Graduate Assistants at the School of Information Studies
Beginning Fall 2002, graduate assistance for faculty in support of their teaching, research and service will be provided through the graduate assistants assigned to the library, computer labs and student services. Assistant Dean for Administrative Services Bob Brooks will coordinate selection and appointment of graduate assistants. If you have funding and wish to hire a graduate research assistant, please contact him as far in advance as you can. Graduate assistant appointments are typically made several months prior to the start of the semester. You will need to have sufficient funding to provide a stipend for .25 or .5 FTE and the waiver of tuition for the student. Information regarding these costs is available from either Bev Tranchand, our Research Services Administrator or Ellen Habib, our Administrative Services Coordinator.
Teaching support
Most teaching faculty have been assigned a teaching assistant to assist with course support. Teaching assistant appointments are made for graduate courses that enroll at least 50 students and undergraduate courses that enroll at least 60 students. If you have not been assigned a TA, or if you've been assigned a TA but you need some extra support to meet occasional needs outside of what your TA may be available to provide (e.g., copying of course materials, creation of a reference list, help with a course website), follow the instructions under the heading Requesting Support.
Research Support
Support for research will be provided by our experienced staff of Graduate Assistants assigned to the library, computer labs, and student services. Library assignments will be coordinated by Aimee Reist, Goldstein Librarian, Computer support assignments by Anthony Chow, User Services Manager, and other support assignments by Ellen Habib, Administrative Services Coordinator. To request research support, follow the instructions under the heading Requesting Support. Requests for research support will be given top priority. Please help our staff to better help you by providing as much lead time on requests as you can.
University and Professional Service Support
Support for service to the university and to meet professional obligations is also available through our Graduate Assistants. To request service support, follow the instructions under the heading Requesting Support. While we recognize the importance of the service our faculty provides to the university and professional organizations, service requests will be considered lower priority than teaching and research support requests. It is essential that you provide as much lead time as possible on service requests.
Examples of Types of Services
The following list is meant only to be illustrative, not exhaustive. Services that you may wish to request from our graduate assistant staff include:
From Student Services:
- Copying & printing
- Ordering and stocking of supplies
- Ordering textbooks; requesting examination and desk copies
- Collecting and date stamping of assignments
- Proctoring examinations
- Notification of class cancellations
- Requesting assistance with software or hardware
- Scheduling computer or AV equipment for use in a classroom or meeting room
- Help with preparing slides for a presentation
- Assistance with course website use
- Statistical reports (school and university data sources)
- Identifying & acquiring resources for a course or a research project
- Interlibrary loan
- Copyright permissions support
Requesting Support
You may request support either by phone or by email. Whenever possible, please make your request at least 48 hours in advance of when you will need the task to be completed. Requests will be monitored and logged twice a day Monday through Friday, once in the morning and again just prior to 4:30 PM. You will receive confirmation of receipt of the request and indication of to whom the task has been assigned to by email within 24 hours. If you do not receive confirmation within 24 hours, please contact Ellen Habib (email: habib@lis.fsu.edu; phone: 644-8105) for further information.
To request support:
| Phone | Type of Support | |
| 644-5772 Ellen |
office@lis.fsu.edu | Student Services: most course & service support requests; rosters; copying & printing; ordering textbooks; clerical |
| 644-1803 Aimee |
library@lis.fsu.edu | Goldstein Library: most research support requests; resource identification & acquisition; ILL; copyright permissions, library research |
| 644-8108 Anthony |
support@lis.fsu.edu | Computer Labs: software and hardware support; help with course websites or other technology needs; statistical reports |
If you are not sure which service will best support your needs, or if you have a project or task that crosses different areas, please phone 644-5775 or email office@lis.fsu.edu. Our student services Graduate Assistants will make sure that your request goes to someone who can do the job!
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