Alumnus published in MultiCultural Review

Congratulations to School of Library and Information Studies alumnus Ricardo Antoni (MSLIS, 2007). His article “Computadoras al Alcance de Todos: Bridging the Latino Digital Divide with Computer Literacy Programs in Spanish at the Library” was published in the Summer 2009 issue of Multicultural Review. It appears in the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Services Roundtable Bulletin …

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Grad student wins library association scholarship

Congratulations to School of Library & Information Studies graduate student Nicole Stroud, who won the 2009 Palm Beach County Library Association scholarship this summer. The annual $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a student enrolled in the graduate study in librarianship at an ALA accredited school of library or information science. Nicole won the scholarship for …

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Wiegand named as Rollins College visiting scholar

Wayne A. Wiegand, F. William Summers Professor at The Florida State University School of Library and Information Studies, has been named as a “Visiting Scholar-in-Residence” at the Winter Park Institute of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida for the 2009-2010 academic year. In that capacity, he will teach a course about the history of book censorship in the United …

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Alumnus book on history of FL black school bands

Dale A. Thomas (MSLIS ’07) published A Band in Every School: Portraits of Historically Black School Bands in Florida. The book is a historical account of the role played during the days of segregation by the Florida Association of Band Directors in improving the quality of instrumental music education in Florida’s historically black schools. Although …

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Research Colloquium: Rodriguez-Mori, Aug. 6

The School of Library & Information Studies hosts  Dr. Howard Rodriguez-Mori, Assistant Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College  Presenting a research colloquium “The Information Behavior of Puerto Rican Migrants in Central Florida, 2003-2009: Grounded Analysis of Six Case Studies — Use of Social Networks During the Migration Process” Thursday, August …

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Mardis on WCTV, WTLX news

Dr. Marcia Mardis (center) discusses school library resources with Stephanie Salvatore and Lauren Searcy of WCTV. Dr. Marcia Mardis, assistant professor at the School of Library & Information Studies, appeared on local television evening news reports, Friday, July 24, 2009, on WCTV and WTLX. The features highlighted the recent grant received by Mardis to investigate the …

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SLIS emeritus Trezza dies

Professor-emeritus Alphonse F. Trezza, noted leader, educator and author, passed away July 15 in Tallahassee.   Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 20, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 624 Miccosukee Road. Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Philadelphia.   Professor  Trezza, who taught at The Florida State University’s School of …

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