Nancy Everhart Awarded DAAD Research Stay for University Academics and Scientists

Nancy Everhart, FSU graduate in Library & Information Studies (Ph.D., ’90) and professor in the School of Information, has recently been awarded a DAAD Research Stay for University Academics and Scientists to travel to Berlin. She will spend the spring 2016 semester studying how education for school librarianship may be received in Germany by measuring the perceptions of library …

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Everhart featured in Orlando Sentinel

Project PALS (Panhandle Autism Library Services), a collaborative project between College of Communication and Information faculty Dr. Nancy Everhart and Dr. Juliann Woods, was featured last week in the Orlando Sentinel. Everhart was interviewed for an article about specialized library programs for children with autism was published January 27th and highlighted the importance of  the library …

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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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Everhart elected to IASL Regional Director representing the United States

Dr. Nancy Everhart, Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), Florida’s iSchool, was recently elected to serve as the Regional Director of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) representing the United States. Dr. Everhart is also the Director of the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library Media) and conducts research into …

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SLIS donates home library to Habitat for Humanity family

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 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 …

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SLIS to provide home library for Habitat family

Associate Professor Nancy Everhart joined FSU School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) alumnus Warrick Dunn and others in a celebration ceremony for new Habitat for Humanity homeowner Bridgette Joseph on Feb. 12. Everhart announced plans to furnish Joseph and her three children with a $1,000 home library in partnership with Follett Library Resources. SLIS …

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