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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CI Undergrad Receives FSU Research And Creativity Award

CI undergraduate student Cedric Nabe was recently awarded an FSU Research & Creativity Award. The award exists to foster directed research and creative opportunities for undergraduate students. Cedric will receive a summer stipend of $4000 to carry out his project-building an online database application that will enhance communication and interaction among athletes and athletic staff. …

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Institute Receives U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant

The Information Use Management and Policy Institute (http://www.ii.fsu.edu) of the College of Information at Florida State University has been awarded $249,979 by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services for the project “Increasing the Effectiveness of Evaluation for Improved Public Library Decision Making and Advocacy.” Drs. John Carlo Bertot and Charles R. McClure, the …

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Srygley Lecture on October 31

Dr. Nancy Everhart has been invited to deliver an address to the students, faculty, and friends of the School of Information Studies on the timely topic of “Controversial Issues in School Librarianship.” Dr. Everhart is an Associate Professor at St. John’s University. She will deliver the 2003 Sara K. and Ted Srygley Lecture on Friday, …

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Six CI Grad Students Author Journal Article

Six FSU graduate students wrote an article published in the January 2007 issue of Library Media Connection, a professional journal for school library media specialists. “Today’s School Library Media Specialist Leader” was composed by Dianne Dees, Kristi Alexander, Rachel Besara, Theresa Kent, Robb Cambiosis, and Jody Player Delgado of the College of Information. The piece …

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Mon's Research Praised in American Libraries Article

Dr. Lorri Mon, who recently joined the College faculty, was referred to as a “…gift to the LIS research and teaching community…” in the August 2006 issue of American Libraries magazine. The results of her doctoral research are discussed in Joseph Janes’ Information Technology article entitled “Internet Librarian” (page 76) and referred to as “myriad, …

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