School of Information doctoral candidate Abigail Phillips has been recognized as the 2015 YALSA Board Fellow for the American Library Association. Phillips is a third year doctoral candidate in information studies, who returned to Florida State after receiving her MLIS in 2008 and then working as a librarian for four years. YALSA, Young Adult Library Services Association, selects …
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Doc candidate Abigail Phillips named YALSA Board Fellow
Mardis publishes new book
Marcia Mardis has a new book hitting shelves this year. The associate professor at Florida State University‘s School of Information wrote The Collection’s at the Core: Revitalize Your Library with Innovative Resources for the Common Core and STEM. As a former school administrator and school librarian with 15 years experience, Mardis takes a look at K-12 …
CONTINUE READINGGirl Scout Camp featured in Tallahassee Democrat
The partnership between Girl Scouts of Florida Panhandle and the FSU College of Communication and Information has been featured in Tallahassee Democrat. In December 2014, two technology camp sessions were taught to more than 60 Girl Scouts and 15 adults at Florida State University. Girls were taught about the inside of computers, programming, coding, web design …
CONTINUE READINGFSU ranks 8th ‘Best Colleges for Vets’
Florida State University has risen in the ranks, hitting No. 8 in the most recent “Best Colleges for Vets” ranking, published annually by Military Times magazine. With a military student population of 372, Florida State University has the second highest graduation rate in the top 10 schools. Florida State earned a four star rating for extracurriculars and …
CONTINUE READINGStvilia and Gibradze published
Two members of Florida State University‘s School of Information, Besiki Stvilia and Leila Gibradze, were recently published in Library & Information Science Research. What do academic libraries tweet about, and what makes a library tweet useful?, was published in October 2014 and analyzed 1,200 tweets from six large academic libraries. A content analysis revealed nine content …
CONTINUE READINGAcross the Sea: Meet iSchool alum Denny Windgassen
The life change from high school to college can be overwhelming. But, what if you finished high school in Germany and then pursued college in the United States? Denny Wingassen hopped the ocean with ease, moving from Germany to the United States. “My parents had won a green card/permanent resident card in the Green Card lottery,” …
CONTINUE READINGFITC Alliance holds Jacksonville area Press Conference
Since it’s inception in May 2014, the Florida IT Career (FITC) Alliance has worked to recruit, retain and employ Florida’s upcoming technology workforce. The group has been busy hosting a career fair for 500 high school students, a college career fair, building partnerships with 30 schools and 6 community colleges, etc. In addition, the group …
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