20 Questions with Paul Marty What was your first job? My first “job” was pet-sitting for neighbors going on vacation, which helped me learn how to handle strange requests from clients (e.g., “here’s how you need to cook steaks for my cat.”). My first “actual” job was working as a computer programmer for the U.S. …
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20 Questions with Paul Marty
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 …
CONTINUE READINGTeam wins $1.2 million grant to teach children to monitor wildlife
A research team led by School of Library & Information Studies faculty is using a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to equip fourth- and fifth-graders with handheld digital journals to monitor natural habitats and analyze wildlife behavior at the Tallahassee Museum. Habitat Tracker — a joint project of FSU’s College of …
CONTINUE READINGResearchers 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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