San José State University

SCHOOL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE



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Functional Overview

San José Cohort

Function	San José	Queensland
Supervision	Tenured Faculty Accreditation for QUT Doctoral Supervision	Faculty Reviewed According to QUT Criteria (research record; funding)
Specializations	archives and records administration; information retrieval; information systems and technologies; information use; education for LIS; management and leadership; youth services	information retrieval; information use; information systems and technologies; smart tools and services; intelligent infrastructure; enterprise systems
Application	Acceptance by Associate Supervisor »»	Acceptance by Principal Supervisor Decision to Admit (MLIS, 3.5 GPA)
Fees		AUS $7,500/year
Revenue	Program maintenance and development
Year I August	Advanced Technology Development of Program Plan	Training of San José Accredited Associate Supervisors Approval of Program Plan Orientation of Doctoral Students
Year I Expectations	Theoretical and Research Foundations of Library and Information Science Deliverables: preliminary proposal; literature review; SLIS co–publication; small grant proposal; annual review	Deliverables: preliminary proposal; literature review; annual review Note: annual reviews are public and take place during new cohort residency
Year II Expectations	The Role of the Faculty Member; Curriculum Design and Course Development; Pedagogy in Higher Education Deliverables: course design and unique course development; teaching internship; full proposal; major grant proposal; annual review Deliverables: course design and unique course development; teaching internship; full proposal; major grant proposal; annual review	Deliverables: full proposal; annual review
Year III Expectations	Deliverables: at least one substantive research project	Deliverables: at least one substantive research project
Year IV–V–VI Expectations	Continuing seminars in which faculty and candidates present critical studies of selected problems; independent study or reading courses under faculty supervision; research projects conducted under faculty supervision. Dissertation	Continuing seminars in which faculty and candidates present critical studies of selected problems; independent study or reading courses under faculty supervision; research projects conducted under faculty supervision. Dissertation
Supervision	Ongoing through Web–conferencing Annual Meeting/Review in August Annual Presentation/Review at annual conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (January)	Ongoing through Web–conferencing Annual Meeting/Review in August
Final Examination	Open Colloquium in San José	Internal: principal supervisor and three non–supervisors (one expert; one from out side the area; one junior faculty) External: three readers including one international expert »» Decision

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