Dr. Christie Koontz of the School of Library & Information Studies co-edited the International Federation of Libraries Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Public Library Service Guidelines with Barbara Gubbin, director of the Jacksonville Public Library. The guidelines are “framed to provide assistance to library and information professionals in most situations. They assist to better develop effective …
CONTINUE READINGCategory: CCI News
News about the FSU College of Communication & Information
Koontz co-edits IFLA Public Library Service Guidelines
LaPointe and Stierwalt publish research on cognitive loading and injurious falls
Leonard La Pointe and Julie Stierwalt of the SCSD faculty have published a research article in the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology along with Charles Maitland (College of Medicine). For “Talking while walking: Cognitive loading and injurious falls in Parkinson’s disease,” the researchers studied 25 participants with Parkinson’s disease and 13 participants without neurological compromise. …
CONTINUE READINGNancy Everhart of SLIS featured on FSU Headline News
Nancy Everhart, who recently began a yearlong stint as president of the American Association of School Librarians, was the focus of a radio news story on FSU Headline News.
CONTINUE READINGOscar Foundation renews support for Los Angeles program interns
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation once again has awarded the School of Communication a $7,500 grant to provide scholarships for students in the Los Angeles Television Experience (LATE) Program interning at film-related sites this summer. As a result, six of the 12 students in the 2010 program are “Oscar interns.” The …
CONTINUE READINGInformation Institute to study rural broadband needs
By Bob Branciforte The Information Use Management & Policy Institute (Information Institute) at The Florida State University has received an award to evaluate the broadband needs of anchor institutions in 14 rural counties of northern Florida. The project is being done in conjunction with the $30 million North Florida Broadband Authority (NFBA) Middle Mile Project …
CONTINUE READINGTeam wins $1.2 million grant to teach children to monitor wildlife
A research team led by School of Library & Information Studies faculty is using a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to equip fourth- and fifth-graders with handheld digital journals to monitor natural habitats and analyze wildlife behavior at the Tallahassee Museum. Habitat Tracker — a joint project of FSU’s College of …
CONTINUE READINGBickel Fund again selects FSU Communication as a beneficiary
The Florida State University School of Communication has once again been selected as a beneficiary of the Karl A. Bickel and Madira Bickel Journalistic Scholarship program. The scholarship program, funded by the Bickel Charitable Trust and managed by Wachovia Bank/Wells Fargo, is designated for undergraduate or graduate students with demonstrated financial need for have an …
CONTINUE READING