20 Questions with Pam Doffek

 20 Questions with Pam Doffek What was your first job?  I was a checkout clerk at the A&P grocery store in Oconto, Wisconsin…would you like 4 loaves of bread for $1 with your order? If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it?  Either “Groundhog Day” or “I Go to Extremes” …

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The Dr. Martha Jane Zachert Endowed Scholarship

Elaine Crepeau, a two-time alumna of Florida State University, has enjoyed a lengthy and diverse career as a librarian. The beginning of her career started at Florida State, where she received her bachelor’s degree in 1972 and her master’s in library science a year later. It was at FSU that she met faculty member, Dr. Martha Jane …

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20 Questions with Melissa Gross

20 Questions with Melissa Gross   What was your first job?  When I was sixteen I worked for Carte Blanche (a credit card company that no longer exists). If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it?  My Life with Books. Where did you grow up?  Los Angeles, CA What is …

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iSchool Alumna Jennifer Underhill leads Florida High’s library

Mix a Bachelor’s in English, a Master’s in Public Administration and a Master’s in Information Studies – School Media and what do you get? The recipe for a fantastic librarian, like iSchool alumna Jennifer Underhill, the School Librarian at Florida State University Schools – the Developmental Research School at Florida State University. Since 2007, Underhill …

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Librarian Lauren Gibaldi-Mathur publishes YA novel

Lauren Gibaldi Mathur has worn quite a few hats since she first graduated from Florida State University in 2005. Ten years later, Lauren is a FSU MLIS graduate, librarian, mom and a soon-to-be published author with HarperCollins. The Orlando-based writer is the Branch Librarian at the Orange County Library System’s Alafaya branch. On lunch breaks, …

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MLIS Grad named State Librarian of New Mexico State Library

Starting in June, School of Information graduate Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer will be the newest leader of the New Mexico State Library. A few years ago, CCI wrote about Kathleen when she was selected as the VP/President Elect of the Association of Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies, which is the destination for ALA members to find information and …

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Health Informatics Certificate opens doors in the UK

This past May, Christina Hecht walked across the stage at a graduation ceremony at Florida State. Armed with a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Christina was ready to take on the world. In the end, it would be her minor in Information Technology and her certificate in Health Informatics that took her across the sea to the …

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Find the iSchool at iConference 2015

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 …

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20 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 …

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