Tallahassee, Florida, June 1, 2011 — Dr. Nancy Everhart was quoted in the Education section of the Huffington Post yesterday in an article titled, “Librarian Positions Cut in Schools Across the Country.” Everhart is an associate professor with the SLIS faculty and director of the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library Media) called upon in her …
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Everhart quoted in HuffPost in AASL president role
Marty on users of digital museum website collections in ‘Library & Information Science Research’
Dr. Paul F. Marty published an article My lost museum: User expectations and motivations for creating personal digital collections on museum websites in Library & Information Science Research, Volume 33, Issue 3, July 2011, pages 211–219. The key points of this research are: Meeting visitor expectations for user-created content poses challenges for museums; Visitors are …
CONTINUE READINGMay conference presentations by Gross & Latham
Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham made two presentations at conferences together during May, 2011: “The ASE process model: An evidence-based approach to information literacy instruction” at Fiesta de Excelencia: Celebration Excellence in Library Instruction, the Library Orietation Exchange (LOEX) Annual Conference 2011 in Fort Worth, Texas, May 5–7; “Innovating information literacy instruction: Results …
CONTINUE READINGRSVP for FSU's ALA Reception, June 24 in New Orleans
RSVP. Please take a minute to click on this link and complete the RSVP for the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University “SLIS-FSU Reception for Students, Alums and Friends” on Friday, June 24, 2011, during the American Library Association conference in New Orleans. The event is being held at from …
CONTINUE READINGGross & Latham published in April 2011 Library Quarterly
Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham published an article in the April issue of The Library Quarterly, “Experiences with and Perceptions of Information: A Phenomenographic Study of First-Year College Students.” Citation information: Experiences with and Perceptions of Information: A Phenomenographic Study of First-Year College Students Melissa Gross and Don Latham The Library Quarterly Vol. …
CONTINUE READINGMardis to give keynote speech at SLAWNY, May 8
Dr. Marcia Mardis will be the keynote speaker at the School Librarians of Western New York (SLAWNY) conference on Friday, May 8, 2011. Her speech is titled “Who Are You? ‘Home Truths’, Possible Realities, and Opportunities for School Librarians to Thrive.” Mardis was the 2010 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Service Award Winner. Later …
CONTINUE READINGMardis' digital school library research is IMLS April 2011 profile of the month
The Florida State University School of Library & Information Studies research grant Digital Libraries to School Libraries (DSL2SL) is the highlighted Institute for Museum and Library Studies (IMLS) website Project Profile for April 2011. The three-year study of the use of digital technology and professional development in school libraries to integrate digital learning objects into online …
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