TALLAHASSEE—As Alachua County’s library director, Sol M. Hirsch earned a reputation for improving library services and community involvement. After his 2011 retirement from the library system, Hirsch turned his attention to establishing a legacy at his alma mater in memory of his parents, who were both Nazi concentration camp survivors and lost their entire families …
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News about (and for) the alumni of the schools comprising the FSU College of Communication & Information
Alumnus Hirsch creates SLIS endowment for Holocaust research
COMM alumna’s company produces Academy Award-nominated film
War Witch, produced by FSU Communications alumna, Marie-Claude Poulin, was nominated for a 2013 Academy Award in the best Foreign Language Film category. Poulin received her B.A. in Advertising in 1985 from the FSU School of Communication. She has worked in the film industry for over 20 years. Her past positions include serving as the …
CONTINUE READINGAlumnus Hirsh elected to Association of Law Libraries executive board
FSU-SLIS alumnus Kenneth J. Hirsh (MSLIS ’89) has been elected to the executive board of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). He is director of the law library and information technology and professor of practice at the College of Law, University of Cincinnati. Hirsh has a history of leadership with both the AALL and …
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Two members of the FSU-SLIS family were recently elected to the board of directors of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). FSU-SLIS associate professor Don Latham, who earned his doctorate at FSU-SLIS, will serve as director for special interest groups and FSU-SLIS doctoral program alumna Laurie Bonnici, now an assistant professor at …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Hosts Fall Career Fair on 10/8
CCI is holding itss FALL Career Day on Monday 10/8 from 1-3:30pm in the Alumni Center (FSU Alumni Association | 1030 West Tennessee Street | Tallahassee, FL 32304-771) There is limited parking available at the Alumni Center. A shuttle will run every 20 minutes between the Alumni Center, UCC, and Shores Bldg/Landis Entrance starting at 12:30 and going …
CONTINUE READINGComm alumnus’ book explores ‘Facebook Democracy’
FSU School of Communication alumnus José Marichal (’91), an associate professor of political science at California Lutheran University (CLU), is the author of a new book, “Facebook Democracy: The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life.” Using an ethnographic analysis of 250 Facebook political groups, Marichal explores the impact of Facebook on citizens …
CONTINUE READINGRecent Alumni Publications
Check out our recent Alumni Publications Wayne A. Wiegand, Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 by Wayne A. Wiegand Review by: Paul T. Jaeger The Library Quarterly October 2012, Vol. 82, No. 4: …
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