The FSU School of Library Information Studies (SLIS) and Dr. Nancy Everhart, Associate Professor and Director of the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library Media), hosted a ceremony on Jun. 10 in the Goldstein Library to commemorate the donation of a 106-book library to a local single-parent family, the Josephs. The library contribution plans were announced on Feb. 12 at a celebration …
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SLIS donates home library to Habitat for Humanity family
Three CCI faculty members awarded 2013 First Year Assistant Professor Grants
School of Communication & Science Disorders faculty member, Dr. Kaitlin Lansford, and two School of Library & Information Studies faculty members, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho and Dr. Richard Urban, have each been awarded First Year Assistant Professor (FYAP) Grants for 2013. Here are some of their research project topics and links to abstract summaries: Dr. …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Shuyuan Mary Ho (2013 FYAP Grant Winner)- Research Project Information
Title: “Identity Deception and Detection in Computer-Mediated Communications” Abstract: Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho’s proposed research is a continuation of her previous research on trustworthiness attribution in virtual organizations. Her current work, based on the social psychology theory of attribution, has uncovered the important finding that information behavior can be used to identify scenarios where members …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Richard Urban (2013 FYAP Grant Winner)- Research Project Information
Title: “Representation Patterns for Cultural Heritage” Abstract: The World Wide Web has been an extremely successful way to share documents on a global scale, yet it contains an important flaw. Documents on the Web can only be associated through hyperlinks that hide the relationships among them. Although documents may contain a great deal of information, …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS Professor Everhart quoted in article on technology in K-12 education
Dr. Nancy Everhart, associate professor in the School of Library and Information Studies and director of the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library Media), was quoted in a Tampa Bay Times article. She discusses some reasons advising against the removal of media specialists from primary education in Pasco County, FL. Everhart, who has expertise in media and digital curriculum, brought up that trying to …
CONTINUE READINGU.S. News & World Report ranks SLIS grad programs among best in the nation
U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 edition of “Best Graduate Schools” was released on Mar. 12. FSU’s School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) placed 13th in the nation! Its school library media program ranked No. 1 in the nation; its services for children and youth ranked 5th; and its digital librarianship ranked 11th. Read …
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