LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Webcasting interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:53:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2011/04/facebook-metadata.html Image via CrunchBaseFacebook Engineering is having a webcast of their tech talk about using metadata.Join Mukund Narasimhan, a software engineer, for a discussion on the tools and techniques used to extend the Facebook graph to include entities such as places, businesses, and music bands as well as the interactions between Facebook users and these entities. He will explain the computational and statistical challenges involved in annotating these entities with structured metadata while ensuring that they are authentic. He will also discuss how users are helping us solve these problems.This tech talk will occur at 7pm (Pacific) on Wednesday April 27th. It will be live streamed via http://www.facebook.com/FacebookLive.Seen on the dc-general email list. (Source: Catalogablog) Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:00:00 +0100 895885 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2011/03/us-worldcat-mashathon-registration.html Image via WikipediaOCLC announces registration for the US WorldCat Mashathon..Registration is now officially open for the WorldCat Mashathon US, sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network.Join fellow coders, developers and tech-enthusiasts for the next two-day WorldCat Mashathon on Thursday and Friday, April 7-8 simultaneously in 3 locations:Washington, DCColumbus, OHSan Mateo, CAWe’re testing this distributed model, to see if a Mashathon is just as fun (and effective) if it’s run simultaneously in multiple places that are all connected via Webcast. You'll spend the two days brainstorming and coding mash-ups with OCLC Web services and APIs. Developers from the library community and beyond are encouraged to attend. Why attend the WorldCat Mashathon U.S.?Brainstorm potential apps for the WorldCat Search API, MapFAST and other new OCLC Web services.Gain development access to 1.5 billion items from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.Integrate these resources with many others to create innovative new services.Meet fellow developers across the information industry.Share your creative vision and be a part of the next wave of online library development.Roy Tennant of OCLC Research and longtime Code4Lib participant will kick off the session. OCLC staff will also be available at each location for questions and breakout facilitation—and we’ll connect all the sites together via chat, IRC, video conference and Webcast. Ideas, outcomes and code from the Mashathon, together with a participants list, will be shared during and after the event for others to download and build on. (Source: Catalogablog) Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 895900 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LawLibrarianBlog/~3/Bm7l0crjhDc/ralph-nader-really-congressional-hearing-on-the-espionage-act-and-the-legal-and-constitutional-issue.html On December 16, 2010, the House Committee on the Judiciary conducted a hearing on the Espionage Act and the legal and constitutional issues raised by WikiLeaks. The link to the video webcast is available of this page. The witness list... (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895850 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6526 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // December 22, 2010 [SAVE THE DATE 1/11] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "The Master Switch" with Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch and Professor of Law at Columbia University (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2011/01/wu) [SAVE THE DATE] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on THE MASTER SWITCH ================================================================================== 1/11/11, 12:00pm ET, Harvard Law School **Please note earlier start time for this date only** RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) Topic: The Master Switch Guests: Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch and Professor of Law at Columbia University Tim Wu presents his widely acclaimed new book THE MASTER SWITCH:  The Rise and Fall of Information Empires. "A Masterpiece" - Lawrence Lessig.   "A ripping yarn" - The Atlantic About Tim Tim Wu is an author, policy advocate and author of The Master Switch.  He is a professor at Columbia Law School, the chairman of media reform organization Free Press. Wu was recognized in 2006 as one of 50 leaders in science and technology by Scientific American magazine, and in 2007 Wu was listed as one of Harvard's 100 most influential graduates by 02138 magazine. Tim Wu's best known work is the development of Net Neutrality theory, but he has also written about copyright, international trade, and the study of law-breaking. He previously worked for Riverstone Networks in the telecommunications industry in Silicon Valley, and was a law clerk for Judge Richard Posner and Justice Stephen Breyer. He graduated from McGill University (B.Sc.), and Harvard Law School. Wu has written for the New Yorker, the Washington Post, Forbes, Slate magazine, and others. He can sometimes be found at Waterfront Bicycles, and he once worked at Hoo's Dumplings. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:48:00 +0100 894458 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/lucchese Tuesday, December 21, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after. In the same way that music's format shift from analog to digital democratized music distribution for artists, the next digital format shift is leveling the playing field for the creation of music applications. Any developer with talent and vision can now build an app that re-shapes the way we experience music.  Some of these apps do so on a large scale by including the totality of recorded music, or, on a smaller scale with specialized functions, like that T-Pain autotuner app everyone was talking about last year. In a few short years, app developers have already changed music's role in our lives with new solutions for music discovery and recommendation, blog and news aggregators, music games, location-based listening, interactive remix apps, social music sharing, and countless other new music experiences. However, most music application developers are locked out of the commercial music industry, unable to navigate the licensing maze, or to hire one of a few very well-connected deal makers necessary to launch a licensed service comprised of the same popular music available to larger players. In virtually every other market segment -- gaming, social networking, news, photography, etc. -- a developer just needs to build a great app. In the music space, that same developer also needs an army of lawyers and dealmakers. In this talk, The Echo Nest CEO Jim Lucchese will discuss the specific needs and vast potential of this growing music app development community, citing plenty of examples of new and innovative music applications. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:30:00 +0100 894314 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/15/january_pubmed/ Image adapted from Brain Vocab Sketch by labguest on flickr What are you doing next year? In January, NN/LM PNR will offer two online opportunities for you to learn more about PubMed, the National Library of Medicine’s free, comprehensive index to the biomedical journal literature. Whether you’re a librarian or would just like to know how to search PubMed like one, we hope you’ll get out that 2011 calendar and save the following dates. PubMed Update RML Rendezvous January 19, 1-2 PM Pacific (2 to 3 pm Mountain, noon to 1pm Alaska) January’s RML Rendezvous hour will be a PubMed update presented by Alison Aldrich, NN/LM PNR’s Technology Outreach Coordinator. This update will cover tweaks and changes to the PubMed interface that have been introduced over the past several months. Visit the Rendezvous website to connect to this free webcast. There’s no need to RSVP. Like all RML Rendezvous webcasts, this one will be recorded and made available for later viewing. For more information please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? to test your computer connection as a recent Flash update may be needed. Making PubMed Work for You January 24 – February 11 This online class is mainly for beginners to PubMed and for library assistants and technicians who would like to learn more about PubMed search strategies. It is taught through an online course management system, Moodle. There are no required online meetings. Participants will discuss concepts, run searches, and view PowerPoint presentations, videos and websites at their convenience. The course is meant to be completed over 3 or 4 weeks. Participants should plan to spend about an hour each week working on assignments. Making PubMed Work for You is approved for 3 hours of MLA Continuing Education credit. It was developed by Kay Deeney in the NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region and is making its Pacific Northwest debut next month. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:40:23 +0100 894236 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6510 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // December 15, 2010 [TUESDAY 12/21] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Application Developers and the Future of Music" with Jim Lucchese, CEO of The Echo Nest (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/lucchese) Special announcement: The Berkman Center is currently accepting applications for 2011-2012 fellowships through our annual open call. The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on December 15, 2010. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/opencall20112012 [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on APPLICATION DEVELOPERS AND THE FUTURE OF MUSIC ================================================================================== 12/21/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: "Application Developers and the Future of Music" Guests: Jim Lucchese, CEO of The Echo Nest In the same way that music's format shift from analog to digital democratized music distribution for artists, the next digital format shift is leveling the playing field for the creation of music applications. Any developer with talent and vision can now build an app that re-shapes the way we experience music. Some of these apps do so on a large scale by including the totality of recorded music, or, on a smaller scale with specialized functions, like that T-Pain autotuner app everyone was talking about last year. In a few short years, app developers have already changed music's role in our lives with new solutions for music discovery and recommendation, blog and news aggregators, music games, location-based listening, interactive remix apps, social music sharing, and countless other new music experiences. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:13:14 +0100 893062 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/12/marshall Tuesday, December 14, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.Driven by the proliferation of accessible music and video-production software and the connective possibilities of the social web, public culture is being remade in the wake of user-generated content, including the ever curious category of world music. So-called platforms such as YouTube or Jamglue play host to new genres, dance steps, and remixes from around the world, incubating local scenes and circulating aspiring artists' productions to peers near and far. In contrast to its creation by a consortium of British music-industry players in the 1980s, a multinational network of grassroots producers, DJs, and bloggers are renegotiating and redefining the freighted but inclusive term. But while this bottom-up revision of world music can be seen as a valuable development, queasy connections with its earlier incarnation, and the power relations and ideas about difference it embodied, also persist.  About WayneWayne Marshall is an ethnomusicologist focusing on the musical and cultural production of the Caribbean and the Americas, and their circulation in the wider world, with particular attention to digital technologies. While a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT, he's writing a book on music, networked media, and transnational youth culture. He recently co-edited and contributed to Reggaeton (Duke University Press 2009) and has published in journals such as Popular Music and Callaloo while writing for popular outlets like The Wire and the Boston Phoenix. He holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has taught courses at Brandeis, Brown, University of Chicago, and Harvard Extension School. He is also an active DJ and maintains and runs the blog and website, www. