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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Research news from the CCI School of Information
Collaborative study using public libraries to boost toddler literacy
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). …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS 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 …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS study on issues of cross-contextual information quality evaluation
A faculty-student research study entitled “Issues of cross-contextual information quality evaluation—The case of Arabic, English, and Korean Wikipedias” appears in Library & Information Science Research (Vol. 31, Iss. 4, pp. 232-239). The article is authored by Dr. Besiki Stvilia, Abdullah Al-Faraj, and Yong Jeong.
CONTINUE READINGFocus 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 …
CONTINUE READINGResearchers 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 …
CONTINUE READINGWhite 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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