Mardis Keynotes MAME Conference

Marcia Mardis, Associate Professor in the School of Information and CCI Assistant Dean has long been a player in school librarianship and digital learning. In her research she explores digital learning resource collection, description, and use. Her unique research not only yielded two recent books, numerous grants and the popular Web2MARC cataloging software, but also …

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Marcia Mardis Appointed Associate Director at Information Institute

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 Keynotes at EduTECH

In May, iSchool associate professor and assistant dean Marcia Mardis attended EduTECH in Brisbane, Australia, where she delivered an international keynote, a master class, and served on an executive panel. Mardis has long been a player in school librarianship and digital learning, which is why she enjoyed the EduTECH conference so much.  In her words, EduTECH …

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Doctoral Candidate Jennifer Wood and Associate Professor Marcia Mardis Present Research Paper

FSU’s School of Information had a strong presence at October’s American Association of School Librarians (AASL)’s National Conference, “Experience Education Evolution.” Information Studies doctoral candidate Jennifer Wood presented a research paper with iSchool Associate Professor Dr. Marcia A. Mardis. Dr. Mardis also conducted a research workshop, convened several focus groups on school library standards and chaired the AASL Standards …

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Mardis named Chair of AASL Editorial Board

Marcia Mardis, associate professor in the School of Communication, has been named the Chair of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) editorial board. While on the board, she will help build on a strong history of publications that seek to transform teaching and learning through school library programs. Highly respected in the field of …

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iSchool’s Marcia Mardis awarded Developing Scholar Award

The School of Information‘s Marcia Mardis has been awarded the Developing Scholar Award by the Council on Research and Creativity (CRC) at Florida State University. Dr. Mardis is the second School of Information faculty member to ever have received this distinction. The Developing Scholar Award is based upon an evaluation of Mardis’ scholarly activities at Florida State University. …

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FSU’s Author Day honors CCI Faculty

Each year, the Office of Faculty Recognition holds an Authors Day to recognize faculty members who have published books in the past year. From the College of Communication and Information, Davis Houck, Andy Opel, Art Raney, Melissa Gross, Shuyuan Mary Ho, Christie Koontz, Don Latham, Marcia Mardis and Lorri Mon will be honored at the …

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