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Quantitative Research in Information Science

Quantitative Research in Information Science We are very pleased to announce a Doctoral Forum, specialising in quantitative research in Information Science to be held on 12-13 April 2012 in England at the University of Wolverhampton. This Doctoral Forum will begin with short introductory presentations by Prof Mike Thelwall and Dr Jonathan Levitt on the application…

Winter Meet-up: How America’s Revolutionaries Imagined Intellectual Property

Winter Meet-up: How America’s Revolutionaries Imagined Intellectual Property Gather with colleagues for a happy-hour discussion on intellectual property. When: Thursday, December 1, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Where: Uno’s Pizzeria (lower level) 22 JFK Street (Harv. Square) Cambridge, MA What: Copyright, trademark and patents are not new concepts. Our founding fathers resolved the tension between…

NEASIST TED Talks & Pizza Gathering

NEASIST TED Talks & Pizza Gathering Tuesday, November 1, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Are you a lover of TED Talks? Or maybe you’re wondering just who this Ted person is that everyone keeps talking about? Either way, join us for an evening of TED Talks, pizza, and sparkling conversation. TED Talks are “inspired talks…

NEASIST Gathers to Celebrate Chapter Awards

NEASIST Gathers to Celebrate Chapter Awards Come join in a lively (and informal) gathering to celebrate a few of our successes this year! When: Monday, September 26, starting at 5:30 to 7:30 Come and go at your leisure! NEASIST will be with a Wonder Woman image on a stick! Where: Meadhall 4 Cambridge Center Cambridge,…

Laments for Reference?

Laments for Reference? A polemic, but trenchant view (dictionary words???) on how dictionaries and other print media on our reference shelves are disappearing from John Walsh at the Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/no-we-shouldnrsquot-just-google-it-john-walsh-laments-the-death-of-the-reference-book-2347173.html) “…as early as 2007 some publishers were predicting that paper dictionaries will die out completely, as the word-curious turn wholly online. And if they go…

Books after Amazon

Books after Amazon It has been very good news for libraries that Amazon has agreed to allow checkouts of e-books on the Kindle at public libraries. At the same time, we should consider the overall practice of this company and how it could impact the book industry over the long term. The author here compares…

Library Closings Still in the News in the UK: “Book Barbarians”

Library Closings Still in the News in the UK: “Book Barbarians” Authors continue to weigh in on potential library closures in Britain. Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials Trilogy, e.g. http://www.worldcat.org/title/amber-spyglass/oclc/44627113&referer=brief_results) helps to raise funds protesting library cuts, arguing in the UK there are 9 million people who have still never used the Internet. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8648309/Philip-Pullman-Why-we-must-stand-up-to-the-book-barbarians.html

“Library Data – why Bother?”

“Library Data – why Bother?” One of the best and most provocative presentations at ALA this year: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/07/library-data-why-bother.html Eric Hellman, discussing the history of library data and the potential future of library linked data. His blog post now contains a link to the complete PowerPoint, which includes some examples of how easy it is to…

Kindles in the News – in Time for Tonight’s Program!

Kindles in the News – in Time for Tonight’s Program! Just in time for tonight’s “Kindles and Kobos and Nooks” (Smith Boardroom, OCLC Conference Center, Dublin, OH 6:30pm), Amazon announces a new program for textbook rental on a variety of readers and other computers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000702481.

Pope Benedict XVI tweets from an iPad

Pope Benedict XVI tweets from an iPad See the Pope himself sending out his first personal tweet; it seems he had 30,000 new followers within 24 hours… http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504943_162-20075473-10391715.html