American Library Association grants continued accreditation to SLIS program

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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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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Florida’s iSchool at ALISE 2013

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 …

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Faculty 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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