{"id":160851,"date":"2022-10-28T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T18:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sis.utk.edu\/?p=160851"},"modified":"2022-10-28T14:44:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T18:44:03","slug":"event-recap-msis-50th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/sis\/2022\/10\/28\/event-recap-msis-50th\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Recap: MSIS Celebrates its 50th Anniversary of Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_160859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160859\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-160859 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sis.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MSIS-50-Students-scaled-e1666980679554-400x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"391\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MSIS students pose at the evening reception.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SIS faculty, students, alumni, staff, and friends joined together Friday, October 21, 2022, to celebrate the 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the MSIS Program\u2019s ALA Accreditation. Accreditation for an information sciences school means that the program adheres to the highest standards in the field and continues to keep apace of the advancements and innovation of the day. It\u2019s a difficult process to maintain accreditation, yet SIS remains a top-tier institution year after year.<\/p>\n<p>The day consisted of two events &#8212; an afternoon panel and an evening celebratory reception. At the afternoon panel discussion, CCI Dean Joe Mazer spoke to the significance of the MSIS program\u2019s high ranking as the number one program in library and information sciences in the SEC, and top 10 nationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose rankings speak to the quality of the program, the great faculty,\u201d he said, \u201cbut it\u2019s all about looking to the future today, and where we are going to be as a school in the next ten, twenty, thirty years. I\u2019m really excited for 2028 when we\u2019re going to celebrate the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the entire school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SIS Director Abebe Rorissa highlighted how individual contributions have led to the success of the school. \u201cThink about how many people put in the effort, hard work and innovation into producing more than 2,800 alumni who are leaders in the field all over the world,\u201d he said. \u201cFor me, this is the story of this program, its people, and their success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the opening remarks, a commemorative video was screened featuring Director of Graduate Studies Ericka Patillo, alumnus Rohit Srivastava (\u201921) and current MSIS student Amy Snyder. All three shared wisdom and insight into information sciences and why accreditation matters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"50 Years of Accreditation \u2013 School of Information Sciences\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNr8XJjRCIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Patillo remarked, \u201cInformation sciences is a meta-discipline that touches everything in every discipline, every community and every profession. You have information and data that needs to be gathered, preserved, organized, and accessed. And so our students can come to us from backgrounds in music, biology, math, anything, and apply the skills that we teach with their disciplines and go work almost anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snyder, who interned at the Library of Congress this summer, spoke to the reputation of the school. \u201cIn the highest library and the field, there are people who are amazed at this program and have only said good things to me about it. [\u2026] Fifty years is a long time for a program to be accredited, and for a lot of people to be a part of it, and learn from all these different professors across the years. And looking back on it, it is such an important legacy, not just for them, but for myself. I wouldn&#8217;t be here without it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Srivastava agreed. \u201cIt feels amazing to be a part of a legacy as great as UT\u2019s information sciences program,\u201d he said. \u201cYou get to see years upon years of success. The ranking and accreditation has improved our place on the map.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon continued with a keynote from Dr. Kendra Albright (\u201985) and a reflective panel discussion featuring SIS alumni and friends, each one a representative of a different decade in the school\u2019s history: Alvin Blount (\u201922), Dr. Monica Colon-Aguirre (\u201908), Martha Earl (\u201985), Dr. Danuta Nitecki (\u201976, MS in Communications), Scot Smith (\u201998), and Van Walker (\u201912).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we look back, we can see how many things have really changed over the last fifty years,\u201d Albright said. \u201cTechnology that seemed innovative and transformative at that time really has been surpassed by anything we could have even imagined. But given the incredible increase in the rate of change, innovation, and development, one can only imagine what things will look like in another fifty years, and at this rate it looks like we will still be a big player.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160858\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-160858 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sis.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MSIS-50-Rorissa-Remarks-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Abebe Rorissa, SIS Director, gives a toast at the evening reception.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The afternoon closed with an award ceremony recognizing individuals with outstanding contributions to the program. The Marcellus Turner Alumni Award was given to Amy Dye-Reeves, associate education and history librarian at Texas Tech University. The Carol Tenopir Faculty Award was given to Dr. Dania Bilal, professor in the SIS program and Dr. Rachel Fleming-May, associate professor in the SIS program. Finally, the Shawn Collins Staff Award was given to Tanya Arnold, coordinator of student services for SIS.<\/p>\n<p>The culminating event of the day\u2019s celebration was a joyful evening reception at Relix Variety.<\/p>\n<p>As Albright said in her keynote, \u201cIt is clear from the progress and the success brought by the [MSIS] program during its first half century of accreditation that it will continue to rise in prominence and impact as it continues to lead library and information science education in our nation and in the discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIS faculty, students, alumni, staff, and friends joined together Friday, October 21, 2022, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the MSIS Program\u2019s ALA Accreditation. Accreditation for an information sciences school means that the program adheres to the highest standards in the field and continues to keep apace of the advancements and innovation of the day. 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