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Dr. Ly Dinh Authors Article Featured at Quantitative Science Studies

Dr. Ly Dinh, Assistant Professor at USF's iSchool, recently published an article featured at Quantitative Science Studies.

April 30, 2024iSchool News

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

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.

April 25, 2024iSchool News

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

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.

April 18, 2024Alumni News, iSchool News

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

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!

April 10, 2024iSchool News

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USF plans to launch college focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and computing

The goal of creating the new college positions the Tampa Bay region and state of Florida as a national leader in the rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and computing. USF is the first university in Florida and among the first in the nation to announce plans to create a college dedicated to AI and cybersecurity.

March 21, 2024iSchool News

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A Remarka-Bull Heritage Month: Black History Resources & Collections

In 1976 President Gerald Ford officially recognized February as Black History Month. Ford urged the public to, “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” In keeping with that tradition, as information science students, here is a list of some of the amazing resources and collections the USF Library offers that center on Black histories and stories!

February 1, 2024iSchool News

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School of Information faculty and graduate develop statewide cyber intelligence assessment for Florida's critical infrastructure

School of Information faculty and alumnus were tapped by Cyber Florida to provide threat/intelligence risk assessment for Florida’s critical infrastructure.

November 16, 2023iSchool News

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Dr. Amelia Anderson Co-authors "Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities"

Check out the recent publication from Dr. Amelia Anderson that was featured as a "most read" article.

November 9, 2023iSchool News

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Dr. Natalie Taylor to Serve Second Term as Part of ALISE DDC Council

Dr. Natalie Taylor secures a second term as Co-Chair for the ALISE Deans, Directors, and Chairs Council.

November 1, 2023iSchool News

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Dr. Karen Kaufmann Co-Authors New Article "Measuring outcomes: Information literacy instruction assessment in a cross-institutional study"

Dr. Karen Kaufmann, in collaboration with her peers, has co-authored an article focused on assessing the influence of information literacy in higher education.

October 11, 2023iSchool News

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USF School of Information at DEFCON 31

Dr. "Scuba" Steve Gary attended DEFCON 31, the world's largest hacker conference. He attends every year to keep abreast of the latest innovations in the hacker community. "The more we know about the threats and vulnerabilities in cyberspace, the more we know how to reduce the threats, and prevent or mitigate exploitation (hacking) of those vulnerabilities."

August 21, 2023iSchool News

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Intelligence Studies Graduate Student Alexandra Sosa Mora Attends IC-CAE 2023 Summer Seminar

The Intelligence Community College of Academic Excellence (IC-CAE) conducts every year a weeklong seminar in Washington DC, where students are exposed to the different facets of the intelligence community (IC), visit different IC agencies, attend forums, speak with recruiters and get to participate in a completely immersive analytic simulation that is presented to intelligence community professionals at the end of the week in the National Intelligence University (NIU).

August 15, 2023iSchool News

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School of Information students, alumni, and faculty can submit news of accomplishments and events for our News section. We welcome announcements of publications, works presented, jobs procured, awards garnered, scholarships awarded, graduate school placements, and upcoming events.