Suncoast Information Specialists Call for Applications: Scholarships to Attend 2012 FLA Conference, April 18-20. Application deadline: February 1, 2012 Announcement of winners: February 10, 2012 Suncoast Information Specialists is accepting applications for two student and one librarian/staff scholarship to attend the 2012 Florida Library Association Conference at Wyndham Resort, Orlando, Florida. The maximum amount of …
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Scholarships available to attend 2012 FLA Conference; applications due Feb. 1
SLIS grad published in national teen manual
SLIS alumna Jennifer Parsick (’08) has been published in the Collaborative Summer Library Program manual for teens. Forty-nine out of 50 U.S. states, as well as some American territories, use the manual to create their summer reading programs. “When I received my copy of the manual this morning,” Jennifer said, “I opened it and found …
CONTINUE READINGWiegand 'gathers no moss'
In their July 2011 article in The Library Quarterly, “Wayne A. Wiegand and the Library: A Passionate Engagement,” co-authors Arthur P. Young and John C. Bertot accurately anticipated that retirement would not be “a retiring activity for Wayne…” Earlier this year, the Florida State University F. William Summers Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Studies …
CONTINUE READINGVisit with FSU-SLIS at AASL Conference, Minneapolis, Oct. 27-30
Are you going to the American Association of School Librarians 15th National Conference & Exhibition in Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 27-30, 2011? Our own Dr. Linda Swaine is attending and is available at the FSU School of Library & Information Studies booth #1209 in the Exhibit Hall. Other faculty members attending are Drs. Nancy Everhart, Marcia …
CONTINUE READINGPALM Center hosts Dr. Dianne Oberg colloquium "What makes a quality online library education program?," Nov. 2
Dr. Dianne Oberg, professor at the University of Alberta, Canada, presents a research colloquium, “What makes a quality online library education program?,” on Nov. 2, 2011, 12:30–1:30 p.m., Room 206, Louis Shores Building. Lunch will be provided. Hosted by the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library) of the School of Library & Information Studies at The …
CONTINUE READINGBeta Phi Mu events set for Nov. 18
The Gamma Chapter of Beta Phi Mu is holding its 54th Annual Meeting and Evening of Events on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, during FSU Homecoming Weekend. All Beta Phi Mu members—as well as alumni, faculty, and friends of the School of Library & Information Studies—are invited. Among those expected to be in attendance is retired …
CONTINUE READINGMLIS student wins Hope Award for Best Blog
Katherine (Katie) Schaber, current MLIS online student from Orlando, received the Hope Award for Best Blog from the National Infertility Association. From their website: from if to when was voted Best Blog for raising awareness about what life is like when you’re faced with infertility. In her winning blog, Katie Schaber addresses the misconception that …
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