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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FSU-SLIS welcomes Richard J. Urban to its faculty

January 5, 2012 TALLAHASSEE – The School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) at The Florida State University is pleased to welcome Richard J. Urban as a visiting assistant professor beginning in the spring of 2012. Urban is a researcher on knowledge representation (such as ontology development, metadata, and descriptive standards) for cultural heritage materials …

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Two SLIS alumni, ALISE conference paper winners, published in JELIS

Linda R. Most and Renee Franklin Hill, SLIS doctoral program alumni who were among the winners of four 2011 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Best Conference Paper Awards earlier this year, had articles published in the October issue of the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS). Dr. Most’s award …

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SLIS alumna named FSUS 2011 teacher of the year

SLIS alumna Jennifer Underhill, who earned her Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies, Masters in Public Administration and Bachelor’s in English from FSU, has been recognized as the 2011 Teacher of the Year by the Florida State University School (FSUS). Jennifer serves as the K-12 Media Specialist at FSUS, which is a K-12 charter …

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Two SLIS doc students to present broadband research paper at iSchools iConference 2012

School of Library & Information Studies doctoral students Lauren Mandel and Nicole Alemanne are presenting a research paper, Rural Anchor Institution Broadband Connectivity: Enablers and Barriers to Adoption, at the upcoming iSchools iConference in Toronto, February 7–10, 2012. The paper presents findings from two research projects that the students are currently engaged in at the …

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CCI's Raulston wins Florida Campus Compact's Community Engagement Educator Award

By Andrea Wolf Project SPARTA. Sounds like an obscure movie reference, doesn’t it? Short for “Supervised Practical Application of Research, Theory and Academics,” it’s actually a unique service learning program created by Florida State University’s Melissa Raulston. Raulston, a webmaster and service learning coordinator with the College of Communication & Information, was recently awarded the …

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