iSchool associate professor Mardis named Internet2 Presidential Fellow

Florida State University School of Information associate professor Marcia Mardis has been invited to serve as an Internet2 Presidential Fellow to complete her project “A Distant Mirror? Investigating Internet2 and the Imminent Demand for Data Intensive Applications in R&E’s K-12 Communities.” Internet2 is an exceptional community of U.S. and international leaders in research, academia, industry …

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Information Institute receives IMLS grant for rural broadband research

Florida State University’s Information Institute  received a Collaborative Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to fund research of broadband planning and education strategies with public libraries and other organizations in rural northwest Florida. The award amount is $49,990 with a matching amount of $11,070 and begins May 2014. Broadband adoption …

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FSU School of Information faculty and doctoral students to attend 2014 iConference in Berlin

Several doctoral students and faculty members from Florida State University (FSU)’s School of Information are heading to the 2014 iConference in Berlin, Germany that will take place March 4 through 7. This year’s FSU participants include: Dr. Warren Allen, Dr. Gary Burnett, Dr. Kathleen Burnett, Wonchan Choi, Laura-Edythe Coleman, Dr. Nancy Everhart, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho, Ji Hei Kang, …

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iSchool alum collaborates on "Jailbreaking the PDF"

Technology has expedited advancements in the Information Age as knowledge and data continues to be shared throughout the world with the click of button. However, sometimes, information produced from research studies is not always easily accessible for analysis in the world of academia. While working on projects at the Institute for Digital Information and Scientific …

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SLIS Research Spotlight: Dr. Gary Burnett

Dr. Gary Burnett is a Princeton graduate who arrived to the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) with an interest in how different spheres of social communities interact and react, stemming from his PhD in poetry: “The experience of spending so many years with poetry allows me to focus on other kinds of cultural productions …

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SLIS doctoral student Shuheng Wu accepted to 2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute

  SLIS doctoral student Shuheng Wu was accepted as one of 25 participants from 113 applicants to participate in the 2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute. The DSST Summer Institute is an NSF-funded annual event, bringing researchers from academia and industry who have developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising …

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NSF makes award to FSU Information Institute to study IT education and rural broadband

For Immediate Release May 13, 2013 Contact: Charles R. McClure, PhD cmcclure@lis.fsu.edu   The National Science Foundation – Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program announced that Florida State University, College of Communication & Information, School of Library and Information Studies, Information Institute will receive an $847,000 award to support the four year project Assessing Information Technology …

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