For Immediate Release May 13, 2013 Contact: Charles R. McClure, PhD cmcclure@lis.fsu.edu The National Science Foundation – Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program announced that Florida State University, College of Communication & Information, School of Library and Information Studies, Information Institute will receive an $847,000 award to support the four year project Assessing Information Technology …
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NSF makes award to FSU Information Institute to study IT education and rural broadband
FSU collaboration to help librarians serve those with autism spectrum disorder
The Florida State University has received a $573,554 grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project between the PALM Center at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) and the Autism Institute at the College of Medicine. Project PALS (Panhandle Autism Library Services) is a two-year program …
CONTINUE READINGThree CCI faculty members awarded 2013 First Year Assistant Professor Grants
School of Communication & Science Disorders faculty member, Dr. Kaitlin Lansford, and two School of Library & Information Studies faculty members, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho and Dr. Richard Urban, have each been awarded First Year Assistant Professor (FYAP) Grants for 2013. Here are some of their research project topics and links to abstract summaries: Dr. …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Shuyuan Mary Ho (2013 FYAP Grant Winner)- Research Project Information
Title: “Identity Deception and Detection in Computer-Mediated Communications” Abstract: Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho’s proposed research is a continuation of her previous research on trustworthiness attribution in virtual organizations. Her current work, based on the social psychology theory of attribution, has uncovered the important finding that information behavior can be used to identify scenarios where members …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Richard Urban (2013 FYAP Grant Winner)- Research Project Information
Title: “Representation Patterns for Cultural Heritage” Abstract: The World Wide Web has been an extremely successful way to share documents on a global scale, yet it contains an important flaw. Documents on the Web can only be associated through hyperlinks that hide the relationships among them. Although documents may contain a great deal of information, …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS Professor Everhart quoted in article on technology in K-12 education
Dr. Nancy Everhart, associate professor in the School of Library and Information Studies and director of the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library Media), was quoted in a Tampa Bay Times article. She discusses some reasons advising against the removal of media specialists from primary education in Pasco County, FL. Everhart, who has expertise in media and digital curriculum, brought up that trying to …
CONTINUE READING“Scholarly Communications and Open Access at FSU—Balancing Research and Practice,” Wednesday, March 20: In person or online!
This Wednesday, March 20, Florida State University’s first-ever scholarly communication librarian, Micah Vandegrift, presents “Scholarly Communications and Open Access at FSU—Balancing Research and Practice,” 3-4 p.m., Room 206, Louis Shores Building, FSU campus, followed by a reception from 4-5 p.m. Remote viewers will be able to attend by joining an online Blackboard Collaborate session that …
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