Emerson Climate Technologies has committed an additional $10,000 to The Florida State University College of Communication & Information through the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (HMC) at the School of Communication. That brings the total pledged by Emerson Climate Technologies to students at the College to $25,000 since 2007. The money funds scholarships awarded to …
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Emerson again funds Hispanic marketing scholars
Mardis to receive national recognition with AASL Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Marcia Mardis of The Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information (CCI) will receive the 2010 Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of School Librarians next month in Washington, D.C. The award, which recognizes “an outstanding national contribution to school librarianship and school library development,” will be presented at the American Library …
CONTINUE READINGCCI to host health information technology event, June 4
The College of Communication & Information at The Florida State University is hosting the Florida Health Information Exchange Kickoff Meeting on Friday, June 4, at the Turnbull Conference Center in partnership with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. The free event will bring together Florida health care providers, associations, regional extension centers, government agencies …
CONTINUE READINGCCI team research to aid renewable energy researchers
A team of CCI information experts recently built a new Web portal that could modernize how sustainable energy researchers share their work. The new Renewable Energy Research Portal will also, its creators hope, serve as a model for a state-of-the-art cyber infrastructure offering a more sophisticated way to use the Internet to efficiently seek out …
CONTINUE READINGEverhart, Mardis & PALM research: SLJ cover story
The cover story of the May 1, 2010 issue of School Library Journal (SLJ) highlights the research of three institutes that are “poised to make the biggest difference” in school libraries, among them the PALM Center at Florida State University. Drs. Nancy Everhart and Marcia Mardis of the School of Library & Information Studies at …
CONTINUE READINGWiegand receives Antiquarian grant
Dr. Wayne Wiegand, F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, received a “Grant-in-Aid” from the American Antiquarian Society to do research their collections for his current study, “This Hallowed Place: A People’s History of the American Public Library.”
CONTINUE READINGWiegand in SIGNS
Dr. Wayne Wiegand, F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, co-authored an article published in the Spring 2010 issue of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. “By Invitation Only: The American Library Association and the Woman’s Library of the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, 1893” was written with Associate Professor Sarah Wadsworth …
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