F. Williams Summers Professor Wayne Wiegand received a mention and was quoted in the Tallahassee Democrat’s Tallahassee.com site on March 14, 2010. The article was about the upcoming Tallahassee book festival and writers conference: Following the social, a public panel discussion on “The Power of Books to Shape American Life” will feature FSU library and information studies …
CONTINUE READINGCategory: CCI in the News
Mainstream media stories about CCI faculty, staff, students and programs, usually published as a result of a CCI press release.
Wiegand/book festival in Democrat
Everhart Named in FSU Research Annual Report
Dr. Nancy Everhart, associate professor in the School of Library & Information Studies at the College of Communication & Information, was listed under “Selected Faculty Honors” in the 2009-2010 Florida State University Office of Research Annual Report for being elected President of the American Library Association’s (ALA) American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Learn more …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna nominated for outstanding educator award
Andrea Sanchez, an alumna who is a Project LEAD Fellow, was recently nominated as a finalist for Pinellas County’s Outstanding Educator.
CONTINUE READINGSLIS doc student on primary sources in School Library Monthly
An article written by SLIS doctoral student Melissa Johnston entitled, “A Historical Partnership: Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Direct,” appeared in the December 2009 issue of School Library Monthly (Volume XXVI, Number 4). “The Library of Congress Educational Outreach Division, in October of 2008, asked seventeen practicing educators for input on how to teach other …
CONTINUE READINGHMC Research featured in Ad Age publication
The 2009 edition of Hispanic Fact Pack, Annual Guide to Hispanic Marketing and Media, featured two charts created from research by the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, an affiliate of the School of Communication. The Fact Pack, a supplement to Advertising Age magazine, explained that the “U.S. Hispanic market eked out 1.9% growth in 2008 …
CONTINUE READINGWiegand quoted in Library Journal
Dr. Wayne Wiegand of the School of Library and Information Studies was quoted in a Library Journal article called “The Dewey Dilemma,” about efforts to streamline and improve shelving systems. ————————————– The Dewey Dilemma By Barbara Fister Copyright Library Journal Not long ago, a mother blogged about her visit to a newly opened public library …
CONTINUE READINGHispanic Marketing Communication students lend perspective
Advertising Age columnist Rochelle Newman-Carrasco, in examining the changing perceptions of the Hispanic market and advertisers’ approach to it, recruited a group of students from the School of Communication’s Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication to give their opinions of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies’ conference. ————————————————————————————————- Experiencing a conference as if for the first …
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