SLIS to assess use of end-user metadata for updating knowledge organization systems

Drs. Besiki Stvilia and Corinne Jörgensen of the School of Library & Information Studies at College of Communication & Information have been awarded a research grant as co-principal investigators of “Assessing the reuse value of socially created metadata for image indexing.” The grant is funded by the Library and Information Science Research Grant Program of …

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Dr. Charles McClure & Lauren Mandel Present on Broadband Policy at ALISE

Dr. Charles R. McClure, Director, and Lauren H. Mandel, Research Coordinator, presented a paper at the Information Policy Special Interest Group (SIG) Panel at the 2010 ALISE Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, January 14. McClure and Mandel presented the results of the Needs Assessment of Florida Public Library E-Government and Emergency Management Broadband Services, a …

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SLIS doc student on primary sources in School Library Monthly

An article written by SLIS doctoral student Melissa Johnston entitled, “A Historical Partnership: Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Direct,” appeared in the December 2009 issue of School Library Monthly (Volume XXVI, Number 4). “The Library of Congress Educational Outreach Division, in October of 2008, asked seventeen practicing educators for input on how to teach other …

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Collaborative study using public libraries to boost toddler literacy

By Audrey Post CCI Director of Communications   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Researchers from The Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information are collaborating with a team from the University of Washington and several Washington agencies on a project intended to boost early literacy initiatives in the nation’s public libraries.  “Project VIEWS: Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning …

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PALM Center to partner in Library of Congress grant

The PALM Center at the Florida State University School of Library and Information Studies is part of a team that has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the Library of Congress. The collaborative project, Successfully Teaching Educators about Primary Sources, will extend the work of the Library of Congress initiative Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS). …

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SLIS to create distributed information system for image-based biodiversity data

Dr. Greg Riccardi of the School of Library & Information Studies received a National Science Foundation grant of $483, 582 for a project entitled “Collaborative Research: Data Integration for Repository Services in Biodiversity Informatics. He and co-principal investigator Dr. Austin Mast of the FSU Department of Biological Science are collaborating with the University of Texas …

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