Mary Alice Hunt, retired professor emeritus of the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University, passed away at her home on Saturday, December 19, 2009. Mary Alice was born in Lima, Ohio on April 14, 1928. She graduated from Ocala High School in 1946 and enrolled at Florida State University, where …
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Mary Alice Hunt: Remembering a life of service to SLIS
Collaborative study using public libraries to boost toddler literacy
By Audrey Post CCI Director of Communications TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Researchers from The Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information are collaborating with a team from the University of Washington and several Washington agencies on a project intended to boost early literacy initiatives in the nation’s public libraries. “Project VIEWS: Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning …
CONTINUE READINGPALM Center to partner in Library of Congress grant
The PALM Center at the Florida State University School of Library and Information Studies is part of a team that has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the Library of Congress. The collaborative project, Successfully Teaching Educators about Primary Sources, will extend the work of the Library of Congress initiative Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS). …
CONTINUE READINGEverhart chosen to co-chair National Board committee
Dr. Nancy Everhart, associate professor at The Florida State University School of Library & Information Studies in Tallahassee, Florida has been chosen by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to co-chair a committee composed of a select national group of educators to assure the National Board’s Library Media Standards reflect the best practices …
CONTINUE READINGCCI-SLIS Grad student named ALA Emerging Leader
Graduate student Nicole Stroud of the FSU College of Communication & Information’s School of Library & Information Studies was chosen for the American Library Association (ALA) 2010 Emerging Leader program. In January at the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, Nicole will be one of about 100 library staff from across the country to participate …
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The faculty, students, and colleagues of the School of Library & Information Studies at the FSU College of Communication & Information presented a hefty amount of research at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Nov. 6–9, Vancouver, BC. Dr. Corinne Jörgensen, director and chair of the School …
CONTINUE READINGRaney keynotes international conference
Dr. Arthur A. Raney, associate professor of communication, was invited to be one of five keynote speakers at an international conference on entertainment theory and effects in Benasque, Spain, Nov. 15-21. It was the first in a series of communication congresses being organized under the auspices of the Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual, …
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