The Library of Congress has assembled a national panel of fourteen experts in an effort to create a new professional development curriculum for K-12 educators. Two FSU College of Information students have been chosen for this select groupdoctoral student Melissa Johnston and Project LEAD specialist student Janice Newsum. “This is a very prestigious appointment,” said …
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Two CI students to serve on Library of Congress panel
McClure book published by ALA
A book by Dr. Charles R. McClure, “Public Libraries and Internet Service Roles: Measuring and Maximizing Internet Services” co-authored by Dr. Paul T. Jaeger, was published by the American Library Association. Dr. McClure is Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies and director of the Information Institute at the Florida State University College of Information. The …
CONTINUE READINGCI Students Participate in Digital Harmony Rollout/Training
College of Information students spent Saturday (10/11) working with the 2nd annual “Digital Harmony” Project Rollout at R. Frank Nims Middle School. Students (Mike Falcon, Heather Franklin, Twanisha Gordon, Yaniv Levy, Emily Rosenthal, and Kirk Yoder) and Faculty (Ebe Randeree) assisted the school with processing and delivering computers to families. The CI Students also worked …
CONTINUE READINGIMLS Grant: Attaining Information Literacy
The College of Information at Florida State University, along with its partners, Chipola College, and Tallahassee Community College, has received a $415,673 research grant from the National Leadership Grant Program of the Institute of Library and Museum Services. Drs. Melissa Gross and Don Latham are the principal investigators for “Attaining Information Literacy: Understanding and Responding …
CONTINUE READINGColloquia: Library 2.0 Innovative Technologies in Libraries
Presented by: Lorri Mon
CONTINUE READINGIT Career Day: 10/10 @ 10 9/30/08
The College of Information will host “IT Career Day” on Oct. 10th from 10:00 am until noon at the Shores Building. The event is desighned to help students secure internships and employment with local IT companies, and is sponsered by the Association of IT Professionals (AITP) FSU Chapter IT Career Day will be hosted in …
CONTINUE READINGCI will conduct Recruitment Workshops in Orlando and Ft Myers! 9/24/08
Good morning! Terrific news! The Becoming a Librarian workshop that was cancelled due to Hurricane Ike has been re-scheduled! The new dates for these workshops are Monday September 29 at the Orlando Public Library Main building 1 – 3 pm , and also Tuesday, October 7, 2008, from 1:00 PM 3:00 PM at the Florida …
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