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Faculty Research Spotlight: Nancy Everhart
Portrait of Nancy Everhart

As a former school library media specialist and professional in the field of librarianship since 1981, Dr. Nancy Everhart was aware of the need to assist library media specialists in their preparation to meet National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification.

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Student Spotlight: Colette Drouillard
Portrait of Colette Drouillard

“What motivates young readers to read the Harry Potter series?” Much has been written about the phenomenal impact that J.K. Rowling’s series has had on inspiring young readers. But most of the research has focused on the perceptions of adults (teachers, librarians, parents). Colette Drouillard’s dissertation research project shifts the focus to the perceptions of the young readers.

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Current Projects
  1. The STARS Alliance: A Southeastern Partnership for Diverse Participation in Computing
  2. 1-2-3 LEAD: School Library Media Specialists for the 21st "Century: Leaders Educated to Make a Difference"
  3. Librarians Serving the Public

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Research Interests

Research at the College of Information covers a broad range of information topics that generally fall into one of these three areas: information behavior, information policy, information retrieval.

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Policy on Conducting Surveys: The College of Information (CI) at Florida State University does not endorse studies which involve CI students that are made by outside investigators.





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