The School of Information is heading for California! iConference 2015 is held this year in Newport Beach, California from March 24-27. Hosted by University of California, Irvine, faculty and students from the School of Information will be representing Florida State at the conference. Since 2005, the conference has provided forums where professionals, researchers and teachers …
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Florida Book Awards honor FSU Professors
The results are in and two Florida State professors have been recognized by the Florida Book Awards. The Florida Book Awards (FBA) have been around since 2006, when Dr. Wayne Weigand, Professor Emeritus and F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, co-organized the awards. The Florida Book Awards were created to recognize and celebrate Florida’s best books and …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Michelle Kazmer
20 Questions with Michelle Kazmer What was your first job? I worked in the Pool & Tennis Center for Greater Washington Area Parks and Recreation in Washington, Pennsylvania. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? “Not THAT way!” Where did you grow up? I spent the first 18 years …
CONTINUE READINGSTARS Chapter Members Present at National Conference
STARS Alliance students attended the three-day STARS 2012 National Celebration. Prof. Ebe Randeree was also presented with the “Advisor of the Year Award” at the event.
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Alumni Ryan Cohen at National Library of Medicine
Congratulations to Ryan Cohen (FSU MLIS 2012), who started his new job as a reference and public services librarian at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Koontz Receives IMLS National Leadership Grant
Dr. Christie Koontz received a National Leadership Grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for her proposal to help public libraries better target and serve their diverse populations.
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Joy Koo Receives Elfreda Chatman Research Award at ASIS&T 2012
FSU SLIS doctoral student Joung Hwa “Joy” Koo received the Elfreda Chatman Research Award at the SIG USE Symposium at the 75th ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
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ALA Student Chapter is “Chapter of the Year”
SLIS representatives receive prestigious ALA Student Chapter of the Year award for excellence and innovation in chapter activites, especially in the use of social media.
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SLIS students recently attended the 20th anniversary celebration of the “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” at the Florida State Capitol, with more than 200 students and 20 organizations attending.
CONTINUE READINGNew Information Technology Master’s Program
The School for Library & Information Studies is pleased to announce the beginning of a new Master of Science in Information Technology program, available completely online.
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