2003-2004 Program Highlights

Program Plan

This was the fifth year the Link Foundation has funded the Link Scholars Program.  Four talented students, selected through a competitive proposal and interview process, each received $2000 stipends to extend the services and reach of the Library Information NetworK (LINK) in the disciplines germane to the mission of the Link Foundation including aeronautics, energy, marine science, oceanography, ocean engineering and instrumentation, and simulation and training.

As in previous years, undergraduate and graduate students were encouraged to seek nominations from faculty and to submit proposals. Winning proposals were selected by a panel of faculty according to the Criteria for Evaluation of Student Proposals , posted below. Each Link Scholar worked under the direction of an academic faculty member and a library faculty member to accomplish the outcomes listed on the posted Project Outcomes Guidelines.

Faculty and students who took advantage of the one-on-one sessions with Library faculty and staff, course-integrated instruction, and research workshops were continually amazed at the richness of resources and services on the LINK.  However, there are still some teaching and research faculty and students who were unaware that information of great value to them has been organized on the LINK and is just a mouse click away.  The 2003-2004 program goal was to extend awareness to the Florida Tech academic community of the wealth of these LINK-based information resources that have been researched, evaluated, and collected over the past five years by prior Link Scholars.  The 2003-2004 Link Scholars accomplished this through targeted presentations, seminars, and instructional sessions; advertising in the campus newspaper, the campus TV, and the faculty and students' listservs; and through the creation and distribution of brochures, flyers and other promotional materials.

2003-2004 Link Scholars and Projects:

Anna M. Sookhai, Connecting the LINK to Biological Sciences and Marine Sciences
Bhavin B. Parikh, Connecting the LINK to Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering
E. Mischka Hylton, Connecting the LINK to Florida Tech Campus Communities
Oliver D. Hanson, Connecting the LINK to Physics and Space Sciences