FSU College of Information F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Wayne Wiegand has been chosen to serve as the director of the First Annual Florida Book Awards. The competition will accept entries of books from Florida authors originally published during 2006. To learn more, click on Florida Book Awards Article.
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Scholarships and awards available to students in the FSU College of Communication & Information.
Wiegand is Director of First Annual Florida Book Awards
Chavez-Hernandez Receives Outstanding Volunteer Award
Dr. Maria Chavez-Hernandez, Associate in Information Studies at the College of Information, received the Outstanding Volunteer Achievement Award from the Florida Association of Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas (FAVACA) at their annual volunteer reception in Tallahassee on April 20. During the reception, Dr. Chavez-Hernandez was recognized for her volunteer achievements and presented …
CONTINUE READINGArbogast de Hubert-Miller Wins Garfield Award
Brian Arbogast de Hubert-Miller, a doctoral student at the College of Information, has been awarded the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the national Beta Phi Mu Honor Society. The fellowship is the highest honor that a doctoral student in library and information studies can receive. Brian was formerly a faculty member at the College …
CONTINUE READINGCI Grads Receive SLA Award
Five master’s program graduates of the FSU College of Information-Rebecca Augustyniak, Amy Finley, Dawn Aguero, Blair Monroe, and Brian Arsenault-have been selected for the Special Library Association’s H.W. Wilson Award for Excellence in Writing for the article “The Information Professional’s Role in Creating Business Management Systems.” From the SLA website: Rebecca, Amy, Dawn, Blair, and …
CONTINUE READINGMary Jo Lynch Award for LIS Students Available
Purpose: To encourage library school student statistical research using public library data collected at the state and national level. Sponsors: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), American Library Association (ALA), Public Library Association (PLA), Federal-State Cooperative System (FSCS) for public library data collection. Eligibility: Any student working …
CONTINUE READINGALA Conference Award Available
The Federal Librarians Adelaide Del Frate Conference Sponsorship Award is: For students who are currently enrolled in any ALA-accredited library school who: do not already have an ALA accredited degree, have expressed an interest in some aspect of Federal librarianship, and are either full or part-time students at the time of application. From the Federal …
CONTINUE READING2006 Florida Library Association Scholarships
The following notice is from the Florida Library Association: The Florida Library Association (FLA) Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that the application process has begun for the 2006 scholarships, which will be awarded at the Annual Conference (April 18-21, 2006 at the Buena Vista Palace Resort, Lake Buena Vista). There are three graduate school …
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