Winners of the CCI Doctoral Poster Session, held on Oct. 3 from 12-1:00 in the Goldstein Library, were announced today. Students from each of the three schools comprising the College of Communication & Information competed to convey the research significance of their projects to a wide audience through their posters and oral presentations. The winning …
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CCI Doctoral Poster Session winners announced
Stvilia/doc students publish journal article on authority control for scientific data
A research article co-authored by SLIS doctoral students Shuheng Wu and Dong Joon Lee, and associate professor Besiki Stvilia was published in the Journal of Library Metadata (Volume 12, Issue 2-3, pages 61-82, September 2012). The article, titled “Authority control for scientific data: The case of molecular biology” explores authority control practices and issues in …
CONTINUE READINGRodriquez-Mori to speak on libraries and Hispanic marketing at Mexican conference in October
Dr. Howard Rodriguez-Mori, assistant professor at School of Library & Information Studies, College of Communication & Information, The Florida State University, will be the closing plenary session of the IX Trejo Foster Foundation Institute in Chihuahua, Mexico, Oct. 5, 2012. His paper is titled “What can libraries learn from Hispanic Marketing? An interdisciplinary analysis.” The …
CONTINUE READINGKoontz receives IMLS National Leadership Grant to serve diverse library populations
Dr. Christie Koontz of the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University received a National Leadership Grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for her proposal to help public libraries better target and serve their diverse populations. Koontz and co-principal investigator Dean K. Jue of FSU’s Florida …
CONTINUE READINGFSU's top librarian to speak at BPM Gamma Chapter annual meeting, Oct. 26
A vote on proposed changes to Gamma Chapter’s bylaws and a presentation by Julia Zimmerman, Dean of University Libraries at The Florida State University, will be among the highlights of Beta Phi Mu Gamma Chapter’s 55th Annual Meeting and Evening of Events on Friday, Oct. 26. Founded in 1957, Gamma Chapter at FSU’s School of …
CONTINUE READINGBelieve it or not: Alumna Suzanne Smagala and the changing world of the MLIS graduate
by Erin Groth (SLIS master’s student and graduate assistant) FSU-SLIS graduates continue to redefine what can be done with a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies. Believe it or not, alumna Suzanne Smagala used her MLIS and her internship experience at FSU to become a digital media analyst for Ripley’s Entertainment, Inc. in Orlando. …
CONTINUE READINGMardis JASIST article analyzes NSF merit review criteria
A research article co-authored by Dr. Marcia Mardis, associate professor at the FSU School of Library & Information Studies, was published in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (Volume 63, Issue 9, pages 1758-1772, September 2012). Here is the abstract from the article, titled “Toward broader impacts: Making sense of …
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