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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McKnight Doctoral Fellowships Due January 15!
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 …
CONTINUE READINGJoint 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 …
CONTINUE READINGInstitute 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 …
CONTINUE READINGInstitute/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. …
CONTINUE READINGHealth Informatics Group completes first year
The FSU Health Informatics Users Group (HiUG) led by Ebrahim Randeree (Assistant Professor, College of Information) and Nadine Dexter (Head of Public Services, Maguire Medical Library) has completed its first year. The ad-hoc group meets monthly to discuss health/medical informatics issues and research, with the goal of creating an informatics curriculum and establishing an FSU …
CONTINUE READINGGrad student wins Georgia Bar Association award
While attending classes at FSU’s College of Information, graduate student Laureen Adams, J.D., has been working as a solo law librarian as the library manager of Dougherty County Law Library, Albany, Georgia. This past Friday, Laureen was awarded the William B. Spann Jr. Award by the Georgia Bar Association for her service to self-represented litigants. …
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