Florida Library Association New Possibilities and Partnerships

May 1 -3

Hilton Orlando

6001 Destination Parkway

Orlando, FL 32819

407-313-4300

www.flalib.org

Exhibits Open FSU Booth #411:  Wednesday 4:30 – 6 pm; Thursday 8 – 4 pm

Staffed by ALA Student Chapter and Dr. K, Pam Doffek, Dr. Linda Swaine

• Wednesday, May 1, Opening Ceremony, 9:30 – 11:15am , Laura Browning, FSU SLIS MLIS student recipient of FLA Scholarship!
• Wednesday, May 1, 1:00 -2:00 PM, Student Mixer, Sand Lake Room (FSU and USF)
• Wednesday, May 1, 11:30-12:30. What Do Library Directors Expect (Dr. Koontz on panel)
• Wednesday, May 1, FSU Reception for Friends, Alums and Students, 6:30 – 8 (Lake Nona Room)
• Wednesday, May 1st, 4:30-5:30 pm  -  Poster Session: Let’s put your library on the iMap!:  Howard Mori-Rodriguez
• Thursday, May 2nd, 1:00-2:00 pm – Multicultural Marketing Strategies for Vibrant Libraries of the Future: Howard Mori-Rodriguez
• Thursday, May 2,  2:15- 3:15 p.m. Lake Concord Room,  We Didn’t Have $14 Million to Renovate: Innovative Space and Furniture Initiatives Pamala Doffek, Goldstein Library,
• Thursday, May 2nd, 4:00-5:00 pm – Online Collaboration in a Statewide Database of Library Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking in Florida:  Howard Mori Rodriguez
• Friday, May 3, 8 – 10 am – Florida Cyber-Zone – Tech presentation from iMap Team including: Laura Spears and Dr. Mon; Laura Browning and Blake Robinson – tabling session about Google Scholar

Please let Dr. K ckoontz@fsu.edu know if you are presenting or any activity you are involved in at FLA—so we can broadcast this on the web and via FB!

4-1-2013 @ 2:00 – 4:00 and 4-5 @ 10:00 – 12:00.  

Online Master’s Recruitment for FSU and USF

Are you considering getting your Master’s in Library and Information Studies? If you are working in a library or an organization that requires the expertise of an information professional and wondering what it would take to get a Master’s Degree to become a Librarian, Information Professional or School Media Specialist (ranked #1 in nation) then this informative live online session is for you. The presenters will cover the degree programs at Florida State University and University of South Florida including admission requirements, distance learning options, costs and financial aid availability. Register to attend one of the four session dates and times available.

Virtual Trainers: Dr. Christie Koontz, Florida State University, and Maria Treadwell University of South Florida
PARTICIPANT LINK
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.720146F7413F9DF4DC26CE4A2F6980&sid=9452

Join Dr. Christie Koontz (ckoontz@fsu.edu) to hear about FSU SLIS 36 hour online master’s in LIS program.  Efficient, low cost and tailored to our students. Earn a degree from a high-brand school like FSU!  Thank you NEFLIN…this is our eighth year.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
10 am – 12 noon
Central Brevard Library and Reference Center
308 Forrest Ave.
Cocoa, FL 32922

2pm  – 5pm
Port Orange Regional Library, Volusia
1005 City Center Circle, Port Orange, FL
Thursday, February 14, 2013
2 – 4 pm, NEFLIN
2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402
Orange Park, FL 32073

Friday, February 15, 2013
10 am – 12 noon
Millhopper Library
Alachua County Library Dist rict
3145 NW 43rd Street
Gainesville, FL 32606

Join our faculty, staff, students and alumni at iConference 2013, Ft. Worth, Texas, Feb 12-15. The School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) at the Florida State University is one of the leaders and founding members of the international iSchools organization. Here’s where we’ll be at iConference:

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Brazos I, “Sociotechnical Systems Research: Defining, Converging, and Researching as a Community,” Session Chair: Shuyuan Mary Ho

1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Bur Oak, “Help iDigBio Reveal Hidden Data: iDigBio Augmenting OCR Working Group Needs You,” Session Chair: Deborah L Paul

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Pecos II, Papers: Social Media, “Citizens’ Use of Twitter in Political Information Sharing in South Korea,” Jisue Lee & Lorri Mon 

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., West Fork I, “Experiencing Science in Informal Learning Environments – Tales from the Field,” Mega Subramaniam, Nicole Alemanne, Michelle Kazmer, & Marcia Mardis

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Brazos I & II, Social Media Expo competition presentation: Jisue Lee, Laura Spears, Nathanial Ramos, Jr.

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Rio Grande Ballroom, Poster Session:

• Janet L Capps & Kathleen Burnett, “Project VIEWS2 – Phase 1: Innovation in Early Literacy”
• Jinxuan Ma & Don Latham, “Interacting with Health information for Self-care: A Pilot Study Exploring Undergraduates’ Health Information Literacy”
• Michelle M. Kazmer, Robert L. Glueckauf, Jinxuan Ma, Gabriel Schettini, Michelle Silva, “Information Behavior of Rural Dementia Caregivers Over the Course of Counseling Interventions”
• Lisandra R. Carmichael, Charles R. McClure, Lauren M. Mandel, Marcia Mardis, “Practical Approaches and Proposed Strategies for Measuring Selected Aspects of Community-Based Broadband Deployment and Use”
• Kathleen Burnett, Laurie J. Bonnici, “The Globalization of the iSchools Movement”
• Shuheng Wu,  “A Model for Assessing the Quality of Gene Ontology”
• Adam Worrall, “The Role of Digital Libraries as Boundary Objects Within & Across Communities”

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., West Fork I, “Learning Environments,” Adam Worrall

Friday, Feb. 15, 2013
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.,  Bur Oak, “Theory and the Social Nature of Information,” Adam Worrall, Nicole D. Alemanne

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Live Oak V, “Help iDigBio Reveal Hidden Data: iDigBio Augmenting OCR,” Deborah L Paul

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., West Fork II, “Connecting Government, Libraries, and Communities: Information Behavior Theory and Information Intermediaries in the Design of the LibEGov Tool,” Paul T. Jaeger

See you there!