In a letter addressed to Dr. Kathleen Burnett, professor and interim director of the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University, the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association (ALA) stated that it had voted to grant continued accreditation status to the school’s master’s degrees in library and information studies. …
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News about the alumni of the CCI School of Library & Information Studies
American Library Association grants continued accreditation to SLIS program
IT alum recognized as 2013 Columbia County District's school-related employee of the year
Florida State University (FSU)’s Information Technology (IT) alum, Patrick Mitchell, was recognized as the 2013 School-Related Employee of the Year by the Columbia County [Florida] School District. Mitchell has worked for over three years as a network specialist at their Administrative Complex. At an honorary Employee of the Year luncheon, he received a cash recognition and a key to the …
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Are you going to ALISE 2013 in Seattle? Here are some of the places where you can find Florida State University faculty, staff, alumni, and students: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:30 – 10 a.m.- SIG Program: Doctoral Students: Surviving the Pre-Tenure Years Conveners: Lenese Colson (doctoral student, Florida State University) – Menzies Suite – Grand Hyatt …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS doctoral team chosen for iConference 2013 Social Media Expo
The FSU School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) would like to congratulate a team of its doctoral students who have been selected to compete in the inaugural Social Media Expo at iConference 2013, Feb. 12-15. Laura Spears, Nathaniel Ramos, Jr. and Jisue Lee have received a $3,000 award from conference sponsor Microsoft Research to …
CONTINUE READINGAlumnus Hirsh elected to Association of Law Libraries executive board
FSU-SLIS alumnus Kenneth J. Hirsh (MSLIS ’89) has been elected to the executive board of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). He is director of the law library and information technology and professor of practice at the College of Law, University of Cincinnati. Hirsh has a history of leadership with both the AALL and …
CONTINUE READINGFaculty and alumni elected to ALISE board of directors
Two members of the FSU-SLIS family were recently elected to the board of directors of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). FSU-SLIS associate professor Don Latham, who earned his doctorate at FSU-SLIS, will serve as director for special interest groups and FSU-SLIS doctoral program alumna Laurie Bonnici, now an assistant professor at …
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