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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Latham & Gross present at Canadian information science conference

Dr. Don Latham and Dr. Melissa Gross presented Enhancing skills, effecting change: Evaluating an intervention for students with below-proficient information literacy skills at the 39th Annual Canadian Association for Information Science Conference, June 2–4, 2011. Their presentation abstract was ranked in the top six submitted to the conference, whose theme was “Exploring Interactions of People, …

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Marty on users of digital museum website collections in ‘Library & Information Science Research’

Dr. Paul F. Marty published an article My lost museum: User expectations and motivations for creating personal digital collections on museum websites in Library & Information Science Research, Volume 33, Issue 3, July 2011, pages 211–219. The key points of this research are: Meeting visitor expectations for user-created content poses challenges for museums; Visitors are …

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May conference presentations by Gross & Latham

Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham made two presentations at conferences together during May, 2011: “The ASE process model: An evidence-based approach to information literacy instruction” at Fiesta de Excelencia: Celebration Excellence in Library Instruction, the Library Orietation Exchange (LOEX) Annual Conference 2011 in Fort Worth, Texas, May 5–7; “Innovating information literacy instruction: Results …

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Gross & Latham published in April 2011 Library Quarterly

Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham published an article in the April issue of The Library Quarterly, “Experiences with and Perceptions of Information: A Phenomenographic Study of First-Year College Students.” Citation information: Experiences with and Perceptions of Information: A Phenomenographic Study of First-Year College Students Melissa Gross and Don Latham The Library Quarterly Vol. …

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Mardis' digital school library research is IMLS April 2011 profile of the month

The Florida State University School of Library & Information Studies research grant Digital Libraries to School Libraries (DSL2SL) is the highlighted Institute for Museum and Library Studies (IMLS) website Project Profile for April 2011. The three-year study of the use of digital technology and professional development in school libraries to integrate digital learning objects into online …

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