Advising History
Dr. Kyungwon Koh served as my advisor for the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters as I progressed through the Master of Library and Information Studies program. Dr. Cecelia Brown served as my advisor from the Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 semesters. Currently, Dr. Buffy Edwards serves as my advisor. Dr. Koh’s, Dr. Brown’s, and Dr. Edwards’ answers and advice are an essential part to my completion of the MLIS program. The following table exhibits our communication throughout the completion of the program.
| Date | Method | Topic(s) Discussed | Feedback |
| 04/03/2017
04/04/2017 |
Initial Meeting Setup,
Course Advice |
Discussion of date and time to meet, advice on courses to take | |
| 04/12/17 | In Person | Program Planning and Form,
End-of-Program Assessment, Course Schedule |
What forms to fill out, advice on and where to find information about end-of-program assessments |
| 09/01/17 | Portfolio | How to submit program planning form, links to online portfolio instructions, links to standards | |
| 09/24/2017
09/25/2017 |
Program Planning Form, Initial Survey | Answers to program planning form questions, advice on online platform, advice on uploading initial survey | |
| 10/15/2017 | Program Planning Form | Confirmation of form submission, information on AASL standards for goals and objectives | |
| 12/29/2017 | Learning Goals and Objectives, AASL Standards | Delay in ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Preparation of School Librarians, current standards to use, advice on constructing goals and objectives | |
| 01/07/2018 | Goals and Objectives, Initial Self-Assessment | Positive feedback concerning goals and objectives, the availability of the National School Library Standards on reserve at the library, advice on the evolution of goals and objectives | |
| 01/13/2018 | Online Platform, Portfolio, Semester Reflections, Upcoming Plans | Instructed to put next complete portfolio items on the online platform and to send a link to Dr. Koh | |
| 1/17/2018
1/21/2018 |
Portfolio | Positive feedback regarding portfolio, addition of ALA/AASL goals to portfolio, where to place upcoming semester plans in portfolio | |
| 04/02/2018 | Enrollment | approval to switch course plan for upcoming Fall 2018 semester | |
| 05/29/2018 | Annual Student Evaluation, portfolio | satisfactory progress towards completing core courses and progressing within recommended time limit, portfolio review submission | |
| 06/05/2018
06/06/2018 |
Portfolio, program planning form | positive feedback regarding portfolio and program planning form | |
| 07/02/2018
07/03/2018 07/09/2018 07/19/2018 |
Introduction to new advisor, portfolio | feedback on menu restructuring, invitation to meet, positive feedback on menu navigation changes | |
| 10/22/2018 | Enrollment, course changes | course offering schedule change confirmation | |
| 01/19/2019
01/21/2019 |
Portfolio | positive feedback regarding portfolio | |
| 08/25/2019 | Advisor Change
Portfolio |
Dr. Edwards accepted my request that she become my new advisor upon Dr. Brown’s retirement, link to portfolio sent for feedback | |
| 01/05/2020
01/14/2020 |
Portfolio | portfolio link sent to Dr. Edwards for review, feedback regarding goal and objective phrasing received from Dr. Edwards, discussion of defense date | |
| 01/18/2020 | Portfolio, defense committee, LSTD course | gratitude for portfolio review, informed Dr. Edwards of committee members, asked about my necessity for LSTD course, Dr. Edward’s feedback on taking course | |
| 01/25/2020 | Portfolio | Chose portfolio defense date, Dr. Edwards clarified duties of panel practitioner for defense | |
| 02/28/2020 | Certification test | Dr. Edwards answered a question regarding when to schedule library certification test | |
| 03/13/2020
03/19/2020 |
Meeting date | Dr. Edwards and I set up a date to Zoom to ask questions about portfolio and defense | |
| 03/20/2020 | Portfolio presentation and defense | Dr. Edwards informed me, and my panel, of moving the presentation and defense from on-campus to Zoom | |
| 03/23/2020 | Zoom | Portfolio, presentation | conversation on portfolio and presentation progress, Dr. Edwards answered questions I had about the presentation and defense |
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