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 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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PALM Center hosts Dr. Dianne Oberg colloquium "What makes a quality online library education program?," Nov. 2

Dr. Dianne Oberg, professor at the University of Alberta, Canada, presents a research colloquium, “What makes a quality online library education program?,” on Nov. 2, 2011, 12:30–1:30 p.m., Room 206, Louis Shores Building. Lunch will be provided. Hosted by the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library) of the School of Library & Information Studies at The …

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Mardis quoted in article on libraries and science education

Dr. Marcia Mardis, an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Studies, is quoted in the latest issue of NSTA Reports about ways that school libraries can aid science achievement. NSTA Reports is a publication of the National Science Teachers Association, which has  more than 60,000 members. The organization is influential is setting …

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Everhart quoted in HuffPost in AASL president role

Tallahassee, Florida, June 1, 2011 — Dr. Nancy Everhart was quoted in the Education section of the Huffington Post yesterday in an article titled, “Librarian Positions Cut in Schools Across the Country.” Everhart is an associate professor with the SLIS faculty and director of the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library Media) called upon in her …

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A blog from our visiting German librarians

Two school librarians from Germany, Julia Rittel and Helga Hoffman, are visiting the PALM Center for the next ten days. They are sponsored by the Goethe Institut. You can follow along and read about their impressions of American school libraries at their Librarian in Residence blog linked below. Julia and Helga will visit about 15 …

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