Award Named Honoring Maria Chavez-Hernandez

The Florida Library Association (FLA) announced an award honoring Dr. Maria Chavez-Hernandez of the FSU College of Information last week. The “Maria Chavez-Hernandez Libraries Change Peoples Lives Award” will celebrate the “dynamic spirit of her work in expanding the opportunities of information access to under-served and immigrant populations” by recognizing librarians who have “made a …

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CI faculty/alumni Spring forward in LIS journals

FSU College of Information faculty and alumni have published a recent flurry of articles in LIS journals. Faculty members (Drs. Gary Burnett and Besiki Stvilia) and doctoral graduates (Drs. Paul T. Jaeger and Kim M. Thompson) authored and co-authored 25% of the articles in the most recent issue of Library & Information Science Research (Volume …

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CI Alumna Named Duval County 2008 Teacher of the Year

CI alumna Lucretia Miller (2004) was recently named the 2008 Duval County Teacher of the Year. Lucretia was chosen out of 160 other winning teachers. In a ceremony held on April 10, she was introduced to a crowd of 1,600 people by Dr. Eliza T. Dresang, whom she identified as the most influential person in …

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Wiegand/Florida Book Awards featured in Forum

The Summer 2007 issue of Forum, the magazine of the Florida Humanities Council, features an article about the Florida Book Awards and Professor Wayne Wiegand of the College of Information. The magazine also includes excerpts from winners of the 2006 awards, such as Carl Hiaasen and Michael Grunwald. The Florida Book Awards were the brainchild …

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College receives cancer research grant

The FSU College of Information has received a Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research grant from the Florida Department of Health to help healthcare providers support the breast cancer care needs of rural Floridians. Dr. Mia Liza A. Lustria is the principal investigator of the project, Participatory Design & Evaluation of STEER: A Clinic-Based Tool to Help Health …

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Two CI alumni named as LJ 'Mover and Shakers'

Two College of Information alumni were included in the 50 “up and coming individuals from across the United States and Canada who are innovative, creative and making a difference” named in the “2007 Movers & Shakers” issue of Library Journal: Larry N. White (MLS 93, Ph.D. 2002) is Assistant Professor of Library Science and Coordinator, …

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