The Digital Divide between generations is narrowing in Tallahassee, thanks to a group of students in an Information Technology Leadership class. All 28 students in the summer class were required to complete an outreach project, and five students organized training classes at the Tallahassee/Leon County Senior Center in Keyboarding, Facebook and Microsoft Word. They have …
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IT Leadership students bridging 'Digital Divide' at Senior Center
SLIS senior honored by MGC as 2009 Woman of the Year
School of Library & Information Studies senior Charleta Williams was named “2009 Woman of the Year” by the Multicultural Greek Council of The Florida State University in a ceremony held at the Tallahassee Civic Center on Thursday, April 15, 2010. “I am blessed to have been nominated for the Women of the Year award, and …
CONTINUE READINGNancy Everhart of SLIS featured on FSU Headline News
Nancy Everhart, who recently began a yearlong stint as president of the American Association of School Librarians, was the focus of a radio news story on FSU Headline News.
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 READINGEverhart & Mardis (FSU) to edit peer-reviewed School Libraries Worldwide and receive honors at ALA
Dr. Nancy Everhart and Dr. Marcia Mardis of The Florida State University (FSU) will begin co-editing School Libraries Worldwide, the official professional and research journal of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), in July 2010. They will be continuing the work of founding editor, Dr. Dianne Oberg (University of Alberta, Edmonton). School Libraries Worldwide …
CONTINUE READINGMardis and Newsum earn top research award
The Florida State University team of Janice Newsum and Dr. Marcia Mardis has received the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 2010 Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Award. The award provides $1,000 of seed money for small scale projects that reflect YALSA’s research agenda in the area of young adult library services. “Are Boys Radically Changing? A …
CONTINUE READINGWhite Paper: Media specialists key in effective use of broadband
By Dr. Nancy Everhart, director, and Dr. Marcia Mardis, associate director, The PALM Center In a matter of days, the federal government will start handing out the first $4.5 billion from stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, underserved urban neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamoring for better …
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