Drs. Paul F. Marty, Michelle M. Kazmer, and Corinne Jörgensen of the School of Library & Information Studies, College of Communication and Information, Florida State University will be co-editing a special issue of Library Trends titled “Involving Users in the Co-Construction of Digital Knowledge in Libraries, Archives, and Museums” along with Katherine Burton Jones (Harvard Divinity …
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SLIS professors to edit Library Trends issue
Koontz chairs Athens IFLA conference
Dr. Christie Koontz (School of Library and Information Studies, College of Communication & Information) chaired a pre-conference for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in Athens, Greece, August 19-21. The event, hosted by the IFLA’s Management and Marketing Section, its Management of Library Associations Section, and the Greek Ministry of National Education …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS reception at FAME Conference, Oct. 1
The School of Library & Information Studies at the Florida State University College of Communication and Information Cordially invites our students, alumni, and friends to a reception during the 2009 annual Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) Conference Join us on Thursday, Oct. 1 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. Vinroy Room, Marriott World Center in Orlando …
CONTINUE READINGTwo SLIS Masters students to be published in journal
Two School of Library and Information Studies Masters’ students, Amy Coughenour and Barbara Hughey, will be published in a forthcoming “student papers” issue of Documents to the People (DttP), the journal of the American Library Association’s Government Documents Roundtable. The students wrote their papers in Dr. Lorri Mon’s LIS 5661 Government Information class in Spring …
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FSU International Programs and The FSU School of Library & Information Studies are accepting applications for A FLORENCE INTERNSHIP, academic year 2010-2011 and Two LONDON INTERNSHIPS, January-June 2010 These internships offer students the opportunity to earn credits while getting to know the culture, customs, and history of another country. The FSU FLORENCE LIBRARY INTERNSHIP One …
CONTINUE READINGCCI merges school development/advancement programs
The Florida State University’s newly merged College of Communication & Information Leadership Board meets to merge development & advancement programs On July 17, 2009, Dr. Lawrence Dennis, dean of the newly merged departments of Communication, Communication Science & Disorders, and Information met with notable alumni and friends from all over the country in this inaugural …
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Doctoral student Plato L. Smith II recently received an 2009 Outstanding Paper Award from the Emerald Literati Network for his journal article, “Where IR you? Using ‘open access’ to extend the reach and richness of faculty research within a university.” The purpose of the paper was to clarify relationships between researchers, digital librarians, and catalogers …
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