http://www.iceltic.orgUp to the minute news stories for the from (CMS)60http://www.iceltic.org/page649.aspxMarcia Mardis and Janice Newsum of LSI's Partnerships Advancing Library Media (PALM) Center have received the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 2010 Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Award.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:14:00 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page348.aspxA mini-symposium and reception to celebrate the launching of the Partnerships Advancing Library Media Center (PALM) was scheduled for June 19 at the FSU Research Foundation in Tallahassee.Thu, 15 May 2008 11:43:18 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page386.aspxPALM's Director, Dr Nancy Everhart, is principal investigator of "Leadership in Action: School Library Media Specialists for the 21st Century: Leaders Educated to Make Difference," funded by the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:04:42 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page433.aspxTwo FSU College of Information students have been chosen for this select group—doctoral student Melissa Johnston, PALM Center Affiliate and Project LEAD specialist student Janice Newsum. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:17:04 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page434.aspxAnnette Goldsmith, a doctoral candidate in the College of Information and PALM Center affiliate, is to serve as Chair of the 2010 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Committee.Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:24:14 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page436.aspxDr. Nancy Everhart, Associate Professor at Florida State University’s College of Information and Director of the Partnerships Advancing Library Media (PALM) Center, traveled to Lisbon, Portugal to serve as a consultant to the Ministry of Education, Department of School Libraries.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:25:30 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page437.aspxAssistant Professor Lisa M. Tripp of The Florida State University College of Information was a research collaborator on the most extensive U.S. study of teens and their use of digital media, recently released by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The three-year study showed that “America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value.”Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:07:23 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page446.aspxAssistant Professor Lisa M. Tripp of Florida State University College of Information recently participated in the most extensive qualitative study ever done on youth media use in the United States. The three-year study of over 800 children and young adults revealed technologies such as social network sites, online games, video-sharing sites, iPods, and mobile phones are important fixtures within the lives of youth that help them become self-directed and improves their social and technical skills. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:40:25 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page458.aspxDaniella Smith, doctoral student at Florida State University's College of Information and Research Program Coordinator for the PALM Center has been selected as an Inaugural Scholar. She will be traveling to Washington to participate in the Inauguration festivities and the University Presidential Inaugural Conference. Interested parties may read about her trip on her blog. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:47:15 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page460.aspxAnnette Goldsmith, a recent College of Information Doctoral program graduate and PALM Center Postdoctoral Fellow" was given an honorable mention in the ALISE/Jean Tague Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Research Poster Competition. The contest was held January 21, 2009 in Denver. Posters were judged according to the significance of the dissertation research topic to the field of Library and Information Studies. Her outstanding poster "Found in Translation" displayed the results of her dissertation. Goldsmith employed a sequential explanatory design (web-based survey with follow-up interviews) within a sense-making theoretical framework to identify editors' motivations for acquiring books to translate, the barriers that they face in this task, and the resources that are available to them. In addition, editors were queried on the value that they place on publishing translations.Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:39:18 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page583.aspxThe PALM Center offers a range of consulting services related to school library modernization, broadband deployment, technology integration, rural schools, leadership development, and other critical areas to support implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:06:11 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page621.aspxStudies have shown that digital resources — video clips, audio, simulations, and images — improve student learning in science and math, and the emergence of online digital libraries has made more free resources available than ever before. Yet few make it to student classrooms or computers. Dr. Marcia Mardis, an Associate Director of the PALM Center is conducting a new research study at Florida State University that looks to change this. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:03:34 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page623.aspxDr. Nancy Everhart, PALM Center director, has been named the next AASL president.Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:29:18 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page627.aspxA White Paper, From District to Desktop: Making the Most of Broadband in Florida Schools, published by the PALM Center at Florida State University, discusses the important issue of broadband in Florida schools. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:55:54 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page635.aspxThe PALM Center at the Florida State University School of Library and Information Studies is part of a team that has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the Library of Congress.Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:49:15 GMThttp://www.iceltic.org/page656.aspxDr. Marcia Mardis, PALM Center associate director, has been chosen to serve as the chairperson for the NSDL Accessioning Board (NAB).Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:27:01 GMT