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:30:00 +0100 892667 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/underwhelmed-by-googles-ebookstore/ For the past 18 months or so, like many of you, I’ve been anxiously awaiting Google’s ebookstore launch. Originally referred to as Google Editions, the service finally arrived this week with the name Google eBookstore. Now that I’ve had some time to tour the store and download some sample content, I have one question: Why did it take this long to launch a service that offers nothing new? Seriously, I was figuring there would be some groundbreaking functionality but this is basically the Kindle’s bookstore with fewer bells and whistles. Catalog pages are pretty much what you’d expect from Google: simple and clean. But is that always a good thing? Compare the Google and Amazon catalog pages for a book I plan to start reading soon, Unbroken, by Laura Hllenbrand. The Amazon page has all the elements we’ve come to know and love over the years including a lengthy product description as well as customer reviews in two formats: most recent and most helpful. The Google page has a barren look. Drop that Google catalog page into Amazon’s site and it would be considered either a dud or a mistake. Amazon takes great care in determining catalog page elements and I’m convinced more content helps convert browsers into paying customers. You’d think Google would realize that a sparsely populated catalog page probably isn’t a good thing. Maybe they don’t appreciate the fact that buying a book generally requires a lot more thought and consideration than clicking on a search results link. Google is really playing up their multi-platform support. You can read your Google books on pretty much any tablet, smart phone or laptop. That’s a clear advantage over Apple’s iBookstore but it’s something Amazon has offered for quite awhile now. Google’s iPad reader app is nothing spectacular. ... Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:45:19 +0100 892509 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/12/metadata-interoperability.html On 2010-12-15, between 13-17 CET, Mikael Nilsson will defend his PhD thesis on metadata interoperability. The defense will be webcast.From Interoperability to Harmonization in Metadata Standardization - Designing an Evolvable Framework for Metadata HarmonizationMetadata is an increasingly central tool in the current web environment, enabling large-scale, distributed management of resources. Recent years has seen a growth in interaction between previously relatively isolated metadata communities, driven by a need for cross-domain collaboration and exchange. However, metadata standards have not been able to meet the needs of interoperability between independent standardization communities. For this reason the notion of metadata harmonization, defined as interoperability of combinations of metadata specifications, has risen as a core issue for the future of web-based metadata.This thesis presents a solution-oriented analysis of current issues in metadata harmonization. A set of widely used metadata specifications in the domains of learning technology, libraries and the general web environment have been chosen as targets for the analysis, with a special focus on Dublin Core, IEEE LOM and RDF. Through active participation in several metadata standardization communities, a body of knowledge of harmonization issues has been developed.Webcasting a Ph.D. defense is new to me. Is this a trending practice? (Source: Catalogablog) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892531 http://centeredlibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/uc-berkeley-course-podcasts.html Every semester, UC Berkeley webcasts select courses and events for on-demand viewing via the Internet. webcast.berkeley course lectures are provided as a study resource for students and are not sanctioned as a substitute for going to the course lectures. However, their selection of available courses is extensive and you can enjoy lectures by reknowned Berkeley lecturers on subjects as diverse as "Intellectual History of the United States", "Macromolecular Synthesis and Cellular Function" and "Buddhist Psychology".There is also a section that rebroadcasts special events held on campus. (Source: The Centered Librarian) Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892209 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6496 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // December 8, 2010 [TUESDAY 12/14] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "The Unstable Platforms and Uneasy Peers of Brave New World Music" with Wayne Marshall, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/12/marshall) Special announcement: The Berkman Center is currently accepting applications for 2011-2012 fellowships through our annual open call.  The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on December 15, 2010. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/opencall20112012 [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on THE UNSTABLE PLATFORMS AND UNEASY PEERS OF BRAVE NEW WORLD MUSIC ================================================================================== 12/14/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: "The Unstable Platforms and Uneasy Peers of Brave New World Music" Guests: Wayne Marshall, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT Driven by the proliferation of accessible music and video-production software and the connective possibilities of the social web, public culture is being remade in the wake of user-generated content, including the ever curious category of world music. So-called platforms such as YouTube or Jamglue play host to new genres, dance steps, and remixes from around the world, incubating local scenes and circulating aspiring artists' productions to peers near and far. In contrast to its creation by a consortium of British music-industry players in the 1980s, a multinational network of grassroots producers, DJs, and bloggers are renegotiating and redefining the freighted but inclusive term. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:59:45 +0100 891267 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/12/udell Tuesday, December 7, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.The elmcity project invites everyone who publishes community calendar events to: Realize that event data published in a structured format, unlike data published as HTML or PDF, can be routed through pub/sub syndication networks. Make public calendars available in the appropriate structured format: iCalendar (RFC 5545), the venerable Internet standard supported by all major calendar applications and services. Recognize that iCalendar is the RSS of calendars. It can enable a calendar-sphere in which, as in the blogosphere, everyone can publish their own feeds and also subscribe to feeds from other people or from network services. Help build the data web by owning the parts of it for which we ourselves are the authoritative sources. The elmcity project delivers enabling technical infrastructure for this new approach to the community calendar. The project's calendar syndication service is free; it runs open source code on the Microsoft Azure platform; it provides all of its syndicated data in open formats. The real challenge isn't technical, though, it's conceptual. Most people don't know how they could (or why they should) be the authoritative publishers of their own data. Missing concepts include: The pub/sub communication pattern Indirection ("pass-by-reference" vs "pass-by-value") Structured versus unstructured data Data provenance Service composition Along with reading, writing, and arithmetic, these Fourth R principles will empower an informed and engaged 21st-century citizenry. ... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:30:00 +0100 891125 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62376 The "Partnering to Publish" seminar was held on November 10, 2010 in Washington DC. It was sponsored by the Society of Scholarly Publishing and the Association of Research Libraries. We posted links to the slide presentations at the beginning of this week. To save you some clicks, we're reposting the links to each slide presentation [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:24:44 +0100 890403 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/03/rml-rendezvous-rural-health-disparities/ David Young, Montana State University Professor, joins us for December’s RML Rendezvous to talk about rural health disparities. Rural health needs and issues, and strategies for partnering with libraries to work in rural communities will be discussed. Dave is a co-invesitgator on the Montana State University Extension Project, Health Enhancement for Rural Elderly (HERE) funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific NW Region. Join us Wednesday, December 8 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time to learn more about the HERE project and the special challenges and opportunities of health care delivery in small towns. We look forward to seeing you at the webcast! For more information and to test your computer connection, please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? (Source: Dragonfly) Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:22:00 +0100 890998 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HandheldLib/~3/t1tOEnCh328/handheld-librarian-4-online-conference.html TAP Information Services and LearningTimes invite librarians, library staff, vendors, graduate students, and developers to submit program proposals related to the topic of mobile library services for the Handheld Librarian 4 conference (HHL4). The event will be held on February 23 and 24, 2011 and feature keynote presentations by digital information pundits Peter Brantley, Jeremy Kemp and Lee Rainey. Thousands of library and education professionals have participated in previous events – it's time for you to contribute to the conversation! Submit your proposal by December 15, 2010 at: http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/proposal-submissions Prefer to participate? Registration is now open with special early bird rates for individuals and groups at:  http://www.handheldlibrarian.org The Handheld Librarian 4 online conference will feature highly interactive, live sessions, as well as recorded content and relevant resources. We are interested in a broad range of submissions that highlight current, evolving and future issues in mobile library services. HHL4 will also feature a program track with presentations by graduate library students. ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:58:43 +0100 890406 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/12/world-e-parliament-report-2010-predicts.html The United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union have released the World e-Parliament Report 2010:"The Report presents the latest data on the use and availability of systems, applications, hardware, and other tools in parliaments around the world, based on the global survey conducted by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament in 2009. A questionnaire was sent to 264 chambers of unicameral and bicameral parliaments in 188 countries and to two regional parliaments. 134 responses were received (...)""The Report highlights two critical issues - communication with citizens and the demand for transparency (...) Findings regarding how parliaments are doing in communicating with the public suggest there has been some improvement since 2007 and that a greater number of parliaments and members are trying to use these technologies more effectively to engage with citizens. 85% of parliaments reported an increase in communication from citizens using ICT-supported methods. It is likely that audio- and video-based unidirectional methods will be predominant for the next few years. Webcasting, for example, is one of those most frequently used, and it is projected to increase over the next several years. However, the top fve methods that are predicted to have the highest growth rates are all interactive (online discussions, online polls, e-petitions, e-consultations on issues and e-consultations on bills). ""E-parliament builds on the pillars of active engagement, a clear vision, strategic planning, broad-based management, and adequate resources. However, many parliaments lack some of these important elements. Only 43% have a written vision statement, over 40% do not have a strategic plan that is regularly updated, and almost one quarter report that their political leaders at the level of the President/Speaker were engaged very little or not at all. ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 889993 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6487 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // December 1, 2010 [TUESDAY 12/7] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Rethinking the community calendar: A case study in learning and teaching Fourth R principles" with Jon Udell, senior technical evangelist, Microsoft (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/12/udell) Special note: The Berkman Center has issued a call for papers for the Rethink Music conference, to be held this coming spring in Cambridge and Boston: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6456 [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on LEARNING AND TEACHING THE FOURTH R PRINCIPLES ================================================================================== 12/7/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Rethinking the community calendar: A case study in learning and teaching Fourth R principles Guests: Jon Udell, senior technical evangelist, Microsoft The elmcity project invites everyone who publishes community calendar events to:    * Realize that event data published in a structured format, unlike data published as HTML or PDF, can be routed through pub/sub syndication networks.    * Make public calendars available in the appropriate structured format: iCalendar (RFC 5545), the venerable Internet standard supported by all major calendar applications and services.    * Recognize that iCalendar is the RSS of calendars. It can enable a calendar-sphere in which, as in the blogosphere, everyone can publish their own feeds and also subscribe to feeds from other people or from network services.    * Help build the data web by owning the parts of it for which we ourselves are the authoritative sources. ... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:40:39 +0100 889726 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/pollock Tuesday, November 30, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.The talk will share what’s being learned as partners of all ages in the diverse community of Somerville, MA, explore the role of commonplace technology in improving communications about and with young people. In the OneVille Project, students, teachers, parents, mentors, techies, and researchers are co-designing and pilot-testing a toolbox of open source “community communication tools” supporting students individually, across schools, and citywide. Who needs to communicate what information to whom, through which media, in order to support youth in a community? Which barriers are in the way of such communication, and how might these barriers be overcome? And what are the devil(s) in the details of just “adding tech”? Mica Pollock, an anthropologist of education and Somerville parent, will share her early thoughts on this collective effort to understand and improve a city’s ecosystem of communications.About MicaMica Pollock, an anthropologist of education, has long studied how youth and adults discuss and address everyday issues of diversity and opportunity in schools. Pollock is now examining the full range of communications — including electronic communications — necessary to support young people in diverse communities. Pollock’s first three books offer readers concrete recommendations for engaging issues of race and equality in education. Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School helped readers navigate six core American struggles over talking (and not talking) in racial terms in schools. Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools, examined the U.S. ... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:30:00 +0100 889347 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/11/massachusetts-adding-cameras-to.html The Boston Globe reports today that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court announced proposed new rules about cameras in courtrooms at all levels of the judicial system. The rules are not final yet, and comments are encouraged; the article tells interested readers where to send comments. The rule was crafted by the Supreme Court's Judicial Media Committee with input from journalists over the course of this year. The rules are designed to increase citizen access to courts and trials, including blogger access. There is already a rule allowing 2 cameras in every court: one for television and one for newspapers. The new rule would allow 3 cameras, designating the new camera for Web access. The Court is clearly paying attention to the new role that citizen journalists have been playing in coverage of local news. As newspapers find it difficult to fund investigative reporters, these volunteer bloggers have often filled an important gap in coverage. While I certainly hope that professional journalists will continue to be available to cover important state trials, it's nice to think that a case of local interest could be covered by a blogger even when the papers decide it's not "big enough." In a summary released yesterday, the court said “the news media would be defined as those who are regularly engaged in the reporting and publishing of news or information about matters of public interest.’’The rules would allow journalists to use laptop computers and other electronic devices while court is in session, provided it is not disruptive.Even with the new rules, judges still have the authority to ban cameras in certain circumstances. Also, journalists would still be barred from recording jurors at all times during a trial, whether it is a civil or criminal matter.(from the Globe article by John R. Ellement, a staffer from the Globe who has shared in the Globe's 2003 Pulitzer prize. I was curious because of the rule, who was reporting. ... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 889457 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62250 Access the Webcast Bush is being interviewed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook General Counsel Ted Ullyot, who also served in the Bush White House. Once the event has ended we will check back to see if an archived version becomes available. (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:43:33 +0100 889306 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/11/29/upcoming-climate-and-energy-webcasts-for-state-and-local-governments-5/ State and Local Climate and Energy Webcasts EPA hosts the State Climate and Energy Technical Forums and Local Climate and Energy Webcast Series to assist local governments with climate change and clean energy efforts. These regular webcasts highlight EPA resources and present examples of successful state and local climate and energy programs and policies. For more information or to view past webcasts, visit: http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/web-podcasts/index.html. December 15, 2010, 2-3:30 pm (EST): Adaptation Planning and Implementation The second session of this webcast mini-series will focus on frameworks that state and local governments can use to assess vulnerability to climate change, develop adaptation action plans, and implement adaptation strategies for building resilience–all in the light of uncertainty regarding climate change impacts. Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of coordinating climate mitigation and adaptation efforts and integrating adaptation considerations into existing operations. An overview of the general status of adaptation efforts across the United States will be provided, and specific state and local case studies will be shared. To register for the webcast, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/114040154. Please note that the audio portion of this webcast will only be available by dialing into a toll-free conference call. January 13, 2011, 2-3:30 pm (EST): Federal Resources and Support for Climate Change Adaptation The third webcast in this series will discuss the role of the federal government in promoting adaptation to climate change in the United States. ... Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:29:57 +0100 889223 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6472 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // November 23, 2010 [TUESDAY 11/30] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Building OneVille: Understanding and Improving a Communication Ecosystem in Education" with Mica Pollock, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; The OneVille Project (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/pollock) CRCS Seminars [MONDAY 11/29] CRCS Seminar: "Untangling Attribution: Understanding the Requirements Needed for Attribution on the Network" with Susan Landau, Radcliffe/CRCS (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6466) Special note: The Berkman Center has issued a call for papers for the Rethink Music conference, to be held this coming spring in Cambridge and Boston: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6456 [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on BUILDING ONEVILLE ================================================================================== 11/30/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Building OneVille: Understanding and Improving a Communication Ecosystem in Education Guests: Mica Pollock, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; The OneVille Project The talk will share what’s being learned as partners of all ages in the diverse community of Somerville, MA, explore the role of commonplace technology in improving communications about and with young people. In the OneVille Project, students, teachers, parents, mentors, techies, and researchers are co-designing and pilot-testing a toolbox of open source “community communication tools” supporting students individually, across schools, and citywide. ... Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:04:16 +0100 888262 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/tLyjyqyvipA/ I am sure that at this point in time regular readers of this blog may have been wondering where I have been all of this time, or whether I may have abandoned my blog altogether, since the last time I created a blog post over here was over a month and a half ago and by this time plenty of people may be thinking it’s just too late to come to the blog back again, right? Well, you know, after all, blogs are dying, aren’t they? So it may have looked like this one was heading in that very same direction after such a long time without an entry being published. Well, nothing further than the truth. Yes, I have just gone through, perhaps, one of the longest blogging hiatus I can remember in my whole 7 years of blogging. But the reality is that I am now, finally, back to my usual regular blogging activities after such extended break. Thus I guess I could also say to all of you as well … Welcome back! Thanks for sticking around and for dropping by once again! I surely have missed you all, too! I bet by now you may be wondering where have I been all of this time then, right? What has kept me away from the blog throughout all of these weeks and why I am coming back to it, once again. I am sure you may be pondering what has happened to Luis Suarez, yours truly, over the last few weeks. Or, maybe not. Maybe, you didn’t even notice I have been away all along and you just saw this blog post for the first time. Either way, I think I could summarise it all with a rather short sentence: things have been incredibly hectic as of late! And like I have been mentioning in my twitterings over at @elsua, it looks like things are not going to change and become a bit quieter anymore, so I might as well take this opportunity to pick up my usual regular blogging and start writing again. ... Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:25:41 +0100 888135 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8528 State: South Carolina Virtual Services Librarian I Richland County Public Library, Columbia, SC. www.myrcpl.com Location: Virtual Services Department, Main Library, 1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201. (RCPL may change work location, schedule, and duties of any library job, dependent upon needs of the library system.) Hours: 37.5 hours per week: Mon. – Fri. 9-5:30; other hours as needed. Essential Functions of the Job: Works with customer-focused, customer-facing content on the Library’s Web site in consultation with the Virtual Services Manager (VSM). Web site content development and administration: Writes and/or collects new content for the RCPL Web site. Writes clear, concise, accurate copy using search engine optimization and web standards best practices. Adds, changes, schedules, and deletes content on the Web site using the administrative interface of RCPL’s Drupal content management system. Coordinates project teams of librarians and other subject matter experts in conjunction with the Virtual Services Manager to manage and contribute content to the RCPL Web site. Plans, coordinates, and manages online events such as online talks with authors, online art shows, webcasts, webinars, Q&A events, etc. Web site enhancement: Identifies and/or reports on new and innovative uses of current and emerging technologies in support of virtual library services. Builds wireframes and other illustrative and/or planning documents to be used in case for development scenarios, and as part of the project execution plan. Plans and facilitates implementation of new tools, services, and functionality for the Web Site as directed by VSM. Social Networking, web based services, mobile applications, and other technologies: Coordinates customizations and functionality enhancements for the Library’s presence on social networking sites. Coordinates with Public Relations department to maintain presence on Social Media sites. ... