Join a Goldstein Staff member on Elluminate to hear about YOUR Library’s services and capabilities, and ask questions .

Goldstein Library is YOUR library if you are in SLIS (we’re Your Library if you are in CCI, but we are using  SLIS students as “test subjects” for these new sessions).  So just to reiterate the information in the New Student Orientation and learn a few new things…..join us at 1 or more of the following sessions.  Learn what Goldstein can do for you, what resources we offer and how we can help you whether you are a local or distance student.

The Goldstein Elluminate room is: http://tinyurl.com/27xqoq9   The sessions are scheduled for:

Sat May 19th– Joey Strickland 1:30p.m.
Monday  May 21st–Pam Doffek 8 p.m.
Tuesday May 22nd–Kristen Gurciullo 2 p.m.
Wed  May 23rd– Ben Early  6 p.m.

Florida State’s SLIS is one of the least expensive and highly ranked Library and Information Studies’ masters’ programs in the US (there are 63 accredited by ALA.) We offer a fully online 36 hour program which is designed to reap graduates professional benefits and job opportunities in all sectors–(not just often thought of and favored library-settings.) If you would like to hear more and can not leave your ‘desk’–then join us online any of the three following dates and times. Still can not make it? Contact Dr. Christie Koontz who will meet you online as possible ckoontz@fsu.edu.

• Friday, May 18, 2012, 2-4pm
• Friday, June 15, 2012, 10am-12noon

Elluminate room link: PARTICIPANT LINK
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.720146F7413F9DF4DC26CE4A2F6980&sid=9452

Going to ALA? Check FSU libIT and the website for news of SLIS!! NMRT will award FSU ALA Student Chapter – Best in the Nation on Sunday 24, 6:30 – 7:30 PM HYATT-Royal Ballroom B; ALISE all LIS School Reunion will be held 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm in the Disneyland Hotel, Magic Kingdom Ballroom same night. How will we do it? Catch a cab with Dr. K and Mafe Brooks from Hyatt to Disneyland hotel.  Anaheim here we come–June 21-26. Dean Larry Dennis and Director Jorgensen will be attending also–let us know if you are, and what you are doing!!  Email ckoontz@fsu.edu

FSU-SLIS alumnus Jim Morris (MS ’89) was named as the Florida Library Association’s 2012 Librarian of the Year at an awards ceremony held during their annual conference on April 20. Morris, who is Executive Director of Library and Community Services at Florida Gateway College (FGC) in Lake City, has been highly active in academic librarianship in Florida.

As reported in the Lake City Journal, “He was nominated in-part for his efforts and leadership as part of the Task Force on the Future of Academic Libraries in Florida for the past two years. The goal of the group was to establish a joint library organization to meet the needs of libraries in both the Florida College System and State University System.”

“Morris has also served as the chair of the College Center for Library Automation’s Advisory Board and Executive Committee, and past chair for NEFLIN (Northeast Florida Librarian Information Network).”

“He was also nominated for his work in the design and [recent] opening of the new Wilson S. Rivers Library and Media Center at Florida Gateway College.”

Corinne Jörgensen, Director of the FSU School of Library & Information Studies, said, “We are tremendously proud of Jim and his contributions to librarianship and leadership in the profession in the State of Florida.”

The FLA Librarian of the Year Award “is presented in recognition of outstanding and ongoing contributions to Florida librarianship through participation in professional associations, exhibition of exemplary leadership skills, commitment to free access to information for all Floridians, promotion of reading and the increased usage of library materials, and evidence of creativity and/or innovation in providing services, resources and programs,” FLA website.

Weds April 18

8:00 – 8:45 A.M.  New Member & First-Time Conference Attendee Orientation – Gloria Colvin, Christie Koontz, Tangerine A

1:00 – 2:00  Student Mixer Azalea Room A – Christie Koontz, ALA Student Chapter, Natasha Fortune FLA minority scholarship winner, and USF reps

2:15 – 3:30 P.M. Engaging Students in Information Literacy: The First Year and Beyond – Portia McQueen, Tangerine A
3:45 – 4:45 P.M. Opening up Open Access: Open Access is Not
Just an Academic Library Issue – Micah Vandegrift, Tangerine B

6:30 – 8 pm FSU Reception–Orange Room.  Join Director Corinne Jorgensen, Dean Larry Dennis, faculty, students and alums…

Thurs April 19

8:30 – 9:30 A.M.  Survey Says: Assessing the Value of Library  Sponsored Tutoring in Higher Education – Michelle Demeter & Rebecca Reibman,  Tangerine A
8:30 – 9:30 A.M. Organizing for Online Presentation – Christie Koontz and Michelle Kazmer, Magnolia
10:30-12pm & 1-2pm  Ethnographic Assessment Techniques: A Mini Workshop, Part One & Two
Rachel Besara, Rebecca Bichel & Kirsten Kinsley. Tangerine A

1-2 pm The Future of Library Technical Services:  Moving into the 21st  Century  – Annie Glerum, Michael Luesebrink, Amy Weiss, & Ruth Ziegler,

4-5pm Practical Strategies for Developing Broadband Services in Libraries – Lauren Mandel, Magnolia
Florida Book Awards banquet and panel discussion are Thursday night – Wayne Wiegand!
Friday April 20

Fri Apr 20 10:15 – 11:15 A.M.  Assessment across Library Types  -  Rachel Besara,  Kirsten
Kinsley – Oleander B