During January, College of Information faculty member John Gathegi (Associate Professor) was unanimously elected as Chair of the Information Policy Special Interest Group (SIG-IFP) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). He was also appointed to the editorial board of the international online journal, “Open Government: A Journal on Freedom of Information.” …
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Gathegi Garners Appointments
January 2005: Wiegand in Print
College of Information faculty member Wayne Wiegand (F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies and professor of American Studies) published an article entitled “Critiquing the Curriculum” in the library education section of the January 2005 issue of American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association. The Chronicle of Higher Education discussed the …
CONTINUE READINGGrad Student Selected to Attend June ALA Conference
College of Information graduate student Nancy Armour Enterline has been selected to attend the 2005 Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA) in Chicago this June under its Student-to-Staff Program. Through this program, students receive free conference registration, housing, and a per diem for meal expenses in exchange for working four hours per day …
CONTINUE READINGFSU College of Information Hosts Beta Phi Mu Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Carl Kaestle of Brown University will deliver the Beta Phi Mu Distinguished Lecture “Readers, Authors, and Publishers in 1880: Reflections on the New History of Print Culture” on February 11, 2005. The lecture is funded by a grant from Beta Phi Mu to its FSU Gamma Chapter, and is hosted in partnership with the …
CONTINUE READINGResearch Panel Discussion: The Information Technology Workforce
Kathy Burnett, Associate Professor (College of Information), and Mega Subramaniam, doctoral student (College of Information), present a Research Panel Discussion entitled “The Information Technology Workforce” on Friday, Feb. 4 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in Room 214 of the Louis Shores Building. The Fall 2005 semester research colloquia are taking the form of Research …
CONTINUE READINGNancy at FETC in Orlando, Jan. 26-28
Faculty member Nancy Everhart will be at the School of Information Studies’ booth at the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) from Wednesday, Jan. 26 through Friday, January 28. Held at the Orange County Convention Center’s North-South Complex, the conference provides a wonderful opportunity for our current students, alumni and prospective students to meet with faculty …
CONTINUE READINGWe are now the College of Information!
On Jan. 14, the Board of Trustees of the Florida State University approved the change of our name from the School of Information Studies to the College of Information. The name change reflects the continual expansion of scope in our field, as it extends from traditional research areas of information studies to areas created by …
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