Recruitment Event @ NEFLIN, Feb 10

Title: Recruitment Event – NEFLIN Location: Alachua Country Library District – Tower Road Library 3020 SW 75th Street, Gainesville Florida 32607 Description: Dr. Christie Koontz from FSU will be here to share information about the completely online master’s degree program. If you are working in a library or an organization that requires the expertise of …

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Recruitment Event @ PLAN, Feb 11

Title: Recruitment Event – PLAN Location: 5 Miracle Strip Loop, Suite 8 Panama City Beach, FL 32407 Description: Dr. Christie Koontz from FSU will be here to share information about the completely online master’s degree program. If you are working in a library or an organization that requires the expertise of an information professional—and wondering …

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Students and faculty have library options during Goldstein closure

  Although the Goldstein Library will be closed most of spring semester 2010 and the collections housed there unavailable, faculty and staff at The Florida State University have several options to obtain materials they need from other sources.    “We recommend students go to the local public library or use the inter-library loan service,” said …

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Mary Alice Hunt: Remembering a life of service to SLIS

Mary Alice Hunt, retired professor emeritus of the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University, passed away at her home on Saturday, December 19, 2009. Mary Alice was born in Lima, Ohio on April 14, 1928. She graduated from Ocala High School in 1946 and enrolled at Florida State University, where …

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Collaborative study using public libraries to boost toddler literacy

By Audrey Post CCI Director of Communications   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Researchers from The Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information are collaborating with a team from the University of Washington and several Washington agencies on a project intended to boost early literacy initiatives in the nation’s public libraries.  “Project VIEWS: Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning …

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PALM Center to partner in Library of Congress grant

The PALM Center at the Florida State University School of Library and Information Studies is part of a team that has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the Library of Congress. The collaborative project, Successfully Teaching Educators about Primary Sources, will extend the work of the Library of Congress initiative Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS). …

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Brockmeier: Honoring the passing of a SLIS alumna

Mrs. Kristina Marie Crittenberger Brockmeier (Ph.D. ’92), Librarian at Providence Day School (PDS), whose 30-year career included the leadership of libraries within public, college, and independent school settings, died of cancer at 55 on October 13, 2009 in her home at Matthews, NC. Born into an Army family on December 12, 1953, in Washington, D.C., Kristina …

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