Dr. Charles McClure, Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies at FSU’s School of Information, is the recipient of the 2019 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology. The award is sponsored by OCLC and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), and was presented to McClure at the ALA Annual Conference …
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Charles McClure Wins Kilgour Research Award
iSchool Professors Receive Funding for Research
Dr. Don Latham and Dr. Melissa Gross, both professors in the School of Information, recently received $164,599 in funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for their project “Community College Librarian and Student Perceptions of Student Information Literacy Needs.” The project aims to “investigate community college librarians’ and community college students’ perceptions of …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Recognized at 2019 FLA Annual Conference
Every year, the annual FLA (Florida Library Association) conference brings together library professionals from across the state for three days full of learning and fellowship. This year’s event was no different. From May 15 to 17, FSU School of Information (iSchool) students, alumni, and faculty traveled to the conference in Orlando to connect with old …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Paul Marty Receives Undergraduate Teaching Award
Each year, Florida State’s Office of the Provost honors faculty members that have gone above and beyond in undergraduate and graduate teaching through the University Teaching Awards. The student-oriented awards are based on student and alumni nominations. This year, Dr. Paul Marty (’02, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) was the recipient of the Undergraduate …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Up North: Professors Present at LOEX Annual Conference
The Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) hosted its annual conference on May 9-11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two iSchool professors, Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham, presented “A Framework for the Frames: Using the Peritextual Literacy Framework to Teach the ACRL Frames” at this year’s event. The presentation focused on teaching an audience that was brand new to …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Faculty Awarded Summer Grants
Each year, Florida State’s Council on Research and Creativity (CRC) offers summer funding to research projects through the First Year Assistant Professor Program (FYAP). This is a grant program designed to provide first-year assistant professors with “summer salary support to facilitate their research and/or creative activities,” says the website. The grant is available to all …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Cyber ProfessioNOLES Receives Project Funding
On April 15, 2019, the School of Information was awarded a grant totaling $37,861.00 by the Student Technology Fee Advisory Committee. As a result of this grant, students enrolled in Information Technology (IT) programs at the Bachelor and Master level at the School of Information will have sufficient computing/processing power for remote and secure access …
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