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:02 +0100 887883 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62112 From the C-SPAN Summary Archivist of the U.S. David Ferriero talked about the National Archives, what he has done to improve them in his first year, and his vision for the future. "A View from Washington" was the annual Richard G. Hewlett Lecture of the Society for History in the Federal Government. Mr. Ferriero's remarks runs [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:33:19 +0100 887547 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/11/cfp-acrl-e-learning-proposal.html CFP: ACRL e-Learning Proposal Submissionshttp://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/elearningproposal.cfmACRL welcomes proposal submissions for ACRL e-learning events. Submit a proposal for live webcasts or asynchronous online seminars. We encourage you to share your cutting-edge practices and innovative developments with your colleagues. The proposal submission deadline is December 17, 2010.e-Learning FormatsWebcasts: ACRL webcasts usually run 90 minutes in length, including time for audience Q&A. Webcasts are offered live on the Elluminate online meeting platform. Presenters can use PowerPoint, online polls, white board, and other interactive tools during the webcast. We recommend having a few interactive elements incorporated throughout the session to keep the online audience engaged. Participants can send questions (either via chat or audio) that the presenters can respond to. ACRL offers e-Learning webcast presenters a 10% royalty of webcast fees, less the Elluminate vendor fees, split between the presenters. Online Courses: ACRL online courses are primarily asynchronous events offered over the course of three or four weeks. Online courses are offered on the Moodle platform. Courses should include weekly readings, discussion questions, assignments, and/or chat sessions. ACRL provides $1,000 for content development for new multi-week courses, as well as a royalty of 10% of the course registration fees, split between the presenters, each time the course is offered. For more information, visit: http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/elearningproposal.cfm (Source: A Library Writer's Blog) Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888806 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62099 From a MediaBerkman Blog Post: As more and more content moves into the cloud libraries are decreasingly the single place to go to find the material you need for your research (except for rare books and special collections). But libraries know a huge amount about their contents. This metadata is becoming even more valuable as [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:01:15 +0100 887358 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibrarylawBlog/~3/E2nkkQ_RSHQ/join-us-at-the-infopeople-webinar-at-noon-pacific-today-for-patron-behavior-policy-update-httpwwwinfopeopleorgtrainin.html Join us at the Infopeople webinar at noon (Pacific) today for Patron Behavior policy update http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/430/index.html (Source: LibraryLaw Blog) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:30:09 +0100 887908 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/YyOKMu_L__g/youtube-highlights-11182010.html This is the latest in our series of YouTube highlights. Every couple of weeks, we bring you regular updates on new product features, interesting programs to watch, and tips you can use to grow your audience on YouTube. Just look for the label “YouTube Highlights” and subscribe to the series. – Ed.Since our last update, we’ve reached a new milestone in video uploads, seen new comedy and music programs launch, and shared a new, more “cinematic” YouTube viewing experience with Google Chrome. Read about all of it below.35 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minuteRemember in March when we shared that more than 24 hours of video was being uploaded to YouTube every minute? Well, our users continue to amaze us, and as of last week, 35 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. If we were to measure that in movie terms (assuming the average Hollywood film is around 120 minutes long), it’s the equivalent of more than 176,000 full-length Hollywood releases every week.Laugh along with us and Comedy ThunderNextNewNetworks, the YouTube partner responsible for bringing original content like Obama Girl and Key of Awesome to YouTube, recently launched a new series called “Comedy Thunder.” Eight comedy teams and comedians will each post a video based on a specific theme that changes every week. Here’s one of the latest videos:Do you love K-POP?Korean pop music or “K-POP” has earned millions of fans around the world. MBC, a major TV network in Korea, has joined with YouTube to search the world for the next big K-POP talent. Check out some of the top Korean music labels like YG Entertainment, SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment for inspiration before submitting an audition video. Don’t worry if you don’t speak Korean; you can audition in any language. ... Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888147 http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2010/11/join-us-at-the-infopeople-webinar-at-noon-pacific-today-for-patron-behavior-policy-update-httpwwwinfopeopleorgtrainin.html Join us at the Infopeople webinar at noon (Pacific) today for Patron Behavior policy update http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/430/index.html (Source: LibraryLaw Blog) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887168 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/39PA17BXE4Q/ Today I am going to talk about the need for federated book searching in medical libraries.  Full disclosure we do not have a federated search product and most of the ones I have played with on other library sites have left me frustrated. My library does not have a federated search product. Probably the biggest reason why is while our users say they want the Google experience, we have observed that this isn’t quite the case.  I think they think they want a federated search type product for article searching and a separate type of federated search product for books.  From what I can tell when they are looking for information they usually know if they want journal articles or books on a topic.  They usually don’t want both.  This is probably because we are a hospital library and the patrons tend to want the most recent research which is usually in a journal article.  They usually consult books when they are looking for more in-depth or background information on a topic.  The people who want information on a topic from both books and journals usually are doing research for school.   There is nothing wrong with that but they just aren’t the majority of our clientele. I will leave the idea of a federated search product for searching journal articles for another time for two reasons. First, this post is primarily about ebooks not journal articles. Second, I have some big reservations about federated searching the journal literature and quite frankly I need to sort them out before I put them in print.  So, on to federated book searching. From what I can tell EBSCO and Serials Solutions offers federated searching and they will search for ebooks.  I know Mark said on the webcast that there were no medical libraries currently using either of those two products for ebooks.  However, there were a few who tweeted that their library indeed was using one of those products.  I would love to hear their thoughts. ... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:38:24 +0100 886732 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arlisnap/~3/B0vLqYLMzwk/ Check out two great webinars this week courtesy of ARLIS/NA and ALA-LLAMA. Details below: #1: on Thursday, Nov. 18 – You have – or soon will earn – your MLS degree. But what’s next? How do you put it to work? Job Hunting for the Recent or Future MLS Graduate Thursday, Nov. 11/18 from 1:30 [...] (Source: [ArLiSNAP]) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:56:22 +0100 886792 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/11/16/webinar-best-in-class-incident-management-strategies-for-corporate-sustainability/ Please join: IHS & Occupational Health & Safety Topic: Best-in-Class Incident Management Strategies for Corporate Sustainability Date: Wednesday – December 1, 2010 Time: 2 PM (EST) 11 AM (PST) Register Today at: http://www.digital.1105pubs.com/t.do?id=6420839:3069502 Overview: As many recent adverse industry events have shown, Incident Management is an important but often overlooked piece of a global organization’s operational playbook. In this webcast we will examine the two major portions of any incident management program, namely the risk management processes needed to reduce the likelihood and impact of an adverse event from occurring, as well as the processes and procedures needed to coordinate a timely and effective response to an adverse event when it does occur. Register to join experts from Aberdeen Research and IHS on this live webcast as they take a look at corporate incident management as a business and sustainability issue and provide strategies for building an effective incident management program. They will discuss: The key components of an effective incident management program The business processes and technology enablers that differentiate top performers in incident management How IT solutions can help enable effective incident management How managing reactive events such as incidents can produce leading KPIs of EHS performance How incident management fits into the larger corporate sustainability program Who Should Attend: This webcast will be of value to people in corporate sustainability, EHS, environmental compliance and safety management roles who are looking for information about best practices for risk management, corporate compliance & performance improvement in the area of unplanned adverse incidents. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:04:19 +0100 886458 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/schor Tuesday, November 16, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.We are witnessing escalating evidence of human destabilization of the climate and biodiversity loss. In the sustainability community, both activists and practitioners are increasingly turning to the internet to foster new lifestyles, consumption patterns and ways of producing. There has been an explosion of web-enabled innovations around consumption sharing and extra-market exchange in order to reduce footprint. At the cutting-edge people are turning to peer production and open-source practices to accelerate the design and diffusion of ecologically-intelligent and efficient modes of provision in agriculture, consumption and manufacturing. The conversation will draw on my recently published book, Plenitude: the new economics of true wealth.About JulietJuliet Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Before joining Boston College, she taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the Committee on Degrees in Women’s Studies. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Schor received her Ph.D. in economics at the University of Massachusetts. Her most recent book is Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth (The Penguin Press 2010). She is also author of the national best-seller, The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (Basic Books, 1992) and The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need (Basic Books, 1998). The Overworked American appeared on the best-seller lists of The New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, The Chicago Tribune, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe as well as the annual best books list for The New York Times, Business Week and other publications. The book is widely credited for influencing the national debate on work and family. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:30:00 +0100 886357 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/11/15/rendezvousbestplan/ Zigzag by MarcelGermain What do keys, labyrinths and tow trucks have to do with responding to a flood or similar disaster at your company? Find out on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 1pm Pacific (2pm Mountain, noon Alaska) a free webcast will be held at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous about disaster recovery services. We invite you to view a recording of the presentation that will be available on an update to this post and at the Rendezvous website as well. Our presenters are from Belfor USA, a property restoration and disaster recovery included among the many resources of the Pacific Northwest Region Emergency Preparedness webpage at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/services/emergency_preparedness.html. As part of our Federal agency services regarding electronic and information technology resources being accessible to people with disabilities, closed captioning is available on this and future RML Rendezvous webcasts. For more information please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? to test your computer connection as a recent Flash update may be needed. We look forward to seeing you at the webcast! (Source: Dragonfly) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:26:42 +0100 886324 http://nnlm.gov/scr/blog/?p=7635 This week many librarians and information professionals tuned in for the Medical Library Association’s educational webcast “The ABCs of e-Books: Strategies for the Medical Library“. The webcast featured good tips for dealing with the acquisition and cataloging of e-books. Additional emphasis was given to better promoting e-books in library collections. Cataloging and acquisition processes aside, [...] (Source: Network News) Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:51:46 +0100 886163 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/ImQviv8dRck/ As I mentioned Marian and I only had about 5 minutes max to describe what we are doing at our library and why.  