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September 22 Book Discussion

September 22 Book Discussion Join members of the NEASIST Program Committee as we discuss bestselling author James Gleick’s book, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood.  In the first of this two-part meetup, we’ll discuss chapters 1-7.  In the second, we’ll discuss the remainder of the book.  You’re welcome to join even if you…

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2014 Annual NEASIST Networking Dinner

2014 Annual NEASIST Networking Dinner The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology invites you to join us for our 2014 Annual Networking Dinner: The Spider and the Web: Can the Information Age survive another 25 years? Join your colleagues for an evening of conversation as we explore the future of…

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August 14 Meetup on Responsive Design

August 14 Meetup on Responsive Design Join members of the NEASIST Program Committee as we talk website responsive design over nachos. Want a primer on responsive design? Got some web-dev stories from the trenches to share? Or just want to network and share your summer plans? This event is open to all–you don’t need to…

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Summer of Tours Nationwide Archives

Summer of Tours Nationwide Archives Hold the dates on your calendar and send in your reservations for some very special library tours this summer. The Central Ohio Chapters of Special Libraries Association and the Association for Information Science and Technology (SLA Central Ohio and CO-ASIS&T) have collaborated to sponsor a “Summer of Tours” and we hope to have you join us.…

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Summer of Tours Dispatch Library

Summer of Tours Dispatch Library Hold the dates on your calendar and send in your reservations for some very special library tours this summer. The Central Ohio Chapters of Special Libraries Association and the Association for Information Science and Technology (SLA Central Ohio and CO-ASIS&T) have collaborated to sponsor a “Summer of Tours” and we hope to have you join us.…

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July 17 Meetup on Open Access

July 17 Meetup on Open Access Join members of the Program Committee as we talk Open Access over nachos. What’s green open access, and what’s gold open access? Who benefits, and who foots the bill? Does open access help authors, researchers, institutions, and society, or does it reduce innovation and allow information of low quality…

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Join the ESC Webinar

Join the ESC Webinar SAVE THE DATE 17th July, 2014 at 6pm UTC+2 Topics: Movie meets Science: Look back, video presentation and discussion with the winners: Stefanie Vieten, Duwaraka Murugadas, and Janina Nikolic. Presentation of Library and Information Science at Humboldt University Berlin for prospective students – By Evelyn Dröge Conclusion and announcement of the…

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Summer of Tours Cartoon Library

Summer of Tours Cartoon Library The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library on Thursday, June 26th, 2014 1:45 – Meet at Cartoon Library         OR 3:30 – Meet at Cartoon Library Tour the Newly Renovated Billy Ireland Cartoon Library at The Ohio State University Join the Central Ohio Chapters of Special Libraries Association and the Association for…

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Join us on June 25th

Join us on June 25th You are invited to NEASIST’s June Meetup, Meet and greet and eat (nachos), happening next Wednesday, June 25th, at 6pm at Champion’s in Kendall Square. Join members of the Program Committee as we brainstorm topics, speakers, activities and events for the coming year.  We’ll buy the nachos, you bring the…

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Leveraging the Power of FRBR in Library Data

Leveraging the Power of FRBR in Library Data Diane will describe the ongoing efforts of OCLC Research to apply principles of the FRBR model to the WorldCat database. OCLC’s FRBR activity involves grouping bibliographic records into work clusters based on author and title information in bibliographic and authority records. The results of the clustering are…

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