iSchool doctoral candidate Hengyi Fu and alumna Yun Fan are publishing a paper entitled “Music Information Seeking via Social Q&A: An Analysis of Questions in Music Stack Exchange Community.” The paper discusses how music Q&A sites like Music Stack Exchange are fruitful resources for identifying users’ music information needs, how those needs are expressed and …
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Research news from the CCI School of Information
iSchool Doctoral Candidate, Alum and Professor Publishing Papers About Music Information Seeking Behaviors
iSchool Collaborative Research Project Receives ALISE/OCLC Grant
A research project being conducted by iSchool professor Dr. Besiki Stvilia with iSchool alum Dr. Shuheng Wu of SUNYand Dr. Dong Joon Lee of Texas A&M Libraries recently received an ALISE/OCLC Research Award for $14,984. Entitled “Social aspects of participation in online research identity management systems,” the study will look at researchers’ perceived value of research identity metadata and motivations …
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Doctoral Candidate Jennifer Wood and Associate Professor Marcia Mardis Present Research Paper
FSU’s School of Information had a strong presence at October’s American Association of School Librarians (AASL)’s National Conference, “Experience Education Evolution.” Information Studies doctoral candidate Jennifer Wood presented a research paper with iSchool Associate Professor Dr. Marcia A. Mardis. Dr. Mardis also conducted a research workshop, convened several focus groups on school library standards and chaired the AASL Standards …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool’s Mardis authors report on importance of broadband in K-12 schools
A Florida State University researcher is a part of team of experts who have released a strategic brief to assist the K-12 community and policymakers in advocating for high-quality, high-capacity and affordable broadband connections to every classroom in the United States.
CONTINUE READINGDr. Kazmer Blogs for the Institute for Successful Longevity
iSchool professor and researcher Dr. Michelle Kazmer recently blogged for FSU’s Institute for Successful Longevity. Her blog post addresses the information needs of an aging population. Dr. Kazmer’s post discusses research about older adults’ information needs and elaborates on specific key factors that should be considered when designing information services and sources for older adults. These …
CONTINUE READINGFSU Associate Professor and Doctoral Candidate Publish Study on Mobile Wellness Applications
FSU associate professor Besiki Stvilia and FSU alumnus Wonchan Choi recently published an exploratory study entitled “Mobile wellness application-seeking behavior by college students.” The duo examined how students obtain wellness information, including what wellness applications students use and for what purposes and how students found out about and select the wellness applications. According to the study, students get most of their …
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