Focus on Research 2009: October 26-30

Join members of our three schools in celebrating the first research week of the newly-merged College of Communication & Information, highlighted by faculty and doctoral research presentations and culminating in a celebratory reception. Wednesday through Friday events will be Webcast; find a link to the Webcasts at the College Web site (http://cci.fsu.edu). Monday – Faculty …

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Researchers to model the life cycles of successful virtual teams

By Audrey Post College of Communication & Information Each year, hundreds of scientists from all over the world come to the Florida State University campus to conduct research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Starting in January, the researchers themselves will become the subject of study as a team from the College of Communication …

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White Paper: Media specialists key in effective use of broadband

By Dr. Nancy Everhart, director, and Dr. Marcia Mardis, associate director, The PALM Center In a matter of days, the federal government will start handing out the first $4.5 billion from stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, underserved urban neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamoring for better …

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SLIS Fall 2009 Proseminar and Research Colloquia Series

The Fall 2009 Proseminar & Research Colloquia Series from the School of Library & Information Studies is open to everyone at the College—in person and on the Web. The presentations feature College faculty and doctoral students. We invite you to attend in person or view them on the Web. Location: Room 206, Shores Building, FSU …

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Institute public library report highlights broadband needs

Florida public library outlets and K-12 public schools reported inadequate connection speeds and insufficient workstations to serve patrons in a needs assessment report recently issued by the Information Use Management Policy Institute at The Florida State University College of Communication & Information. The research, funded by a contract from the State Library and Archives of …

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SLIS researchers published in First Monday

SLIS associate professor Kathleen Burnett, Ph.D., doctoral graduate Manimegalai M. Subramaniam, Ph.D., and doctoral student Amelia Gibson published “Latinas cross the IT border: Understanding gender as a boundary object between information worlds” in the First Monday, Volume 14, Number 9–7 September 2009. The article questions how successful Latina IT professionals construct and reconstruct their conceptions of …

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SLIS professors to edit Library Trends issue

Drs. Paul F. Marty, Michelle M. Kazmer, and Corinne Jörgensen of the School of Library & Information Studies, College of Communication and Information, Florida State University will be co-editing a special issue of Library Trends titled “Involving Users in the Co-Construction of Digital Knowledge in Libraries, Archives, and Museums” along with Katherine Burton Jones (Harvard Divinity …

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