Meet Elizabeth Uchimura, a double Masters student in Musicology and Information. Her two majors collide at work where she serves as the Assistant Music Cataloger at FSU’s Allen Music Library. Uchimura was recently appointed to a Citizen Service Organization called “Friends of the State Library & Archives” which was reactivated by the State Library. “It …
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MSI Student Appointed to Citizen Service Organization
iSchool Alumna Accepts New Position
Over the summer, iSchool alumna Beth Jones made the move from Milledgeville, GA to Swainsboro to begin her new position as the Library Director for East Georgia State College. She was previously the Reference and Instruction Librarian for Georgia Military College. For Jones, there seems to be no typical day in the office. The best …
CONTINUE READINGDiving into Detective Fiction: Professor Speaks at Agatha Christie Conference
Earlier this month, iSchool Professor and Associate Dean Michelle Kazmer spent two days at the Agatha Christie: Investigating the Queen of Crime conference at Solent University in Southampton, UK. Agatha Christie (1890-1976), was an English author known for her famous murder mystery novels. Recently, Christie’s work has become legitimized as a major influence of twentieth …
CONTINUE READINGFacebook: Friend or Foe? Comm Faculty Publish Research
Professors and graduate students in CCI’s School of Communication recently published a paper researching the positive effects of Facebook. The paper, titled Self-transcendent emotions and social media: Exploring the content and consumers of inspirational Facebook posts, consisted of two different studies. “Results from the quantitative content analysis in Study 1 show that inspirational Facebook posts …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professor Presents Health Informatics Research at MEDINFO 2019
Over the summer, Dr. Zhe He of the iSchool had four papers, four posters, and 1 panel accepted to MEDINFO 2019, the world’s largest conference in medical informatics. These presentations centered around Dr. He’s eHealth Lab. He explains the research as: “The research in the eHealth Lab is centered around a core question: ‘How can we find ways to improve …
CONTINUE READINGFrom On-Air to Online: Digital Producer Krista Witiak Introduces New Wave of News Media
“No one really knows where local news is going to be in 5-10 years,” says Krista Witiak, a recent graduate of the School of Communication. She currently works as a digital reporter and producer for FOX21 in Colorado Springs. Her day-to-day job includes finding stories to report, setting up interviews, filming b-roll, editing film packages, …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumna Sheds Light on Instructional Design
When most people think of rehabilitation, their first thoughts may include the words “physical” or “occupational,” but certainly not “vocational.” For iSchool alumna Lea Ann Gates (M.S. ’07 Information Studies) vocational rehabilitation plays a huge part in her job. Vocational rehabilitation is the process of helping people with disabilities find and maintain employment. “This is …
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