Five FSU-SLIS faculty on journal's most cited articles list

Five faculty members of The Florida State University School of Library & Information Studies are among the authors of the top 25 research articles cited in the journal Library & Information Science Research since 2007, according to Elsevier. Articles by Drs. Melissa Gross, Don Latham, Besiki Stvilia, Corinne Jörgensen, and Gary Burnett are named in …

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Hinnant serving on Florida Courts Technology Commission

Dr. Chris Hinnant, Assistant Professor of Information Studies, has been appointed to the Florida Courts Technology Commission (FCTC) by Chief Justice Charles T. Canady of the Florida Supreme Court. Administrative order no. AOSC11-27 set the term of appointment and service to last from June 2011 until June 2014. The FCTC’s overall mission is to oversee, …

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Three articles by FSU-SLIS authors in JASIST, March 2012

Research articles by two SLIS faculty members and one doctoral graduate are among those in the March 2012 issue (Volume 63, Issue 3) of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology: Dr. Sanghee Oh (Assistant Professor, FSU-SLIS). The characteristics and motivations of health answerers for sharing information, knowledge, and experiences in …

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Information Institute garners 'top paper' at iConference

An Information Use Management & Policy Institute (Information Institute) paper won one of five best paper awards at the iSchools’ iConference 2012, held February 7-10 in Toronto. The paper, Rural Anchor Institution Broadband Connectivity: Enablers and Barriers to Adoption, covers two projects currently under way at the Information Institute at the Florida State University College of Communication and Information, School of Library and …

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3-Day Startup seeking tech entrepreneurs, sponsors

Students, do you have an idea for a new technology company but aren’t quite sure how to get it started? If the answer is “yes,” have we got an opportunity for you! FSU 3-Day Startup is an entrepreneurship education program designed for university students with an emphasis on learning by doing. The weekend is designed …

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SLIS faculty/doc students to present 9 research posters at iSchools iConference in Toronto

Nine research posters by FSU-SLIS faculty and students have been accepted for presentation at the upcoming iSchools iConference in Toronto, February 7–10, 2012: Rural Anchor Institution Broadband Connectivity: Enablers and Barriers to Adoption by Lauren H. Mandel, Nicole D. Alemanne, Charles R. McClure Observations of the Lifecycles and Information Worlds of Collaborative Scientific Teams at …

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Recent publications by McClure about high-speed broadband

 January 5, 2012             Charles R. McClure, Francis Eppes professor and Director of the Information Use Management and Policy Institute, recently has co-authored a number of papers and reports broadly related to Internet high-speed broadband and technology: “Assessing Florida public library broadband for e-government and emergency/disaster management,” in Bertot, J. C., Jaeger, P. T., & …

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