CI Alumni Candidates for FLA Board

Five College of Information alumni are candidates for the Executive Board of the Florida Library Association (FLA): Name, CI Degree & Year, Office of Candidacy: 1. Charles Parker, MLS 1977, President 2. Carol Russo, MLS 1999, Treasurer 3. John Van Berkel, MLS 1972, Treasurer 4. Faye C. Roberts, MLS 1991, Director 5. Maria T. Chavez-Hernandez, …

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Mary Jo Lynch Award for LIS Students Available

Purpose: To encourage library school student statistical research using public library data collected at the state and national level. Sponsors: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), American Library Association (ALA), Public Library Association (PLA), Federal-State Cooperative System (FSCS) for public library data collection. Eligibility: Any student working …

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Subramaniam Selected by Computer Research Association

Doctoral candidate Mega M Subramaniam was recently selected by the Computer Research Association (CRA) for funding to attend their Academic Careers Workshop in Washington, DC on February 27-28. The workshop is one of a series for new faculty and advanced graduate students in computer science, computer engineering, computational science, and other computing-related disciplines. The workshop …

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Jaeger wins ALISE Doctoral Poster Competition

Paul T. Jaeger was awarded the Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Award in recognition of winning the Doctoral Student Research Poster Competition at the 2006 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) conference on January 17. Jaeger is a doctoral candidate at FSU’s College of Information and the Manager for Research Development at FSU’s Information Use Management …

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ALA Conference Award Available

The Federal Librarians Adelaide Del Frate Conference Sponsorship Award is: For students who are currently enrolled in any ALA-accredited library school who: do not already have an ALA accredited degree, have expressed an interest in some aspect of Federal librarianship, and are either full or part-time students at the time of application. From the Federal …

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