Charles R. McClure, PhD

Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies and
Director, Information Use Management & Policy Institute
College of Communication & Information, Florida State University

Phone: (850) 644.8109
Fax: (850) 644.9763
E-mail: cmcclure@lis.fsu.edu

Francis Eppes Professor

Dr. Charles R. McClure is the Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies at the College of Communication & Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. He was selected as the first recipient of an Eppes endowed chair at FSU in 1999. From 1986-1999 he was at Syracuse University School of Information Studies - the last five as Distinguished Professor. He teaches courses in planning/evaluation of information services, U.S. government information policies, evaluation of networked services, library/information center management, and research methods. He completed his Ph.D. in Library and Information Services from Rutgers University.

Information Use Management & Policy Institute

As Director of the Information Use Management & Policy Institute at Florida State University, he and the Institute staff work on a range of funded research projects, promote interdisciplinary research efforts at the university and with other organizations, and actively participate in various information policy debates and initiatives at the state and federal level. The Information Institute, founded in 1999, provides a highly visible and active research arm of the College of Information. Since its inception in 1999 the Information Institute has received over $4.3 million in funded research. See Dr. Charles R. McClure’s full biography.