Alumnus published in MultiCultural Review

Congratulations to School of Library and Information Studies alumnus Ricardo Antoni (MSLIS, 2007). His article “Computadoras al Alcance de Todos: Bridging the Latino Digital Divide with Computer Literacy Programs in Spanish at the Library” was published in the Summer 2009 issue of Multicultural Review. It appears in the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Services Roundtable Bulletin …

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Alumnus book on history of FL black school bands

Dale A. Thomas (MSLIS ’07) published A Band in Every School: Portraits of Historically Black School Bands in Florida. The book is a historical account of the role played during the days of segregation by the Florida Association of Band Directors in improving the quality of instrumental music education in Florida’s historically black schools. Although …

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Research Colloquium: Rodriguez-Mori, Aug. 6

The School of Library & Information Studies hosts  Dr. Howard Rodriguez-Mori, Assistant Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College  Presenting a research colloquium “The Information Behavior of Puerto Rican Migrants in Central Florida, 2003-2009: Grounded Analysis of Six Case Studies — Use of Social Networks During the Migration Process” Thursday, August …

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Alumnus named Jacksonville University Library Director

David Jones, who received a master of library and information studies degree from the Florida State University College of Information in 1998, has been appointed director of the Carl S. Swisher Library at Jacksonville University (JU). A March 27 press release from the university stated: Jones joined the faculty at JU in 1988 as an …

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Meet us in Chicago at 2009 ALA Conference

The Florida State University College of Information invites our alumni, students, and friends to meet us in Chicago this July during your the American Library Association’s 2009 Annual Conference. Florida State University will once again have a table at the 2009 Cooperative Library and Information Science School/Program Alumni Reunion, taking place on July 12, 2008, 5:30–7:30 p.m. …

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