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Distinguished Alumna Lucia Martinez Gonzalez awarded 2023 Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award

The Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) was created to recognize those who have achieved excellence in librarianship over an extended (over 20 years) period of service and who have made significant and lasting contributions to REFORMA, as well as to the Latino and the Spanish-speaking communities. Lucia is a 1988 graduate from the USF Masters in Library and Information Science program and was featured as part of the 2021 Alice G. Smith Lecture series. She has recieved multiple Pura Belpré Children’s Literature Honor Medals, and Library Journal's Movers and Shakers award. Congrats to Lucia on this incredible honor!

2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

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MLIS Student Kristina Seiden Attending Children's Book Festival

MLIS Student Attends Children’s Book Festival as a Student Ambassador

04/25/24 — Kristina Seiden, a student in our Master of Library and Information Science program, recently had the opportunity to attend the 2024 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival as a Student Ambassador. Below, she highlights the festival’s mission, sessions provided to attendees, and her experience as a Student Ambassador.

USF School of Information to Host Alumni Reception at 2024 FLA Conference

04/18/24 — The School of Information is excited to announce that we will be back at the Florida Library Association Conference this year. We will be in Orlando hosting an Alumni Reception on May 15th 5:30pm-7:00pm.

USF School of Information MLIS Program Ranks in Top 50 U.S. Library and Information Studies Graduate Programs

04/10/24 — The School of Information is proud to announce that our M.A. in Library and Information Science program was ranked as the 27th best Library and Information Studies program by U.S. News & World Report!

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