The Florida State University’s Individual Events competitors traveled to Georgia for the Chicken or Egg Invitational, which was held Sept. 29 through Oct. 1 at Gainesville State College. The team advanced to final rounds of competition in 12 of the 13 events, winning championship titles in four events and placing third in overall team rankings. Individual …
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Forensics Squad Wins Big at Gainesville State Invitational
Forensics squad takes 4 titles at Lakeland Invitational
On Sept. 22 and 23, the Individual Events Squad of The Florida State University’s Forensics Team traveled to Lakeland, Fla., for its first competition of the year, the Child of the Sun Invitational. The squad placed third in overall team competition and won four of eleven individual event titles. Individual results are as follows: Tournament …
CONTINUE READINGMardis to deliver Distinguished Lecture at Syracuse's CDL
Dr. Marcia Mardis, an assistant professor in the School of Library & Information Studies, has been invited to give the 2011 Distinguished Lecture at Syracuse University’s Center for Digital Literacy on Oct. 17. Mardis, who is also associate director of the Partnerships Advancing Library Media (PALM) Center, has done extensive research on the intersection of …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Research Week Doctoral Poster Winners Announced
Thank you to all of our faculty judges and to our doctoral students for your participation. School of Communication Winners 1st Suekyung Lee “Designing and Tailoring Health Messages for Effective Campaigns According to the Preference for Words or Numbers in Presenting Medical Information” 2nd Margot Susca “Playing an Educational First-Person Shooter Video Game and …
CONTINUE READINGEmeritus SLIS Professor Wayne Wiegand discusses his new book, "Main Street Public Library", in American Libraries Magazine
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/09272011/main-street-public-library WAYNE A. WIEGAND is F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus at Florida State University in Tallahassee, president of the FSU Friends of Libraries, and director of the Florida Book Awards.
CONTINUE READINGInformation Institute Receives Award for Evaluation of Florida Electronic Library
Since 2002, the Information Use Management and Policy Institute (Information Institute) of Florida State University, College of Communication and Information, School of Library and Information Studies has engaged in multiple evaluations of the Florida Electronic Library for the Florida Division of Library and Information Services (Division). For this current project the Information Institute will engage in …
CONTINUE READINGColloquium: "Adventures in Curriculum Development," Sept. 21
Date: Wednesday, September 21st, 3-5 PM LSB 206 Title: Adventure in curriculum development Abstract: Curriculum development is an activity that all LIS programs undergo. For some, it’s an ongoing process. For others, it’s something that gets done just in time for the accreditation visit. Dr. Rodriguez-Moi will will discuss his experiences with curriculum development …
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