SLIS doctoral student Lauren Mandel has won the 2011 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)/Norman Horrocks Leadership Award. This award recognizes a new ALISE member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in professional ALISE activities. ALISE is a non-profit organization that serves university faculty of graduate programs in library and information science in …
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SLIS doc student wins 2011 ALISE leadership award
SLIS alumna Nicole Stroud selected for ALA program
SLIS alumna Nicole Stroud (MLIS, 2010) was one of 35 “early career” librarians selected from a pool of over 100 applicants to serve as a field recruiter in the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity’s Discovering Librarianship Program. The program is funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Service (IMLS) and enlists early …
CONTINUE READINGTwo SLIS students selected for iConference 2011 Doctoral Student Colloquium
SLIS doctoral students Junga Lee and Melissa Johnston have been chosen to present research posters in Seattle this coming February at the iConference 2011 Doctoral Student Colloquium. In a highly competitive review process, theirs were two of 20 research proposals selected from a field of 89. A grant from the National Science Foundation provides participants …
CONTINUE READING2 SLIS alumni win 2010 Carnegie/NY Times "I Love My Librarian" Award
On Dec. 8, 2010, two graduates of the master’s program at the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University were among ten winners of the 2010 “I Love My Librarian” Awards. Alumni Paul Clark and Jeff Dowdy were chosen from more than 2,000 nominations throughout the nation. The award, administered by …
CONTINUE READINGUSA Today article references SLIS alumnus Sol Hirsch
SLIS alumnus Sol Hirsch (MLIS, 1972) was quoted in a recent USA Today article, “Libraries welcome homeless to community ‘living rooms’. ” Hirsch is the director of Alachua County Library District and was honored as the School’s 2008 Distinguished Alumnus. The USA Today article discusses how libraries are working to increase their services for homeless …
CONTINUE READINGGross elected ALISE Vice President/ President-Elect
Dr. Melissa Gross of The Florida State University will be the next president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), an organization that serves as the intellectual home of faculty in library and information science graduate programs throughout North America. Gross’ election as ALISE Vice President/President-Elect, seems a natural progression for the …
CONTINUE READINGKoo wins FSU Dissertation Research Grant
Doctoral student “Joy” Joung Hwa Koo of the School of Library & Information Studies has been awarded a 2010-2011 Dissertation Research Grant from the Graduate School of The Florida State University. She was selected by a committee of representatives from FSU schools and colleges that offer doctoral degrees. The grants are funded by the FSU …
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