Addressing International Issues Critical approaches and issues Critical approaches and issues International but irrelevant International but irrelevant The Panels The Panels Global information societyGlobal information society National securityNational security Libraries in underdeveloped nationsLibraries in underdeveloped nations Political meanings of technologyPolitical meanings of technology

9. Silence Assumptions of universality Assumptions of universality Whose culture, whose globe? Whose culture, whose globe? The missing voice of the Other The missing voice of the Other Difference and the place and role of information Difference and the place and role of information

10. What’s Missing? Oral cultures Oral cultures Excluded groups Excluded groups Print dominance Print dominance Incomplete and uneven distribution of ICT’s Incomplete and uneven distribution of ICT’s Access mechanisms Access mechanisms Relevance and culture Relevance and culture Appropriate collections Appropriate collections

11. A Need for Change in the LIS Curriculum Current curricula is limited to Western assumptions Current curricula is limited to Western assumptions Limiting the perspective our students Limiting the perspective our students The world’s problems are ours The world’s problems are ours Graduates of LIS programs are future leaders/decision-makers Graduates of LIS programs are future leaders/decision-makers The relationship between information and power: Ethical questions The relationship between information and power: Ethical questions The breaking down of distinctions The breaking down of distinctions