There was a lot of stuff we just had to leave out for the sake of time.  So here are some of the things we could have talked about if we had more time. Why did we have an HTML page with titles and subjects of ebooks? Many patrons don’t use the catalog to find things.  They preferred looking on a web page that listed the books and browsing through that list either by subject (very general subject) or title.   We actually have usage statistics supporting this.   When we looked at our annual usage statistics for the library website the ebooks title and subject web pages had some of highest usage statistics for our site.  Therefore we felt it important to have the ebooks listed on a web page in addition to the catalog. You mentioned that having a website list them all by title and subject became difficult and time consuming, how does the ERM help? The ERM allows us to display resources by subject or by title. We created the very general subjects such as database, ebook, alternative medicine, EBM, etc. and assigned those subjects to each resource in the ERM.  People can browse for resources (ebooks, databases, internet sites) according to subject and title.  Please note the linked page in the previous sentence is still under development, so what you see is not the final product.  Instead of people typing in the title they will be able to browse titles by A-Z and we will actually have two subject search boxes, one for resources and one for just ebooks. That way people can just browse the ebooks not all of our resources (databases, internet sites, etc.). Ideally we will be able to link to the page featuring the alphabetic title list option and use that as our “browsable web page of ebooks by title.”  Same idea for subjects. ... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:30:40 +0100 885191 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/davidleeking/~3/7MUBGONwuh8/ Some of you might be interested in attending this webinar coming up on December 1 and Decomber 8 (two part series) that Robin Hastings and I are leading. Here’s the details (and here’s where you can register): The popularity of social networking software—tools like Twitter, Facebook and blogs—continues to skyrocket, particular among younger populations. For libraries in the 21st century, a presence on these social networking sites is an essential part of library outreach and patron services. In this exclusive event, librarians and social software experts David Lee King and Robin Hastings will teach you about what tools you can use to engage with your patrons and the best practices for using them. You’ll learn about: Collaboration with libraries and patrons using YouTube, Flickr and Dropbox Marketing your library with Facebook and Twitter 4 things your library must do when signing up for any social media tool (listen, plan, respond, and opening up) Time-savers and tools to use for maximizing your library’s social media reach About the Instructors Robin Hastings is the Information Technology Manager for the Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City, Missouri. She manages the library’s network, websites and training classes, as well as social networking projects for the library. Recently, Robin went to England, Jamaica, California, Chicago (twice), St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri, giving presentations on Web 2.0, Learning 2.0, Library Mashups, RSS, OpenID and Web 3.0. When she’s not traveling, she spends most of her free time in front of a computer blogging at http://www.rhastings.net or writing articles, a book chapter on mashups in the library and a chapter on using Google Apps in the library, an issue of Library Technology Reports on Collaboration and a book on lifestreaming and microblogging. ... Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:59:43 +0100 886029 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/11/10/u-s-upcoming-webinars-from-the-department-of-energy-doe-technical-assistance-program-tap/ Below is a schedule for upcoming TAP Webinars in November 2010. Note that session details are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the EERE Solution Center Webcasts, where you can also find presentation materials from past Webinars. Energy Efficiency Rebate Programs 101 November 15,12:00 ― 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) Catul Kiti, Senior Manager Energy Efficiency Programs, ICF International State of the States: Quantifying the Impact of State Policies in Clean Energy Development November 17, 3:00 ― 4:15 p.m. EST Elizabeth Doris, Senior Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Negotiating and Entering Into an ESPC November 18, 1:30 ― 2:30 p.m. EST Meg Giuliano, ICF International and Sentech Community Renewables Projects November 30,12:00 p.m. EST Cheryl Jenkins, VEIC (Source: Environmental News Bits) Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:44:59 +0100 885237 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/11/10/the-material-facts-about-bioplastics/ Read the full story at GreenerDesign. Our recent webcast, “A New Life for Plastics: End-of-life Solutions in the Age of Greener Materials,” drew a sizeable audience — and a sizeable number of questions. We only were able to address a handful of them during the webcast, so we asked the three participants — William Hoffman, environmental scientist in green chemistry at UL Environment; Robert Whitehouse, Director of Applications Development for Metabolix, Inc., a leading bioplastics company; and Kelly Lehrmann, consultant with the German bioplastics firm FKuR — to respond to some of the remaining questions. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:38:13 +0100 885241 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6460 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // November 10, 2010 [TUESDAY 11/16] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Using the Internet to 'Save the Planet'" with Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at Boston College (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/schor) [WEDNESDAY 11/17] Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group at Yale Law School, featuring Toshie Takahashi of the Berkman Center on "Japanese Youths, Mobile Phones, and Social Media," C.W. Anderson of Yale ISP on "Textual Tunnel-Hops and Narrative Chutes-and-Ladders: The HTML Link as an Uncertain Object of Journalistic Evidence," and Konstantin Mitgutsch of MIT on "Recursive Learning in Computer Games. Game Design & Learning Theories" (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2010/11/yale) CRCS Seminars [MONDAY 11/15] CRCS Seminar: "How Social Networks Shape Human Behavior" with Prof. Alex `Sandy’ Pentland, MIT Human Dynamics Lab (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6450) Special announcement: The Berkman Center is currently accepting fellowship applications for our 2011-2012 academic fellowship and through our annual open call for applications.  Please click here to learn more about Berkman's fellowship program. [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on USING THE INTERNET TO SAVE THE PLANET ================================================================================== 11/16/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Using the Internet to 'Save the Planet' Guests: Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at Boston College We are witnessing escalating evidence of human destabilization of the climate and biodiversity loss. ... Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:07:44 +0100 885179 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/librarylab  Tuesday, November 9, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.As more and more content moves into the cloud, libraries are decreasingly the single place to go to find the material you need for your research (except for rare books and special collections). But libraries know a huge amount about their contents. This metadata is becoming even more valuable as research moves online, since now it can be deployed to help scholars and researchers discover, understand, and share what they need to know. The co-directors of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School -- Kim Dulin and David Weinberger -- along with members of the Lab will demonstrate their lead project (ShelfLife) and talk about the Lab's proposed multi-library metadata server (LibraryCloud).About DavidDavid Weinberger writes about the effect of technology on ideas. He is that author of "Small Pieces Loosely Joined" and "Everything Is Miscellaneous," and is the co-author of "The Cluetrain Manaifesto." He is currently working on a book, tentatively titled "Too Big to Know" about the Internet's effect on how and what we know. Dr. Weinberger is a senior researcher at the Berkman Center. He is also co-director of the Harvard Law School Library Lab, and is a Franklin Fellow at the United States Department of State. He has  doctorate in philosophy.About KimKim Dulin is the Associate Director for Collection Development and Digital Initiatives at the Harvard Law Library.  She is also Co-Director (along with David) of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab.  Kim has been a librarian at Harvard for the past seven years and prior to that was a law librarian at Northeastern and Boston University. ... Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:30:00 +0100 884978 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/11/08/epa-webcast-series-climate-change-adaptation-for-state-and-local-governments/ EPA’s State and Local Climate and Energy Program will be hosting a three-part webcast series on climate change adaptation. This mini-series will be a joint effort of the State Clean Energy Technical Forum and the Local Climate and Energy Webcast Series in order to bring together state and local stakeholders and foster cross-communication on this subject. Participants will come away from the series with an understanding of why adaptation to climate change is critical and what actions can be taken at the state and local levels to build support for adaptation and increase community resilience. Part One: Climate Impacts & Risk Communication – November 18, 2010; 2-3:30 PM EST The first webcast in this series will provide an introduction to adaptation. Topics covered will include the impacts of climate change across different regions of the United States; the risk presented by these impacts (i.e., why adaptation is necessary for building resilience); how climate adaptation differs from climate mitigation; and approaches to engaging various stakeholder groups–regardless of attitudes to climate change –and effectively communicating risk to build support for adaptation efforts in the common interest. A local government will present on their experience working successfully with a range of stakeholders to promote adaptation within the community. To register for this webcast, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/289508083. Please note that the audio portion of this webcast will only be available by dialing into a toll-free conference call. Part Two: Adaptation Planning and Implementation – December 9, 2010; 2-3:30 PM EST The second session of this webcast mini-series will focus on frameworks that state and local governments can use to assess vulnerability to climate change, develop adaption action plans, and implement adaptation strategies for building resilience — all in the light of uncertainty regarding climate change impacts. ... Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:56:35 +0100 884865 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6447 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // November 3, 2010 [THURSDAY 11/4] "The Cablevision Case - 2 Years Later: A Conversation About Copyright, Content, and the Cloud" with R. David Hosp, Goodwin Procter LLP & Ed Weiss, New England Sports Ventures (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/11/cablevision) [MONDAY 11/8] Special Event: "Internet Architecture and Innovation" with Barbara van Schewick, Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/11/vanschewick) [TUESDAY 11/9] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Meta-Library" with Kim Dulin & David Weinberger, co-directors of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/librarylab) [TUESDAY 11/9] Chair Lecture: "The Path of Legal Information" with John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School & Berkman Center Faculty Co-Director (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/11/palfrey) Special announcement: The Berkman Center is currently accepting fellowship applications for our 2011-2012 academic fellowship and through our annual open call for applications.  