Dr Koontz receives award

Congrats to Dr. Christie Koontz  who was selected as the recipient of the 2013- 2014 Distance Learning Award for Excellence in Online Course Design. The Distance Learning Award for Excellence in Online Course Design recognizes new or newly redesigned online courses that exhibit quality design as measured by the Quality Matters™ rubric, which includes review of …

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iSchool faculty collaborate on marketing, social media guide for libraries

Florida State University School of Information faculty members Christie Koontz and Lorri Mon collaborated on the recently published, “Marketing and Social Media: A Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums,” a guide to marketing libraries, archives, and museum professionals in the social media age. The collaboration is both an introductory textbook and a guide for working …

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Koontz publishes her second book on Marketing Library and Information Services

Dr. Christie Koontz, research associate in the School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS), published the second volume of the book, Marketing Library and Information Services II: A Global Outlook.  Her co-editors are Dinesh K. Gupta and Àngels Massísimo.  It was published in 2013 by Berlin/Munich: De Gruyter Saur. With contributions from library and information professionals including practitioners, …

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FSU-SLIS student chapter recognized for second year by ALA

The Florida State University student chapter of the American Library Association (ALA) has won the 2012-2013 Runner-Up for the ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award. The news comes after receiving top honors last year as the ALA’s 2011-2012 Student Chapter of the Year. “Despite it being a largely virtual group, our chapter has once …

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IFLA honors Dr. Koontz with Scroll of Appreciation

Dr. Christie Koontz, an Associate in Information Studies in the College of Communication & Information’s School of Library and Information Studies, has been awarded the 2011 International Federation of Library Agencies’ Scroll of Appreciation. The award, given annually to an individual for contributions to both the organization and the profession, was presented at the IFLA’s …

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