Nancy Everhart, a professor at Florida State University’s School of Information, has been appointed chair of the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) National School Library Program of the Year Award committee for the 2014-15 academic year. Everhart served as president of the AASL in 2010-11 and was a member of the National School Library Program …
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iSchool professor named chair of National School Library Program of the Year Award committee
Including Patrons With Autism in Your Library Programs
Autism is the fastest growing disability in the United States, and Florida is on the cutting edge in serving patrons on the autism spectrum. In this webinar: Anne Leon, Executive Director of Public Library Services; Alvin Sherman, with the Library at Nova Southeastern University, involved in a joint use partnership between NSU and the Broward …
CONTINUE READINGFSU School of Information faculty and doctoral students to attend 2014 iConference in Berlin
Several doctoral students and faculty members from Florida State University (FSU)’s School of Information are heading to the 2014 iConference in Berlin, Germany that will take place March 4 through 7. This year’s FSU participants include: Dr. Warren Allen, Dr. Gary Burnett, Dr. Kathleen Burnett, Wonchan Choi, Laura-Edythe Coleman, Dr. Nancy Everhart, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho, Ji Hei Kang, …
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Dr. Nancy Everhart, president of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), will be presenting the AASL President’s Program on Saturday, June 25, 10:30 a.m. in New Orleans during the American Library Association Annual Conference in the Convention Center, Room 260-262. Everhart will conclude her term as AASL president on June 28, 2011. Dr. Everhart’s …
CONTINUE READINGEverhart quoted in HuffPost in AASL president role
Tallahassee, Florida, June 1, 2011 — Dr. Nancy Everhart was quoted in the Education section of the Huffington Post yesterday in an article titled, “Librarian Positions Cut in Schools Across the Country.” Everhart is an associate professor with the SLIS faculty and director of the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library Media) called upon in her …
CONTINUE READINGMardis to give keynote speech at SLAWNY, May 8
Dr. Marcia Mardis will be the keynote speaker at the School Librarians of Western New York (SLAWNY) conference on Friday, May 8, 2011. Her speech is titled “Who Are You? ‘Home Truths’, Possible Realities, and Opportunities for School Librarians to Thrive.” Mardis was the 2010 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Service Award Winner. Later …
CONTINUE READINGTwo white papers by Everhart and Mardis included in NSF database
by Bob Branciforte Two white papers co-authored by Dr. Nancy Everhart and Dr. Marcia Mardis of The Florida State University School of Library & Information Studies have been entered into the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) prestigious Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science (SBE) database, “SBE 2020.” The database seeks to assist the NSF and social science …
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