Professor Gary Burnett and doctoral student Julia Skinner of the FSU School of Library & Information Studies have been selected for a “Featured Presentation” at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2013 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA. Their panel presentation “Questions Are Never Neutral: Examining the Occupy and Tea Party Movements as …
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Gary Burnett and Julia Skinner selected for 2013 ALISE Featured Presentation
SLIS doctoral team chosen for iConference 2013 Social Media Expo
The FSU School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) would like to congratulate a team of its doctoral students who have been selected to compete in the inaugural Social Media Expo at iConference 2013, Feb. 12-15. Laura Spears, Nathaniel Ramos, Jr. and Jisue Lee have received a $3,000 award from conference sponsor Microsoft Research to …
CONTINUE READINGSpring grads/McClure published in 'First Monday'
Spring SLIS graduates Jeffrey Saunders (MLIS, 2012) and Lauren Mandel (PhD, 2012) published an article with Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies Charles R. McClure in the peer-reviewed online journal First Monday (Volume 17, Number 11, November 2012), “Broadband applications: Categories, requirements and future frameworks.” The Abstract of the article: Recent telecommunications policies, private sector …
CONTINUE READINGJoy Koo Receives Elfreda Chatman Research Award at ASIS&T
FSU SLIS doctoral student Joung Hwa “Joy” Koo received the Elfreda Chatman Research Award at the SIG USE Symposium at the 75th ASIS&T Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 27, 2012, which includes a $1000 check to support the research. Together with Yong Wan Cho and FSU SLIS Professor Melissa Gross, Joy’s award-winning research investigates the …
CONTINUE READINGFSU SLIS iSchool at ASIS&T 2012
Join FSU SLIS faculty, staff, students & alumni at ASIS&T 2012! Here are some of the sessions where you’ll be able to find us at ASIS&T: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:30am-12:30pm Taxonomy: From Theory to Practice – Sara Mooney Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 1:30pm-6:30 SIG USE Symposium: Evolving and Emerging Research Methodologies in …
CONTINUE READINGStvilia/doc students publish journal article on authority control for scientific data
A research article co-authored by SLIS doctoral students Shuheng Wu and Dong Joon Lee, and associate professor Besiki Stvilia was published in the Journal of Library Metadata (Volume 12, Issue 2-3, pages 61-82, September 2012). The article, titled “Authority control for scientific data: The case of molecular biology” explores authority control practices and issues in …
CONTINUE READINGKoontz receives IMLS National Leadership Grant to serve diverse library populations
Dr. Christie Koontz of the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University received a National Leadership Grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for her proposal to help public libraries better target and serve their diverse populations. Koontz and co-principal investigator Dean K. Jue of FSU’s Florida …
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