Visit the Florida State University School of Library & Information Studies booth During the Kentucky Library Association 2009 Conference Louisville, KY September 30–October 3 Visit Booth #13–Dr. Christie Koontz For more information, contact Christie: ckoontz@ci.fsu.edu
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News about the alumni of the CCI School of Library & Information Studies
Schmooze with SLIS at KY Library Association Conference
CCI grad organizing alumni in Jackson, MS
School of Library & Information Studies alumnus Andy Kanengiser (MLIS, 1975) is organizing an FSU Alumni Chapter in the Jackson, Mississippi area. He can be reached at 601-918-4443. Andy is the university news coordinator at Mississippi College.
CONTINUE READINGAlumnus quoted in BusinessWeek
SLIS bachelor’s alumnus Cedric Nabe was interviewed in the cover story of the September 14 issue of BusinessWeek, a special report on “Best Places to Launch a Career.” Cedric is working for Deloitte while training as a sprinter for the Olympics. His photo appears with the article.
CONTINUE READINGCCI board member is finalist for award
Allan Stamm, a member of the Florida State University College of Communication and Information Leadership Board, is a finalist for the Florida State University Leader of the Year Award. A Leader of the Year will be named from among several finalists on Sept. 17 during the annual banquet of the Distinguished Leadership Awards at FSU’s …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS researchers published in First Monday
SLIS associate professor Kathleen Burnett, Ph.D., doctoral graduate Manimegalai M. Subramaniam, Ph.D., and doctoral student Amelia Gibson published “Latinas cross the IT border: Understanding gender as a boundary object between information worlds” in the First Monday, Volume 14, Number 9–7 September 2009. The article questions how successful Latina IT professionals construct and reconstruct their conceptions of …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS professors to edit Library Trends issue
Drs. Paul F. Marty, Michelle M. Kazmer, and Corinne Jörgensen of the School of Library & Information Studies, College of Communication and Information, Florida State University will be co-editing a special issue of Library Trends titled “Involving Users in the Co-Construction of Digital Knowledge in Libraries, Archives, and Museums” along with Katherine Burton Jones (Harvard Divinity …
CONTINUE READINGKoontz chairs Athens IFLA conference
Dr. Christie Koontz (School of Library and Information Studies, College of Communication & Information) chaired a pre-conference for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in Athens, Greece, August 19-21. The event, hosted by the IFLA’s Management and Marketing Section, its Management of Library Associations Section, and the Greek Ministry of National Education …
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