A 2006 paper published by John Carlo Bertot, John T. Snead, Paul T. Jaeger, and Charles R. McClure at the FSU College of Information’s Information Use Management and Policy Institute has received a “Highly Commended Award” as part of Emerald’s 2007 Literati Network Awards for Excellence. The recognition came for the paper “Functionality, usability, and …
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News about the faculty of all schools comprising the the FSU College of Communication & Information
Institute paper receives 'Highly Commended Award'
Institute/McClure in Library Journal Article
The FSU College of Information’s Information Institute and its director, Charles McClure, were featured in a Feb. 20 article at LibraryJournal.com entitled “E-Government and Libraries: Could New Law Be on the Horizon.” Dr. McClure discussed the current state of talks about government funding for proposed national e-Government Information and Service Centers (EGISC) in public libraries. …
CONTINUE READINGGathegi Attends S. African Ethics Conference
Prof. John N. Gathegi has just returned from the African Information Ethics Conference: Ethical Challenges in the Information Age held in Pretoria, South Africa, February 2007. Prof. Gathegi presented a paper titled: “Intellectual property, traditional resource rights, and natural law: a clash of cultures?” The meeting brought together international academics and policy makers from around …
CONTINUE READINGDresang to Receive Scholastic Library Publishing Award
Professor Eliza T. Dresang, Eliza Atkins Gleason professor at the FSU College of Information, will receive the Scholastic Library Publishing Award at the 2007 Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA) in June. The award is “presented to a librarian whose unusual contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by children and young …
CONTINUE READINGDresang as Wonder Woman
Dr. Eliza Dresang was featured in the cover article of the August 2007 issue of School Library Journal, Wonder Woman: Eliza Dresang, Winner of the Scholastic Library Publishing Award. You can read the article at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6463501.html.
CONTINUE READINGCollege welcomes new faculty for Fall 2007
The College of Information welcomes two new faculty members this semester: Hongyan Ma (Assistant Professor) received a BS in Information Science, a BS in Economics, a minor in Law, and a MS in Management from Peking University, China. She completed her MLIS in Informatics from the University of California, Los Angeles where she is ABD …
CONTINUE READINGBertot on FBI/Patriot Act Use
Professor John Bertot recently appeared as a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio to discuss the Patriot Act-in particular the issues around the recently released report by the Inspector General regarding the underreported use of National Security Letters, etc., by the FBI. Below is information about the program and links for listening to it. Kathleen Dunn …
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