Alumnus to Receive ASCLA Professional Achievement Award

CI alumnus Tom W. Sloan (MLIS 1984), executive director of the Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN), is the 2006 recipient of the ASCLA Professional Achievement Award. The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) is a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award will be presented to Tom at the ASCLA …

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CI Alumni Candidates for FLA Board

Five College of Information alumni are candidates for the Executive Board of the Florida Library Association (FLA): Name, CI Degree & Year, Office of Candidacy: 1. Charles Parker, MLS 1977, President 2. Carol Russo, MLS 1999, Treasurer 3. John Van Berkel, MLS 1972, Treasurer 4. Faye C. Roberts, MLS 1991, Director 5. Maria T. Chavez-Hernandez, …

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Meet Alumna/Bestselling Author on Dec. 12

Meet Lucia St. Clair Robson, a 1974 MLS graduate and New York Times bestselling author, on Monday, Dec. 12 at 10:45 a.m. in the Gregory Conference Room. The former librarian will discuss her career as a historical novelist and affirm her belief that the library degree and reference courses she took with Dr. Ronald Blazek …

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Convocation Webcast Link

The 2005 Annual Convocation & Award Ceremony at the FSU College of Information will be webcast live this Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005. View Webcast Some of the highlights of the day will be: Syrgley Lecture. “The Student Information Scientist: An Analogy for Future Information Inquiry Environments” being presented by Daniel Callison, Professor and Executive Associate …

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Convocation: Distinguished Lecturer; Honored Alumni, Faculty, & Students

This Saturday, Oct. 29, at the 2005 Convocation & Award Ceremony, Daniel Callison, Executive Associate Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, will present the Srygley Lecture entitled “The Student Information Scientist: An Analogy for Future Information Inquiry Environments.” Callison is founding editor of School Library Media Research journal. The Convocation …

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The CI at ALA Annual Conference

The FSU College of Information will be active at the 2005 Annual Conference of the American Library Association in Chicago next week at the ALISE booth in the LIS pavilion, and as part of the 2005 ALISE/ALA Cooperative LIS Alumni Reunion. Our students and alumni will have the opportunity to visit with our dean and …

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O Canada!: The CI at SLA Annual Conference in Toronto, June 5-7

The College of Information will be represented at an exhibition booth staffed by Dr. Maria Chavez-Hernandez at the 96th Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) in Toronto, Canada on June 5-7 (the full conference runs June 5-8). The booth will be in the SLA conference exhibition area of the Toronto Metro Convention Centre, …

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