2008-2009 LR&TS Annual Report - Learning Resources Services ...

Learning
From undergraduate students to faculty
and staff, Learning Resources
& Technology Services (LR&TS) provides
classes, workshops and individual
support to meet the educational needs of
many different groups of users. Whether
it is information literacy, the theory and
practice of librarianship or how to use
specific hardware or software resources,
LR&TS provides this support in a variety
of modes and venues..
Center for Information Media
The Center for Information Media (CIM) is the creditgenerating
unit of Learning Resources & Technology
Services offering courses in cooperation with the College
of Education. The primary function is to advise students
and offer courses for CIM degree and certificate programs.
At the undergraduate level, CIM offers a major, a minor,
a certificate, and service courses for the College of Education
and the university at large. At the graduate level, CIM
offers three master’s tracks, three certificate programs and
courses leading to school library media specialist licensure.
Summary of FY09 accomplishments
During FY09, faculty continued efforts to recruit students
and improve enrollment in CIM courses. With Mass
Communications adding IM 260 as a major requirement
and IM 111 approved as satisfying a General Education
requirement, enrollment is expected to increase in the
coming years. In response to the retirement of Luther
Rotto in May 2009, CIM received approval to begin
conducting a search to fill this position.
FY09 Goals
Increase undergraduate/graduate program enrollment by 10 percent.
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from FY08 to FY09.
Increased undergraduate enrollment by 13 percent
• Increased graduate enrollment by 2.6 percent from
FY08 to FY09.
• Total credit hours generated, both undergraduate
and graduate, increased by nearly 1 percent.
• Worked with Mass Communications resulting in IM
260 being made a requirement for Mass Communications
majors.
• Participated in the Education Minnesota and Minnesota
Educational Media Organization conferences
as a vendor to promote the CIM programs.
Develop a standard information literacy course framework consistent
with university and general education initiatives.
• Created IM 111 and got the course approved
through the curriculum process. A requirement
in information literacy was added to the campus
General Education program proposal and IM 111
was accepted as fulfilling that requirement.
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