Please click here to learn more about Berkman's fellowship program. [THURSDAY] THE CABLEVISION CASE - 2 YEARS LATER ================================================================================== 11/4/10, 12:00PM, Harvard Law School, Pound Hall Room 102 Presented by the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Law School's Journal of Law and Technology Topic: The Cablevision Case - 2 Years Later: A Conversation About Copyright, Content, and the Cloud Guests: R. ... Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:29:43 +0100 883702 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/rand Tuesday, November 2, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.The internet provides an unprecedented opportunity for social scientists to recruit large number of subjects quickly, cheaply and virtually effortlessly. Online labor markets, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), allow researchers to easily recruit and pay subjects from around the world to participate in studies which are monetarily incentivized (ie pay depends on choices in the study, rather just a flat rate). These labor markets also facilitate field studies, where 'subjects' are unaware they are in an experiment, but instead think they are just completing normal work tasks. The speed and easy of online experimentation has the potential to increase the rate of scientific progress by orders of magnitude. In this talk Dave will describe how we go about designing and running experiments using MTurk, some successful experiments we have had (mostly involving cooperative social dilemmas), and the lessons we have learned thus far. About DaveDave Rand is a Cooperation Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, as well as a Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics and a FQEB Prize Fellow in the Psychology Department. Dave's work focuses on the evolution of human behavior, with a particular emphasis on cooperation, generosity and altruism. His approach combines (i) empirical observations from behavioral experiments with (ii) predictions generated by evolutionary game theoretic math models and computer simulations. David's research has been published in Science, Nature and PNAS, and featured on NPR's All Things Considered and Earth & Sky as well as in a range of print media.LinksHorton J, Rand DG, Zeckhauser RJ. ... Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:30:00 +0100 883352 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/10/handheld-librarian-4-online-conference.html Handheld Librarian 4 Online Conference: Call for Program Proposals!TAP Information Services and LearningTimes invite librarians, library staff, vendors, graduate students, and developers to submit program proposals related to the topic of mobile library services for the online Handheld Librarian 4 conference to be held February 23 and 24, 2011.Proposals are due December 1, 2010. Go to http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/proposal-submissionsto submit a proposalThe Handheld Librarian 4 conference will feature interactive, live online sessions and links to recorded events following the conference. We are interested in a broad range of submissions that highlight current, evolving and future issues in mobile library services. This year, we will feature a program track with presentations by graduate library students. These include but are not limited to the following program tracks:ebooks location-based social networking augmented reality twitter apps device and OS trends QR codes reference mobile trend spotting mobile technologies impacting society web/app development best practices Proposal Submissions:Submit your proposal by completing the webform at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/submissions-form by December 1, 2010. Online presentations may be conducted in one of four formats:a 45-minute live online session (i.e. synchronous webcast) a 15 minute student presentation *** a 10 minute live online session or a pre-recorded presentation (i.e. narrated web tour or slides). You will be notified by January 15, 2011 if your proposal has been accepted. Conference registration fees are waived for speakers.Presenters Are Expected To:-Conduct your session using Adobe Connect (computer, Internet, mic required) -Provide a digital photo of yourself for the conference website -Respond to questions from attendees -Attend an online 30-60 minute training on Adobe Connect prior to the conference Thank you for considering submitting a proposal. ... Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 884320 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/10/29/3824 MLA offers a variety of grants and scholarships to assist qualified students in graduate library science programs and to enable practicing health sciences librarians to take advantage of opportunities for continuing professional development. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2010, unless otherwise noted. Continuing Education Grant Applications due December 1, 2010 The Medical Library Association (MLA) is now accepting applications for the Continuing Education (CE) Grant. The grant can be used to develop one’s knowledge of the theoretical, administrative, or technical aspects of librarianship, and may be used either for MLA courses or for other CE activities. Applicants should have 2+ years of professional library experience. Awards range from $100 to $500 and more than one CE award may be offered in a year. Eligibility requirements and additional information are available at http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/grants/ce_app_20100909.pdf. For questions, contact Kay Chapa, CE Grant Jury Chair at kay.chapa@utsouthwestern.edu). Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship DONE Applications due December 1, 2010 Applications are now being accepted for the Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship. The Fellowship is awarded annually to health sciences librarian from countries outside the United States and Canada. The fellowship provides for attendance at the MLA 2012 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington and travel to library host sites in the United States and Canada. Eligibility requirements and additional information are available at www.mlanet.org/awards/grants. For questions, contact Joanne Muellenbach, Cunningham Jury Chair, at jmuellenbach@tcmedc.org. David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship Applications due December 1, 2010 The Kronick Fellowship provides $2000 to an experienced librarian to support travel and research promoting excellence in health sciences librarianship. ... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:00:20 +0100 883306 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/QXbtfp6k5_4/adobe_ceo_shantanu_narayen_at_web_2_apple_who_needs_em.php Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has come to Web 2 as many times as Mark Zuckerberg, and like the Facebook CEO, he's had one heckuva year. From the fallout with Apple over Flash to the rumors of a Microsoft takeover (which he's denied), Narayen has had more than his share of challenges this past 12 months. So it should be interesting to hear what he has to say in two weeks time. Tim had some interesting things to say about Adobe in our webcast yesterday, I'll post a link once the video is live. Meanwhile, what do you want to hear from Narayen? While you are at it, click on over to my posts for RIM's Jim Balsillie,  DST's Yuri Milner, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Baidu's Robin Li, Yahoo's Carol Bartz and Google's Eric Schmidt and add your thoughts there as well. Here are a few thought starters: - Why do you think the stock market liked the idea of a Microsoft purchase so much? (The stock shot up on rumors earlier this month). - What is the future of Flash? How might it play in a cloud computing world? Could you see "Flash in the cloud"? - How is the integration of Omniture working out? How does it complement Adobe's core offerings? - Are you concerned about questions of privacy, as Flash cookies combined with Omniture are starting to get more notice? - If Steve Jobs were with us on stage, what would you say to him? - The criticisms of Flash around performance seem to never go away. What's your response to them? - What is Adobe's position on the Chrome OS and Android? Please add your thoughts in comments! (Source: John Battelle's Searchblog) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 882369 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/10/arls-future-visions-for-libraries.html The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that the Association of Research Libraries previewed at their annual meeting and now has released their scenarios for different futures that research libraries may face. The publication, "Envisioning Research Library Futures: A Scenarios Thinking Project," includes a User's Guide, and is entirely open and free on the web. The four scenarios imagine different futures for researchers, and do not explicitly mention libraries at all. The ARL imagines this may open the way for other types of organizations to use the scenarios as planning or visioning tools, as well. While the scenarios and membership are based on large research libraries, the thinking and futures may be worth considering for all types of libraries.The ARL website includes:* the User's Guide, * a PDF of the Scenarios, * a link to register for a free webcast scheduled for November 4, 2010, from 1-2:30 PM, Eastern Daylight time, on how to use the scenarios;* a link to subscribe to an e-mail listserv discussion group on the scenarios (Source: Out of the Jungle) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 882318 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6438 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // October 27, 2010 [TUESDAY 11/2] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "The Online Laboratory: Taking Experimental Social Science onto the Internet" with Dave Rand, Berkman Fellow & Research Scientist at Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/rand) [THURSDAY 11/4] "The Cablevision Case - 2 Years Later: A Conversation About Copyright, Content, and the Cloud" with R. David Hosp, Goodwin Procter LLP & Ed Weiss, New England Sports Ventures (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/11/cablevision) Special announcement: The Berkman Center is currently accepting fellowship applications for our 2011-2012 academic fellowship and through our annual open call for applications.  Please click here to learn more about Berkman's fellowship program.. CRCS Seminars [MONDAY 11/1] CRCS Seminar: "Privacy Integrated Queries: A Programming Language for Differentially-Private Computation" with Frank McSherry, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6407) [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on THE ONLINE LABORATORY ================================================================================== 11/2/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: The Online Laboratory: Taking Experimental Social Science onto the Internet Guests: Dave Rand, Berkman Fellow & Research Scientist at Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics The internet provides an unprecedented opportunity for social scientists to recruit large number of subjects quickly, cheaply and virtually effortlessly. ... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:14:05 +0100 882069 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/joFNU0alaJA/web_2_debrief_for_media_marketing_mavens_please_join_us.php Readers of Searchblog already know that Web 2 is coming in less than three weeks, what with all my missives here about Schmidt, Zuckerberg, Bartz, and others. But what I haven't told you about is the "Web2 Debrief" that my company, Federated Media, is doing after the conference. The Debrief is an evening event directly after the last day of the show, featuring Tim O'Reilly and myself in conversation about the previous three days. We'll be breaking down the highlights of the event and taking questions from the audience. There will be a distinct focus on what it all means from the point of view of the marketing and/or media business, given FM's position in those industries. The nominal ($35) fee helps to cover the food and drink, as well as the excellent venue - Mezzanine, a short walk from the Palace Hotel, where Web 2 Summit will be held. I hope to see you there! Click here to register for the Web2 Debrief. Also, don't forget that today is our "Points of Control" webcast, where Tim and I will discuss the theme of this year's Web 2 Summit. Registration is free. (Source: John Battelle's Searchblog) Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 881989 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/chorymazur Tuesday, October 26, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorThis event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.John Chory and Susan Mazur will discuss issues affecting startup companies. In their  experience, Founders of companies often have early  sins of omission or commission which decrease the probability of ultimate success.  