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A Call For Action: Mississippi’S Need For Minority Librarians, Stacy Creel, Elizabeth Haynes

SLIS Connecting

Recently, The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science successfully recruited ten minority students in the following specialties: three public, three academic, two general, one special and one school for “The Minority Scholarship Initiative.” The scholarship was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Service’s Laura Bush 21^st Century Librarian Program and created in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. Currently, the minority enrollment at the university is 40%. The minority enrollment for the MLIS is 17%; however; it falls to 11% when not including the aforementioned scholarship …

The Imls Minority Scholarship Initiative, Xinyu Yu

SLIS Connecting

The IMLS Minority Scholarship Initiative at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) is a three-year (2009-2012) project to increase the number of underrepresented minority librarians in the state. Southern Miss SLIS (Xinyu Yu, Principle Investigator) and University Libraries (Ann Branton, Co-Principle Investigator) have partnered with the Mississippi Library Association (MLA) and the Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) for the recruitment of students and professional mentoring. Through targeted recruiting of minority undergraduates in Mississippi's universities and colleges, the project awarded IMLS-funded scholarships to support 10 students earning a master's degree in librarianship.

From The Gas, Congratulations, Publications, And Presentations, Teresa Welsh, Stacy Creel

SLIS Connecting

Read a highlight From the GAs, and all about what our alum, students, and faculty have been doing in SLIS News: Congratulations, Publications, and Presentations.

Student Associations And Upcoming Events, Stacy Creel, Teresa Welsh

SLIS Connecting

Presents updates and news from the Southern Miss Student Archivists Association (Southern Miss SAA) and the Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA) along with upcoming events of interest including but not limited to The Children's Book Festival, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML 12), and British Studies.

Spotlights: Faculty, Alum, And Course, Stacy Creel, Teresa Welsh

SLIS Connecting

Spotlights Southern Miss SLIS visiting Assistant Professor Dr. Yan Wu, alumni Sarah Mangrum (MLIS 2011), and course LIS 501 Reference and Information Resources and Services.

Slis Update, J Norton

SLIS Connecting

Welcome to the first online issue of SLIS Connecting – the journal from the School of Library and Information Science at The University of Southern Mississippi!

SLIS Connecting is about maintaining and creating connections for all of us. Communication is two way, or if we consider the social media -- multiple exchanges via multiple channels, people talking to people and sharing. But in a complex world with so many opportunities to interact, it can be hard to keep up with everyone we intend to keep in sight.

Willingness To Use Adhd Treatments: A Mixed Methods Study Of Perceptions By Adolescents, Parents, Health Professionals And Teachers, Regina Bussing, Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, Kenji Noguchi, Dana Mason, Gillian Mayerson, Cynthia W. Garvan

Faculty Publications

Little is known about factors that influence willingness to engage in treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). From 2007 to 2008, in the context of a longitudinal study assessing ADHD detection and service use in the United States, we simultaneously elicited ADHD treatment perceptions from four stakeholder groups: adolescents, parents, health care professionals and teachers. We assessed their willingness to use ADHD interventions and views of potential undesirable effects of two pharmacological (short- and long-acting ADHD medications) and three psychosocial (ADHD education, behavior therapy, and counseling) treatments. In multiple regression analysis, willingness was found to be significantly related to respondent …

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, The University Of Southern Mississippi, The University Of Southern Mississippi's School Of Library And Information Science

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The program for the forty-fifth annual Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 2012.

The Friendly Yeti, Daniel S. Capper

Faculty Publications

Most images of yetis in Western popular culture and scholarly literature portray them as secular, predatory monsters. These representations overlook important religious dimensions of yetis that are hidden in the current literature, so I take a new look at yetis in Tibetan religions in order to clarify our understanding of these legendary creatures. Following a phenomenological approach that sets aside the issue of the ontological existence of yetis, I examine texts, art, ritual, and folklore in order to propose four yeti personal ideal types: the Buddhist practitioner, the human religious ally, the friendly yeti, and the mountain deity yeti. These …