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January Event – The Book as iPad App: iBooks Author

January Event – The Book as iPad App: iBooks Author The Book as iPad App: iBooks Author Slides from the event are now available via Slideshare The event is free, but registration is required. When: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 5:30pm-7pm (EST) Where: MIT Pappalardo Room (Bldg 4-349) find it on MIT MAP What: 5:30-6pm: Refreshments & networking, 6-7pm:…

CfP 2nd ASIS&T European Workshop 2013

CfP 2nd ASIS&T European Workshop 2013 Information Science and Technology Conference June 5-6, Turku/Åbo, Finland Description: The second ASIS&T European Workshop is organized by the Department of Information Studies, School of Business and Economics, Åbo Akademi University and the Department Cultural Sciences, Lund University in association with the European Chapter of ASIS&T. The workshop is an…

Second CfP ASIS&T European Workshop, June 5-6, 2013 in Turku/Åbo, Finland

Second CfP ASIS&T European Workshop, June 5-6, 2013 in Turku/Åbo, Finland The second ASIS&T European Workshop will be held at Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland on the 5th and 6th of June 2013 (travelling on June 4 and the evening of June 6). The workshop is organised by the Department of Information studies, School of…

The OCLC Usability Lab

The OCLC Usability Lab The OCLC usability lab was established in 1990 as one of the first Usability Labs in the Central Ohio area. It was the post-doctoral project of Mike Prasse, who has been manager of the ULab since its beginning. This presentation will a history of the ULab (now in its third incarnation),…

Fall Meet-up: Hacking the Library – USA vs. Swartz

Fall Meet-up: Hacking the Library – USA vs. Swartz Join us for an informal and lively discussion about the impending United States of America vs. Aaron Swartz case. Swartz has been charged with 13 felonies for hacking into the JSTOR database from the MIT network and downloading millions of articles. Whose side are you on – was…

Annual ASIS&T meeting 2011 in New Orleans

Annual ASIS&T meeting 2011 in New Orleans Written by Laura Schumann and Jens Terliesner, students of information science and language technology at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf (Germany) The annual ASIS&T meeting 2011 was held in October in New Orleans (Louisiana). The meeting subtitled with the slogan ‘Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society,…

Rigorous Learning: the Common Core Standards and 21st Century Skills

Rigorous Learning: the Common Core Standards and 21st Century Skills Please join us for our Annual Chapter Business meeting and learn more about the Common Core Standards. SUMMARY: The Common Core Standards mesh with 21st century skills to promote college and career readiness. With these standards and skills, Ohio teachers and librarians face state and…

CfP ASIS&T European Workshop, June 5-6, 2013 in Turku/Åbo, Finland

CfP ASIS&T European Workshop, June 5-6, 2013 in Turku/Åbo, Finland We invite all researchers and practitioners including senior and junior faculty members, researchers, Masters and PhD students and for instance, librarians, and information specialists, to submit research papers, position papers, panels and alternative events and posters to the workshop. All submissions should be in English.…

Doctoral Forum 2012 – Quantitative Research in Information Science

Doctoral Forum 2012 – Quantitative Research in Information Science endorsed by the ASIS&T European Chapter, SIGIII and SIGMETRICS 12-13 April 2012, University of Wolverhampton, UK organised by Dr Jonathan Levitt and Prof Mike Thelwall From April 12th to April 13th 2012 Dr Jonathan Levitt and Prof Mike Thelwall invited doctoral students to their doctoral forum…

Introduction to eBird

Introduction to eBird Join us on Thursday evening, June 7th, 2012, for this spring program co-sponsored by CO-ASIS&T and the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. SUMMARY: eBird (www.ebird.org) is an increasingly popular internet-based checklist program that provides bird watchers a free and easy way to organize their bird sightings, keep checklists, and share their observations with…