Everhart, Mardis & PALM research: SLJ cover story

The cover story of the May 1, 2010 issue of School Library Journal (SLJ) highlights the research of three institutes that are “poised to make the biggest difference” in school libraries, among them the PALM Center at Florida State University. Drs. Nancy Everhart and Marcia Mardis of the School of Library & Information Studies at …

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Wiegand receives Antiquarian grant

Dr. Wayne Wiegand, F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, received a “Grant-in-Aid” from the American Antiquarian Society to do research their collections for his current study, “This Hallowed Place: A People’s History of the American Public Library.”

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Wiegand in SIGNS

Dr. Wayne Wiegand, F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, co-authored an article published in the Spring 2010 issue of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. “By Invitation Only: The American Library Association and the Woman’s Library of the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, 1893” was written with Associate Professor Sarah Wadsworth …

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Comm students win Florida AP Broadcast Awards

Students from the School of Communication took two first-place awards and tied each other for a second-place award in the annual Florida Associated Press Broadcast Awards’ college division competition. More information…

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Korzenny addresses Hispanic/Latino Entrepreneur Summit

Dr. Felipe Korzenny, professor of Communication and director of the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication at The Florida State University, was one of the speakers at the 2010 Tallahassee Hispanic/Latino Proefessionals and Entrepreneurs Summit. Read more…

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Preventing falls in aging U.S. population topic of research

By Frank Stephenson Research in Review When it comes to preventing falls among the most fragile among us, the science is in. It’s a sobering, undeniable fact of life in America today—the country is falling down. Literally. No idle political punditry this — as a people, we Americans are older than we’ve ever been, and …

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