They will discuss some of the more common mistakes, many of which are not at all obvious. About JohnJohn Chory is the chair of the WilmerHale Venture Group and a member of the Corporate Practice Group. He joined the firm in 1988. His practice focuses on the representation of early-stage and venture-backed technology and life sciences companies.Mr. Chory advises both private and public companies in the areas of initial- through late‑stage venture capital financings, public offerings of securities, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and securities law. His current clients include A123 Systems, LogMeIn, Akorri, Camiant, Connective Orthopaedics, Demandware, Empirix, On-Q-Ity, Optiant, Polychromix, Semprus BioSciences, Vlingo, Zintro and Zipcar. Other clients have included Akamai, AppIQ, Archivas, EqualLogic, GoldPocket, Imagitas, ImLogic, Oxford Global Resources, Relicore and SilverStream Software. Mr. Chory also advises many entrepreneurs in early-stage company formation and strategy. Prior to attending Harvard Law School, Mr. Chory, a West Point graduate, was a US Army intelligence officer. While at Harvard, he taught negotiation as a teaching assistant to Roger Fisher of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Mr. Chory served in the US Army Reserves until 1998.About SusanSusan Mazur is a partner in the WilmerHale Venture Group and the Corporate Practice Group. She joined the firm in 1999. Ms. ... Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:30:00 +0100 881849 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/10/25/hot-topics-oct-2010/ The NN/LM PNR will be hosting a group seating for the next Hot Topics in Preparedness webcast on Tuesday, October 26th at noon Pacific.  To join us in person, come to the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, Room T-223. If you are unable to sit in on the webcast in person, they are archived on the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice site for future viewing. Session Description Public health is necessarily concerned with issues that range over long time periods and broad areas/regions. Through several relevant examples (e.g. childhood obesity, low birth weight outcomes), participants will receive an overview of why learning through computer-based learning labs facilitates the development of systemic understanding. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate issues for simulation-based learning, including next steps to build their capacity for developing effective simulations. Learner Objectives: By the end of this session participants will be able to: Describe why simulation-based learning can be an effective tool for learning about public health issues Identify issues suitable for simulation-based learning Develop a plan for building and implementing simulation-based learning Presenter Chris Soderquist is the founder and President of Pontifex Consulting, an organization created to work with individuals, teams, and organizations in building their capacity to develop strategic solutions to complex issues. For over 15 years, he has worked with Fortune 100 companies, international development organizations, national and state government organizations, and communities to help them create the future they desire. Chris is a guest lecturer at the Darden School of Business (University of Virginia) in their Executive Education Program, and on the Boeing Engineering Leadership Program’s development team. He is a contributing author to The Change Handbook (Berrett-Koehler, 1999. ... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:36:22 +0100 881704 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/10/25/gmr-sponsors-mla-e-book-webcast-sites/ We at the GMR are pleased to sponsor webcast sites across our region for the November 10, 2010, MLA Webcast: ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library , broadcast Wednesday from 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m., Central Time. The agenda includes: Overview of electronic books management, Selection and acquisition process, and Management issues for e-book collections. [...] (Source: The Cornflower) Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:34:42 +0100 881968 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/10/21/mlaebooks-2/ Join your colleagues on Wednesday, November 10th from 11am-12:30pm (Pacific time) for the Medical Library Association (MLA) webcast ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library.  The goal of this webcast is to familiarize information professionals with electronic books and the associated collection management issues related to various platforms, pricing models, licensing agreements, term of ownership, resource management and access methods so that they have the knowledge to make informed decisions which will best serve their constituents. Presenters include Mark Funk, AHIP, FMLA; Elizabeth Lorbeer, AHIP, Meg White, and Karen Fischer. The Pacific Northwest Region (PNR) will host the webcast at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, LTL.  If you will join us for the webcast at UW please register at http://tinyurl.com/PNRWebcastReg. PNR is also pleased to announce funding for 3 other locations to host the webcast in the region. In Spokane, WA the webcast will be presented at Gonzaga University, Foley Center Library, Geenan Board Room (3rd floor) and hosted by the Inland NorthWest Health Sciences Libraries group (INWHSL). Pre-Registration is required via http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NTJ2C35.  Parking information is available at http://www.gonzaga.edu/Student-Life/Campus-Public-Safety-and-Security/Parking/default.asp In Idaho, the webcast will be presented at Healthwise, Inc., 2601 N. Bogus Basin Rd., Boise, ID. Please contact Liisa Rogers at lrogers@healthwise.org to register. In Oregon, the webcast will be presented at the Portland State University Library, Room 160, and hosted by the Oregon Health Sciences Libraries Association (OHSLA). OHSLA will provide box lunches to all OHSLA members. A registration survey is pending and will be posted here when available, in the meantime please contact Rose Relevo at relevo@ohsu.edu to register. We look forward to seeing you there! (Source: Dragonfly) Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:02:39 +0100 881705 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/eo-vpwA6ClU/youtube-highlights-10202010.html This is the latest in our series of YouTube highlights. Every couple of weeks, we bring you regular product features, interesting programs to watch and tips anyone can use to grow your audience on YouTube. Just look for the label “YouTube Highlights” and subscribe to the series. – Ed.From a video biennial in New York to classical music in Sydney to 24 hours of live-streaming comedy courtesy of Conan O’Brien, we’ve got a lot to cover! Below is our update from the past two weeks.YouTube Play: live from the GuggenheimLater today (Thursday), the YouTube Play jury will announce the top 25 creative videos selected from the 23,000 submissions received for the Biennial of Creative Video. In celebration, YouTube and the Guggenheim have partnered to host a one-of-a-kind art exhibition and event featuring music, collaborations, eye-popping projections and, of course, some really fantastic videos. If you’re in New York, you can catch some of the projections on the façade of the Guggenheim tonight and tomorrow (sneak peek below). Or head to youtube.com/play to catch the event live, starting at 8 p.m. ET.Video submissions from YouTube Play projected on the Guggenheim in New York CityYouTube users discuss ideas to help fix the global economyYouTube users often have a lot of useful, imaginative and altruistic ideas—including thoughts on how to fix the global economy. For example, take The Young Turks and How the World Works, a.k.a. Cenk Uyger and Lee Doran, who’ve brought their political commentary beyond YouTube to a special forum on Reuters.com focused on fixing the economic slowdown for good.Dancing tacos? 80’s aerobics? Intern Twister?What could these things possibly have in common? A 24-hour webcast by Conan O’Brien (of course)! You can now watch Conan and Team Coco prepare for their upcoming show on TBS with “behind-the-scenes” footage filmed from a webcam strategically situated on their office’s second floor stairwell. ... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 881585 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6431 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // October 20, 2010 [TUESDAY 10/26] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Legal Issues for Startups" with John Chory and Susan Mazur, Partners at WilmerHale Venture Group (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/chorymazur) Special announcement: The Berkman Center is currently accepting fellowship applications for our 2011-2012 academic fellowship and through our annual open call for applications.  Please click here to learn more about Berkman's fellowship program. [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on LEGAL ISSUES FOR STARTUPS ================================================================================== 10/26/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: "Legal Issues for Startups" Guests: John Chory and Susan Mazur, Partners at WilmerHale Venture Group John Chory and Susan Mazur will discuss issues affecting startup companies. In their  experience, Founders of companies often have early  sins of omission or commission which decrease the probability of ultimate success.  They will discuss some of the more common mistakes, many of which are not at all obvious. About John John Chory is the chair of the WilmerHale Venture Group and a member of the Corporate Practice Group. He joined the firm in 1988. His practice focuses on the representation of early-stage and venture-backed technology and life sciences companies. Mr. Chory advises both private and public companies in the areas of initial- through late‑stage venture capital financings, public offerings of securities, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and securities law. ... Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:31:25 +0100 880498 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/10/live-webcast-friday-of-duke-conference.html Duke University in North Carolina is hosting a workshop this Friday, October 22 on Implementing the Durham Statement: Best Practices for Open Access Law Journals:"The Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship has generated much discussion in legal education because of its call for law schools to move toward electronic publication of their student-edited journals. This workshop is a follow-up to the Durham Statement, aimed primarily at student law review editors, and at law librarians, law review advisers, publishers, and all others who are interested in open access and legal publishing (...)""The workshop will be webcast live and posted online afterwards. No registration is needed for the webcast. Our webcast is scheduled to be streamed live through Duke University's ustream channel and via Real ... On the day of the conference, an interface will be available here for remote sites to post questions and comments, and moderators will share some of these with participants."The Durham Statement was issued in February 2009 by the directors of some of the major academic law libraries in the United States.In the document, they call for the abandonment of print versions of law journals and the adoption of "stable, open, digital formats" for the dissemination of legal scholarship.They also call on law libraries to stop acquiring print versions of law journals. (Source: Library Boy) Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 880518 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/reagle Tuesday, October 19, 12:30 pmPound Hall Room 335, Harvard Law School **Please note new location for this week only**RSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.Wikipedia's style of collaborative production has been lauded, lambasted, and satirized. Despite unease over its implications for the character (and quality) of knowledge, Wikipedia has brought us closer than ever to a realization of the century-old pursuit of a universal encyclopedia. Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia is a rich ethnographic portrayal of Wikipedia's historical roots, collaborative culture, and much debated legacy.About JosephJoseph Reagle is a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where he studies collaborative cultures. He received his Ph.D., and was an adjunct faculty member, at NYU's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication. As a Research Engineer at MIT's Lab for Computer Science and Working Group Chair and Author within IETF and W3C, he contributed to several specifications on digital security and privacy. He also helped develop and maintain W3C's privacy and intellectual rights policies (i.e., copyright/trademark licenses and patent analysis). Dr. Reagle has degrees in Computer Science (UMBC), Technology Policy (MIT), and Media, Culture, and Communication (NYU). He served as a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, has been consulted on new-media related projects, and has been profiled, interviewed, and quoted in national media including Technology Review, The Economist, The New York Times and American and New Zealand Public Radio. A book, based on his dissertation, about Wikipedia history and collaboration will be available in 2010 from The MIT Press. ... