“NATIONAL RECOGNITION” LIBRARY PROGRAM GIVES ITS GRADUATES INSTANT CREDIBILITY Trevecca’s Master of Library and Information Science Program (MLIS) is the only nationally recognized graduate program for librarians in the state of Tennessee. Earlier this year it received “national recognition” status from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Programs (CAEP)—for the second time in the program’s history.
be employable nationwide. Moreover, state and national professional library organizations recognize graduates of CAEP AASL programs and encourage them to become leaders,” explained Judy Bivens, director of the MLIS Program and an associate librarian at Trevecca. Trevecca’s MLIS Program, started in 2000, earned its first “national recognition” in 2009, and it is eligible to reapply every five years. The MLIS Program has graduated more than 250 school librarians and public librarians, and its graduates have a high rate of employment.
This award has great importance for Trevecca’s MLIS students. “CAEP AASL National Recognition is based on an institution’s research and its graduates’ demonstrated mastery of national standards. “Trevecca’s MLIS Program revitalized me as an educator! I began Educators immediately to use the information I was learning to facilitate and recognize the enhance instruction in the classroom. Trevecca not only prepared value of a me to be an effective library media specialist but also enhanced standardsmy love for education.” based curriculum Cami Townsel ’02, Library Information Specialist at Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet School, which allows Nashville, Tennessee graduates to 10
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