The Role of Information Officers in Schools of Education [electronic resource] / Bill London, Ed.

This monograph contains eight paper that explore the role and value of information officers, focusing on: (1) results of a nationwide survey of educational institutions that examined the percentage of SCDE's represented by public information officers and the type of representation offered; (2)...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Corporate Author: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Other Authors: London, Bill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997.
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Summary:This monograph contains eight paper that explore the role and value of information officers, focusing on: (1) results of a nationwide survey of educational institutions that examined the percentage of SCDE's represented by public information officers and the type of representation offered; (2) deans' perspectives on the usefulness of information officers; (3) information officers' roles in different institutional levels; (4) information officers' roles during times of crisis or fundraising; and (5) special challenges faced by SCDE's in smaller institutions. The titles of the papers are: "Information Officers: Who Needs Them?" (Bill London); "Surveying the Deans: What's Happening Today?" (Dorothy A. Witter); "In Their Own Words: The Deans' Perspective on Information Officers in Schools of Education" (Robert A. Cobb, Jane Close Conoley, Gary R. Galluzzo, Sylvester Kohut, Jr., Roderick J. McDavis, Bernard Oliver, Rodney Reed, Jerry Robbins, and John Taylor); "The Role of the Information Officer in Building Internal Support" (Ken McConnellogue); "Within the University: Gaining Respect in Your Own Backyard" (Kay M. Hyatt); "Taking Messages to External Audiences" (Leanne South and Phillip West); "In Fund-raising and Crisis Campaigns: When Deans Really Need Information Officers" (Bill London); and "Sigh, No Silver: A Memo from the Lone Information Officer" (Kathryn O'Dell-Thompson). An appendix presents a sample deans' survey. (SM)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED415181.
Availability: AACTE Publications, One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 610, Washington, DC 20036-1186 ($12 for AACTE members, $15 for nonmembers).
Physical Description:101 p.
Audience:Administrators.
Practitioners.
ISBN:9780893331603 :
0893331600 :