Wiegand receives Antiquarian grant

Dr. Wayne Wiegand, F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, received a “Grant-in-Aid” from the American Antiquarian Society to do research their collections for his current study, “This Hallowed Place: A People’s History of the American Public Library.”

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Wiegand in SIGNS

Dr. Wayne Wiegand, F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, co-authored an article published in the Spring 2010 issue of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. “By Invitation Only: The American Library Association and the Woman’s Library of the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, 1893” was written with Associate Professor Sarah Wadsworth …

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Colloquium, "The Young and the Digital", S. Craig Watkins, May 14

"The Young and the Digital: Race, Class, and the New Media Ecology"  Presented by S. Craig Watkins Associate Professor, The Department of Radio-Television-Film The University of Texas at Austin  Friday, May 14, 2010 10:00–11:00 a.m. Gregory Conference Room, Goldstein Library Louis Shores Building, FSU Campus Or view live on the web at Abstract: From the …

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"Library guy" alumnus works to make a difference

April 28 article from St. Peterburg Times (www.tampabay.com) about SLIS alumnus Paul Clark, “Library Guy shows how one man can make a difference in Tallahassee” available at http://www.tampabay.com/ TEXT ONLY VERSION (No photo):  Library Guy shows how one man can make a difference in Tallahassee  He wasn’t sure he could make a difference. Just one …

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Association of IT Professionals (AITP) hosts IT graduates

AITP held its semester celebration on Monday 4/19 in the Goldstein Library.  Students, parents and faculty attended the event which was designed to honor the 50 IT students who are graduating in 2 weeks.  Dean Larry Dennis opened the event followed by awards for students. The first category was the AITP Honors Cords that students …

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Mardis to present NDSL webinar, April 21

Dr. Marcia Mardis, assistant professor at the CCI School of Library & Information Studies and associate director of Partnerships Advancing Library Media (PALM) Center will be one of three presenters at a webinar hosted by the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) on Wednesday, April 21, 4:30 p.m. CDT. Building the Learning Environment – “Engage, Interact, …

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