Posts Tagged ‘news’
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…
Read MoreJoin 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…
Read MoreNew Newsletter Category
New Newsletter Category The ESC newsletter gets an update! The new category “I was at…” will give you the chance to share your experience from conferences around the world. This category replaces the former “Reports” category where students wrote summaries of conferences they have attended. By introducing the new category, we would like to bring…
Read MoreSlides and video now available — The Spider and the Web
Slides and video now available — The Spider and the Web Thanks to everyone who turned out for our 2014 Networking Dinner on the 7th! It was a great event with a timely presentation on information policy by Bryant University’s Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. José-Marie Griffiths. If you were unable to attend, be…
Read MoreAnd the Winners Are…
And the Winners Are… The ESC Student Chapter congratulates the winners of the first “Movie meets Science” contest 2014! Three amazing videos have been submitted and your votes have decided: If you have missed to watch a video, no worries! All videos are online on YouTube. We like to thank all contributors for their engagement.…
Read More2014 NEASIST Student Travel Award: Apply by Friday, April 25
2014 NEASIST Student Travel Award: Apply by Friday, April 25 The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIST) is pleased to announce the availability of one award of up to $750 to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting (October 31-November 4, Seattle, WA). Applications must be received by Friday,…
Read MoreSpring Meetup — Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Libraries and Privacy in the Digital Age
Spring Meetup — Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Libraries and Privacy in the Digital Age Join us for an informal and lively discussion on the issue of privacy in the digital age. Historically, libraries have been staunch defenders of patron privacy. But in an era when citizens routinely share their information, particularly in the…
Read MoreSpeakers’ slides now available — Big Data & You
Speakers’ slides now available — Big Data & You We now have presentation slides to share from our January event, Big Data & You. Special thanks to our excellent presenters and moderator, Sands Fish, Bradley Strauss, Christopher Erdmann, and Michael Leach, and to everyone in attendance who made Big Data & You a terrific event!…
Read MoreESC Video Science Contest 2014
ESC Video Science Contest 2014 Votings are welcome from 23. April till 05. May 2014 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Format: If you like to submit a short video to the ESC Contest please be aware that your movie file format will be one of the following: MOV MPEG4 AVI WMV MPEGPS FLV 3GPP WebM Video length: The video…
Read MoreJanuary Event – Big Data & You: Preparing Current & Future Information Specialists
January Event – Big Data & You: Preparing Current & Future Information Specialists The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2014 winter event on the topic of Big Data! Big Data is rapidly changing the way…
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