FSU 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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It’s official! Florida’s iSchool is the FSU School of Information

The Florida State University (FSU) iSchool is now officially the School of Information.  ISchool Director and F. William Summers Professor, Dr. Kathleen Burnett, said, “For the past twenty years, our commitment to making vital connections between people and information has never wavered.  Today, technology provides us with the opportunity to spread our deep roots to …

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SLIS, Florida’s iSchool, welcomes Dr. Warren Allen to its faculty

The FSU School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS), Florida’s iSchool is pleased to welcome Warren Allen to its faculty as an assistant professor beginning in the fall of 2013.  This semester he is teaching the graduate Social Media Management course (LIS 5385). “We are very pleased that Warren has chosen Florida’s iSchool as the …

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Collaborative study using public libraries to boost toddler literacy

By Audrey Post CCI Director of Communications   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Researchers from The Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information are collaborating with a team from the University of Washington and several Washington agencies on a project intended to boost early literacy initiatives in the nation’s public libraries.  “Project VIEWS: Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning …

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Researchers to model the life cycles of successful virtual teams

By Audrey Post College of Communication & Information Each year, hundreds of scientists from all over the world come to the Florida State University campus to conduct research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Starting in January, the researchers themselves will become the subject of study as a team from the College of Communication …

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