Dr. Marcia A. Mardis, Associate Professor in the Florida State University iSchool and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Research and Education at the College of Communication & Information will also serve as Associate Director of the Information Use Management and Policy Institute effective immediately. Mardis currently serves as a Co-PI with Dr. Charles R. McClure, Francis Eppes …
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Marcia Mardis Appointed Associate Director at Information Institute
Susan Thomas Departs the Information Institute
Susan C. Thomas, Program Coordinator, is departing the Information Use Management & Policy Institute (Information Institute) at the Florida State University, College of Communication and Information, School of Information as of October 22, 2015. Ms. Thomas has worked at the Information Institute for almost 15 years coordinating the Institute’s office functions, fiscal and administrative operations, …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool presents at TPRC42
Florida State University’s Information Institute presented the preliminary findings of the National Science Foundation-funded Assessing Information Technology Educational Pathways that Promote Deployment and Use of Rural Broadband project at the nationwide Telecommunication Policy Research Conference, TPRC42. The conference was held at the George Mason University in Arlington, VA from September 12-14, 2014. Doctoral candidate Jisue Lee presented …
CONTINUE READINGInformation Institute receives IMLS grant for rural broadband research
Florida State University’s Information Institute received a Collaborative Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to fund research of broadband planning and education strategies with public libraries and other organizations in rural northwest Florida. The award amount is $49,990 with a matching amount of $11,070 and begins May 2014. Broadband adoption …
CONTINUE READINGCCI’s Information Institute to host Eppes lecture on IT careers and internships
The Information Institute at Florida State University (FSU)’s College of Communication & Information will present a Francis Eppes Lecture entitled “Introduction to the Midwest Center for Information Technology Careerlink and Related Services: Linking IT Employers, Faculty, Students, and Jobs” on Wednesday, March 26, from 11 a.m until 12 p.m. Dr. Levi Thiele, Brad McPeak and Erin …
CONTINUE READINGSpring grads/McClure published in 'First Monday'
Spring SLIS graduates Jeffrey Saunders (MLIS, 2012) and Lauren Mandel (PhD, 2012) published an article with Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies Charles R. McClure in the peer-reviewed online journal First Monday (Volume 17, Number 11, November 2012), “Broadband applications: Categories, requirements and future frameworks.” The Abstract of the article: Recent telecommunications policies, private sector …
CONTINUE READINGInformation Institute garners 'top paper' at iConference
An Information Use Management & Policy Institute (Information Institute) paper won one of five best paper awards at the iSchools’ iConference 2012, held February 7-10 in Toronto. The paper, Rural Anchor Institution Broadband Connectivity: Enablers and Barriers to Adoption, covers two projects currently under way at the Information Institute at the Florida State University College of Communication and Information, School of Library and …
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