Alumnus 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.

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CCI 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 …

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SLIS 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 …

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SLIS 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 …

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Koontz 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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SLIS reception at FAME Conference, Oct. 1

The School of Library & Information Studies at the Florida State University College of Communication and Information Cordially invites our students, alumni, and friends to a reception during the 2009 annual Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) Conference Join us on Thursday, Oct. 1 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. Vinroy Room, Marriott World Center in Orlando …

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CCI merges school development/advancement programs

The Florida State University’s newly merged College of Communication & Information Leadership Board meets to merge development & advancement programs On July 17, 2009, Dr. Lawrence Dennis, dean of the newly merged departments of Communication, Communication Science & Disorders, and Information met with notable alumni and friends from all over the country in this inaugural …

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