Two Doc Students Score at ALISE Conference

On Jan. 13, two FSU School of Information Studies doctoral students scored in the Doctoral Poster Session at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2005 Annual Conference in Boston. Renee Franklin received the second place award with her poster “Be Careful, Little Eyes, What You See: A Study of Challenges to Materials …

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Alumna Wins New York Times Librarian Award

In December, School of Information Studies alumna Eileen Annie Ball (MLS, 1998) was one of 27 winners of the 2004 New York Times Librarian Award. “Annie,” director of the Franklin County Library, sees a bit of irony in it. “I wasn’t looking for a career in librarianship when I began working here in a part-time, …

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Graduating Student Survey

All graduating students (graduate and undergraduate) are invited to participate in an on-line survey. The survey is an opportunity for you to provide feedback regarding your experience here at the School and to help shape the way our programs develop. The topics which you can help us most with are: curriculum, instruction, student support services, …

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Free Microsoft Software for Faculty and Current Students

The School of Information Studies is proud to announce a new service provided by Microsoft to our faculty and students. Faculty members that teach at least one credit for our School and students taking at least one credit here at the School (on-campus and distance) are eligible to participate in this program. Once you register …

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New Goldstein Librarian

Pamala Doffek has joined the faculty of the School of Information Studies at Florida State University as the Goldstein Librarian. Beginning on Monday, Dec. 13, she will continue the School’s tradition by being the lead of the teaching library. “I’m excited to be part of the innovation going on at the School of Information Studies …

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Kim on Information Seeking Behaviors in Digital Libraries

This Friday, November 19, Assistant Professor Kyung Kim of the FSU School of Information Studies presents a colloquium entitled “Information Seeking Behaviors in Digital Libraries” from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in Room 006A of the Louis Shores Building. A simultaneous webcast of this presentation will take place. To view it, go to the School’s …

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Alumni Information Update: Making Connections

This week, the School of Information Studies initiated the “Alumni Information Update” an e-mail distribution list that will keep our alumni up-to-date on what’s happening at the School. The Alumni Information Update provides one-way communiques from the School (i.e. not a listserv to which one can post). An initial announcement of this service went out …

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