Information Institute garners 'top paper' at iConference

An Information Use Management & Policy Institute (Information Institute) paper won one of five best paper awards at the iSchools’ iConference 2012, held February 7-10 in Toronto. The paper, Rural Anchor Institution Broadband Connectivity: Enablers and Barriers to Adoption, covers two projects currently under way at the Information Institute at the Florida State University College of Communication and Information, School of Library and …

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SLIS faculty/doc students to present 9 research posters at iSchools iConference in Toronto

Nine research posters by FSU-SLIS faculty and students have been accepted for presentation at the upcoming iSchools iConference in Toronto, February 7–10, 2012: Rural Anchor Institution Broadband Connectivity: Enablers and Barriers to Adoption by Lauren H. Mandel, Nicole D. Alemanne, Charles R. McClure Observations of the Lifecycles and Information Worlds of Collaborative Scientific Teams at …

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Two SLIS doc students to present broadband research paper at iSchools iConference 2012

School of Library & Information Studies doctoral students Lauren Mandel and Nicole Alemanne are presenting a research paper, Rural Anchor Institution Broadband Connectivity: Enablers and Barriers to Adoption, at the upcoming iSchools iConference in Toronto, February 7–10, 2012. The paper presents findings from two research projects that the students are currently engaged in at the …

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CCI Research Week Doctoral Poster Winners Announced

Thank you to all of our faculty judges and to our doctoral students for your participation.   School of Communication Winners 1st Suekyung Lee “Designing and Tailoring Health Messages for Effective Campaigns According to the Preference for Words or Numbers in Presenting Medical Information” 2nd Margot Susca “Playing an Educational First-Person Shooter Video Game and …

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Information Institute Receives Award for Evaluation of Florida Electronic Library

Since 2002, the Information Use Management and Policy Institute (Information Institute) of Florida State University, College of Communication and Information, School of Library and Information Studies has engaged in multiple evaluations of the Florida Electronic Library for the Florida Division of Library and Information Services (Division). For this current project the Information Institute will engage in …

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CCI part of $10 million project to digitize U.S. biology collections

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to Florida State University and the University of Florida to coordinate 92 institutions in 45 states working to digitiz the nation’s biological collections. FSU’s Center for Information Management and Scientific Communication, in the College of Communication & Information, will work with UF’s Florida Museum …

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Information Institute publishes "E-Govt Service Roles for Public Librarians"

Bradley Wade Bishop, PhD, a SLIS alumnus formerly at the Information Institute and now at the University of Kentucky; Charles R. McClure, PhD and Director; and Lauren H. Mandel, Research Coordinator, recently published “E-Government Service Roles for Public Librarians,” in Public Libraries, vol. 50 no. 3 (May-June 2011): pp. 32-37. The research is based on work …

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