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FSU's Mardis to deliver Hazel Harvey Peace Lecture at UNT, Sept. 11 Bob Branciforte Dr. Marcia Mardis <http://directory.slis.fsu.edu/Directory/profile.php?id=158&info=summary > , assistant professor at the School of Library & Information Studies <http://slis.fsu.edu/> , The Florida State University, will present the second annual Hazel Harvey Peace Lecture, "Coming full circle: How the past can help us get it right in 21st century learning," at the University of North Texas (UNT) College of Information <http://www.ci.unt.edu/main/> on Sept. 11. The event is co-hosted by the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge <http://www.txcdk.unt.edu/> at UNT. Dr. Mardis is winner of the 2010 American Association for School Librarians Distinguished Service Award and will present a lecture aimed toward practicing school librarians, teachers, administrators, public and academic librarians. The annual lecture is an event to raise money for the Hazel Harvey Peace Scholarship Fund <http://hhpscholarshipfund.org/aboutus.aspx> and for research in children's and youth services, as well as school libraries. The late Peace is highly revered in Ft. Worth as a lifelong educator and community activist, especially as an advocate for children's literacy and the rights of the homeless. She was the first African-American woman to be honored with an endowed professorship at a Texas public university, when Dr. Barbara Stein Martin <http://courses.unt.edu/bstein/> of the UNT Department of Library and Information Sciences <http://www.lis.unt.edu/main/> was named the first Hazel Harvey Peace Professor in Children's Library Services in 2004. Bob Branciforte, MLIS Creative Director College of Communication & Information The Florida State University [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> E-MAIL (850) 644-3391 PHONE (850) 644-9253 FAX Florida State University ADDRESS Room 021 LSB 142 Collegiate Loop PO Box 3062100 Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2100