SLIS alumna Alice Platt (’09) has been appointed as the new editor of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Newsletter Online. The ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association. The three-year appointment begins on July 1, 2011. Alice is currently the digital initiatives librarian at Southern New Hampshire University. Prior …
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Alumna Platt appointed editor of ALA division newsletter
RSVP for SLIS ALA Reception Friday, June 24
RSVP. Please take a minute to click on this link and complete the RSVP for the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University “SLIS-FSU Reception for Students, Alums and Friends” on Friday, June 24, 2011, during the American Library Association conference in New Orleans. The event is being held at from …
CONTINUE READINGLatham & Gross present at Canadian information science conference
Dr. Don Latham and Dr. Melissa Gross presented Enhancing skills, effecting change: Evaluating an intervention for students with below-proficient information literacy skills at the 39th Annual Canadian Association for Information Science Conference, June 2–4, 2011. Their presentation abstract was ranked in the top six submitted to the conference, whose theme was “Exploring Interactions of People, …
CONTINUE READINGAlumnus Hirsch won the ALA 2011 Sullivan Award
Earlier this year, the American Library Association awarded SLIS alumnus Sol M. Hirsch the 2011 Peggy Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children. Hirsch was our School’s 2008 Distinguished Alumnus. Text from the ALA press release announcing the award follows: CHICAGO – The American Library Association is pleased to announce the 2011 …
CONTINUE READINGMon to speak at British iSchool virtual celebration
Dr. Lorri Mon, assistant professor at SLIS, will be presenting “Libraries and social media” online at a Second Life launch day celebration of the Information School of the University of Sheffield, UK, on June 13 at 2:15 p.m. EST. Mon’s presentation will be part of a full program of events in the virtual world of …
CONTINUE READINGAdams signs CCI agreement with Thai university
Dr. Jonathan Adams, associate professor at the School of Communication, travelled to the Mukdahan Thailand, to visit the campus of Ubon Ratichani University in May and secure a signed cooperative agreement between the College of Communication & Information (CCI) and Ubon’s Department of International Affairs. A signing ceremony took place on May 20. The agreement is a …
CONTINUE READINGDoc student Yong Jeong Yi awarded 2011 BPM Garfield Fellowship
FSU-SLIS doctoral candidate Yong Jeong Yi has been awarded a 2011 Beta Phi Mu Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in the amount of $3,000. Up to six Garfield Fellowships are awarded each year to library and information studies doctoral students who are working on their dissertations. Requirements include: Meeting LIS program requirements for advancement to …
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