The Thing That Made My Eyeballs Bleed Today

The actual definition of a visiting professor according to thefreedictionary.com

Noun.

Visiting professor – a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time.

Pratt SILS’s definition of a visiting professor

Visiting professor – any adjunct faculty member teaching a course at Pratt SILS, academic credentials not required.

Note – This is in no way a criticism of the many excellent adjunct faculty at Pratt SILS, rather a criticism of the SILS site and it’s incorrect content.

The Thing That Made My Eyeballs Bleed Today

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What do these photos on the Pratt SILS site say about our school?

Police Car with Hood Up: Welcome to the Neighborhood!

Students Crowded Around One Computer in Sad Common Area.

Yes, This is the Cyber Cafe We’ve Been Crowing About. No, Don’t Bother Bringing a Laptop Because You Will Have Nowhere Else to Use It.

Further Proof of Our Cutting Edge Technological Skills: We Can Use the Time Stamp Feature. Sort Of.

I don’t even want to get into the sad photos of our faculty because I don’t want anyone to think it is in any way a criticism of them. Seriously, we have some great faculty and they are represented in such a shoddy way. The faculty must cringe thinking about their friends and former colleagues googling them. I know I would.

The photos on and design of the faculty page send a message to current and potential students, as well as alumni and other library and information science schools — Pratt SILS doesn’t incorporate technology or design into its website or the curriculum.