Mika Slaughter Nelson, 2022 Alice G. Smith Lecturer
Lecture Title: Mika Slaughter Nelson: “Modern Marvels: Mining Gems to Manifest Dreams”
What: 2022 Alice G. Smith Lecture
Where: Microsoft Teams
When: September 29, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. EST
Details: The Alice G. Smith Lecture is open to the public and is held yearly by the
University of South Florida School of Information (USF SI) to recognize a scholar
or author whose achievements have been instrumental in the development of librarianship
or information studies.
The 2022 Alice G. Smith Lecture features Mika Slaughter Nelson and her talk “Modern Marvels: Mining Gems to Manifest Dreams.” Mika Slaughter Nelson, MLIS, is the director of the St. Petersburg Library System, a municipal system of seven libraries, including the President Barack Obama Main Library, among five City of St. Petersburg owned and operated libraries, as well as two partnership libraries with St. Petersburg College and the Childs Park YMCA. Mika is a 2001 graduate of the University of South Florida’s School of Information (USF SI) and was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (2001) and Beta Phi Mu International Library & Information Studies Honor Society (2003).
Mika Slaughter Nelson was the 2015 recipient of the USF SI Jean Key Gates Distinguished Alumni Award and currently serves on the USF SI MLIS Advisory Council. Libraries, a true passion for Mika, are at the heart of achieving her goals to support community development, literacy across the lifespan, as well as inclusivity and access. Mika has worked in special, academic, school, joint-use, and public libraries during her 20-year tenure. In her leisure, she enjoys family, experiencing the arts and visiting the beach as much as possible.
The University of South Florida School of Information (USF SI) is an iSchool and offers three graduate programs: M.A. Library and Information Science (MLIS), M.S. Intelligence Studies (MSIS), and M.S. Cybersecurity Intelligence and Information Security (MSCIIS). The iSchool offers a Minor in Intelligence Studies, and a B.S. in Information Science (BSIS) with concentrations in Data Science and Analytics, Health Informatics, Information Security, Intelligence Analysis, and Web Development Technologies.
If you would like more information on this event please contact our staff or visit the Alice G. Smith Event Page.