McKnight Doctoral Fellowships Due January 15!

McKnight Doctoral Fellowships Due January 15! The McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program is designed to increase the pool of African American and Hispanic candidates qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university levels. Important Criteria: Up to 50 Fellows entering eligible Florida doctoral programs are selected to receive awards. Applicants are encouraged to …

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Learn about International Internships, March 14

International Internship Information Session Wednesday, March 14 4:00-5:30 p.m. (EST) Shores, Room 206 What: Informational session for anyone interested in studying overseas. Distance learners. Send your questions to Dr. Maria Chavez-Hernandez (chavez@ci.fsu.edu) prior to the session and they will be presented. The session will be videotaped and made available via the CI website. Session sponsored …

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Jordon Andrade Receives ARL Diversity Scholars Award

Jordon Andrade, Research Associate at Information Institute, Wins Association of Research Libraries Diversity Scholars Award Jordon Andrade became one of twenty-two scholars to receive the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Diversity Scholars Award. As part of the 2007-2009 ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce, the scholarship program provides a stipend of $10,000 over the …

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Joint ALA Information Institute Policy Tool Announced

On April 25, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the debut of a statistical tool for library advocates, the result of a partnership between the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy and the Information Institute at the FSU College of Information. The State Statistics Module is “an interactive website containing information about broadband connectivity in …

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Institute paper receives 'Highly Commended Award'

A 2006 paper published by John Carlo Bertot, John T. Snead, Paul T. Jaeger, and Charles R. McClure at the FSU College of Information’s Information Use Management and Policy Institute has received a “Highly Commended Award” as part of Emerald’s 2007 Literati Network Awards for Excellence. The recognition came for the paper “Functionality, usability, and …

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Institute/McClure in Library Journal Article

The FSU College of Information’s Information Institute and its director, Charles McClure, were featured in a Feb. 20 article at LibraryJournal.com entitled “E-Government and Libraries: Could New Law Be on the Horizon.” Dr. McClure discussed the current state of talks about government funding for proposed national e-Government Information and Service Centers (EGISC) in public libraries. …

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