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iSchool and College of Nursing Secure $100,000 Grant Researching Libraries and Childhood Development
A research team from 麻豆传媒's School of Information working in partnership with Kent State鈥檚 College of Nursing received a National Leadership Planning Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) for $99,982. The funds will鈥
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Meghan Harper, Ph.D., became the new director of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 School of Information (iSchool), effective July 1, 2021.
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Kent State's ALA Student Chapter recently coordinated a major international workshop with ALSC and IFLA.
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With the help of students and faculty from the Kent State School of Information, the inventory of the Ohio Outdoor Sculpture project is growing.
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On April 28th, 2021, Dr. Meghan Harper, the Interim Director of the iSchool, will present 鈥淏uilding Empathetic Collections: Fostering Empathy and Kindness in Your Community鈥 for the Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (NEO RLS) on Zoom from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST.
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Two iSchool alumni are presenting a workshop at the Information Architecture Conference (IAC) on how to utilize a Usage Maturity Matrix to assist with making information architecture decisions. Another iSchool alumna is a 2021 IAC Equity Scholarship鈥
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U.S. News & World Report ranks 麻豆传媒 in the top 20 Best Library and Information Studies Programs in the country in its 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Overall, Kent State is recognized in 12 new national rankings in the 2022 edition of Best Graduate鈥
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In 2018, Dr. Karen W. Gavigan was awarded the Jacqueline M. Albers Guest Scholar in Children's Literature Fellowship by the Reinberger's Children's Library Center. Now, she is collaborating with Dr. Kasey Garrison to share that research. The pair have just鈥
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Currently working as UX Lab Coordinator for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, alumna Mackenzie Husmann, BS 鈥18, MS 鈥19, demonstrates how widespread user experience design (UXD) work is and how universal the need is.
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Many think "librarian" when they hear someone has a master's of library and information science, but an information science degree opens so many more doors. Here are two MLIS grads who pursued paths outside of the library's confines.