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:30:00 +0100 880086 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/10/russiaDC Tuesday, October 19th, 10am-12pm Eastern Time (ET)United States Institute of PeaceWashington, DCFree and Open to the Public; RSVP requiredFor details, including RSVP for the event, visit: http://russianblogs.eventbrite.com/ Webcast: http://www.usip.org/newsroom/webcasts Hosted by USIP’s Center of Innovation for Science, Technology & Peacebuilding, experts from Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Morningside Analytics will present their new research on the Russian blogosphere, while prominent Russia experts and notable bloggers will respond. The research team mapped this extensive social network, analyzing over 11,000 Russian language blogs to understand how politics is discussed, by whom, and if there is evidence of political and social mobilization in the blogosphere. The team also analyzed the blogosphere’s place within the overall Russian online and traditional media ecology, including discussion of top political YouTube videos. Speakers Include:Research TeamKarina AlexanyanResearcher and AnalystBerkman Center for Internet & SocietyBruce EtlingDirector, Internet & Democracy ProjectBerkman Center for Internet & SocietyJohn KellyFounder and Chief ScientistMorningside AnalyticsRespondentsAlexey NavalnyYale World Fellow and Prominent Russian BloggerIvan SigalExecutive DirectorGlobal VoicesAngela StentDirector, Center for Eurasian, Russian & East European StudiesGeorgetown UniversitySheldon Himelfarb, ModeratorExecutive Director, Center of Innovation for Science, Technology & PeacebuildingUnited States Institute of Peace This event is part of USIP's ongoing Blogs and Bullets initiative that examines the relationship between online discourse and violent conflict. Webcast: This event will be webcast live beginning at 10:00am EDT on October 19, 2010 on this page. ... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +0100 880087 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6427 The Berkman Center is pleased to announce a new paper analyzing the Russian blogosphere: Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization (PDF) by Bruce Etling, Karina Alexanyan, John Kelly, Rob Faris, John Palfrey, and Urs Gasser This research is being debuted publicly at 10:00 am ET this morning at the United States Institute of Peace; the conversation is being webcast live: http://www.usip.org/newsroom/webcasts "Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization" is the first release from the Berkman Center's Russian Internet research project. With funding from the MacArthur Foundation, the Berkman Center is undertaking a two-year project to investigate the role of the Internet in Russian society. The study will include a number of interrelated areas of inquiry that contribute to and draw upon the Russian Internet, including the Russian blogosphere, Twitter, and the online media ecology. For more information about the Berkman Center's Russia research, please visit: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/russia. For this paper, the authors analyzed Russian blogs to discover networks of discussion around politics and public affairs. Beginning with an initial set of over five million blogs, they used social network analysis to identify a highly active ‘Discussion Core’ of over 11,000. These were clustered according to long term patterns of citations within posts, and the resulting segmentation characterized through both automated and human content analysis. For a list of key findings, an imagine of the RuNet map, and access to the full paper, please visit: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2010/Public_Discourse_Russian_Blogosphere. As always, we welcome your feedback. (Source: Berkman Blog) Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:00:00 +0100 880089 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/-HrtTscg4k8/sunyergy-vol-12-no-4-open-access.html SUNYergy, SUNY Libraries Working Together October 2010 Volume 12, Number 4 See SUNYergy on the web - http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/sunyergy/default47.htm Contents: SUNYergy Focus on Open Access Week Open Access Week and Beyond at UB Open Access and Scholarly Communication at SUNY Geneseo OA Week at SUNY Albany Open Access Trends, Tips, Resources, Pointers Open Education Web site Provides Free Access to College Course Materials Symposium -- "Publishing, Promoting and Preserving Scholarship @ SUNY" to be held at Binghamton University Copyright and Fair Use: Some good news ... Around SUNY Federal Mandates for Open Access Open Everything: A Glossary Linkable Links SUNYergy FOCUS on OPEN ACCESS WEEK This issue of SUNYergy puts the focus on Open Access Week - October 18-24, 2010. Open Access Week is an international effort to spotlight trends in scholarly communication and publication that emphasize open and freely available scholarly works online. We'll hear from some SUNY colleagues about plans on their campuses for the week as well as related conference planning for later in the academic year. Also, what are some suggestions, pointers and tips librarians can use to assist faculty interested in opening up access to their research? Open Access Week is also a good occasion to review related topics such as repository development, copyright, fair use, open educational resources and legislative/governmental actions influencing scholarly communication. ... Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:23:00 +0100 879899 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/10/15/rml-rendezvous-everything-you-want-to-know-about-efts/ Guest speaker Jolanta Sliwinski, EFTS Program Coordinator from the University of Connecticut Health Center , will join us this month on Wednesday, October 20, at 12 noon Pacific Time (note time change for this one session). She will tell you the advantages of using EFTS and answer your questions. If you can’t attend, a recording will be available later on the RML Rendezvous page. We look forward to seeing you at the webcast! For more information and to test your computer connection, please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? (Source: Dragonfly) Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:41:48 +0100 879986 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=ResourceBlog_Article_Upcoming_Colloquium_and_Webcast_quotAcademic_--- Yet the tumultuous information landscape before us challenges our ability to further transform our libraries. Are academic librarians exploiting old, (Source: pligg - all) Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:27 +0100 879141 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/61299 From Penn St. Live: "Academic Libraries by Design: Librarians Designing the Way to Better Libraries," by Steven J. Bell and John D. Shank, will be presented as part of the University Libraries Colloquium Series at 10 a.m. [Eastern Time] on Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Foster Auditorium on the first floor of Paterno Library on Penn [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:03:50 +0100 878951 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6408 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // October 13, 2010 [1] [TUESDAY 10/19] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia" with Joseph Reagle, Berkman Center Fellow (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/reagle) [2] [TUESDAY 10/19] "Mapping the Russian Blogosphere" in Washington, DC at the United States Institute of Peace with the Berkman Research Team, Alexey Navalny (Yale World Fellow), Ivan Sigal (Global Voices), and Angela Stent (Center for Eurasian, Russian & East European Studies at Georgetown) - (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/10/russiaDC) Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) Seminars [MONDAY 10/18] CRCS Seminar: "Automated Digital Forensics" with Simson Garfinkel, Naval Postgraduate School (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6375) [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on THE CULTURE OF WIKIPEDIA ================================================================================== 10/19/10, 12:30pm ET, Pound Hall Room 335, Harvard Law School **Please note new location for this week only** RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia Guests: Joseph Reagle, Berkman Center Fellow Wikipedia's style of collaborative production has been lauded, lambasted, and satirized. Despite unease over its implications for the character (and quality) of knowledge, Wikipedia has brought us closer than ever to a realization of the century-old pursuit of a universal encyclopedia. Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia is a rich ethnographic portrayal of Wikipedia's historical roots, collaborative culture, and much debated legacy. ... Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:52:48 +0100 878924 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/karpf Tuesday, October 12, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.Rutgers Assistant Professor and Yale Information Society Project Fellow Dave Karpf discusses his research on the emergence of a new generation of internet-mediated political advocacy groups in America.  Karpf argues that changes in membership and fundraising regimes are affecting the political economy of interest group action, dramatically altering the interest group ecology of American politics.  The talk will focus on issues with studying groups who, despite online information abundance, keep the important data behind firewalls.About DaveDave Karpf is an Assistant Professor in the Journalism and Media Studies Department at Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information.  He holds a Ph.D in political science from the University of Pennsylvania (2009) and has held fellowships at Brown University's Taubman Center for Public Policy and the University of Virginia's Miller Center for Public Affairs.  He is currently a Visiting Fellow with the Yale Information Society Project.Dave's research concerns the internet's impact on American political associations, with a particularly emphasis on the new "netroots" political groups like MoveOn, Organizing for America, and community blogs like DailyKos.  He runs the Blogosphere Authority Index (www.blogosphereauthorityindex.com), an open-access dataset used by many blog researchers.  His work has been published in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Politics and Technology Review, and IEEE Intelligent Systems, and has also been covered in The Economist. ... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:30:00 +0100 878450 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/10/08/first-member-of-atlantic-canadas-mi%e2%80%99kmaq-community-to-be-appointed-judge/ On September 9th, 2010, a historic judicial appointment occurred in Nova Scotia when Timothy Gabriel was appointed judge to the Family and Provincial courts in Nova Scotia. A graduate of Dalhousie Law School (nee Schulich School of Law), practicing for 27 years and a member of the St. Georges Bay Indian Band in Newfoundland and soon to be member of Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band. The Nova Scotia Courts announcement welcoming Judge Gabriel to the Courts provides more detail. Judge Gabriel is to be sworn in on October 15th and the ceremony can viewed via webcast. (Source: Slaw) Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:32:36 +0100 877961 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/10/07/3817 The Krafty Librarian macht uns auf einen interessanten Webcast aufmerksam: MLA webcast ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library Related posts Zweigbibliothek Medizin stellt alle Bücher auf online um (1) Wie entwickelt sich der Markt für Lehrbücher? Lehren aus den USA (0) What we achieved by promoting our E-Books (0) What do faculty and students really think about e-books? (0) Weltkongress in Brisbane: Programm steht! (0) (Source: medinfo) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:01:08 +0100 878272 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6401 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // October 6, 2010 [1] [TUESDAY 10/12] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "The MoveOn Effect: The Internet's Impact on Political Action?" with Dave Karpf, Rutgers Assistant Professor and Yale Information Society Project Fellow (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/karpf) [2] [TUESDAY 10/19] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia" with Joseph Reagle, Berkman Center Fellow (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/reagle) [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on THE INTERNET'S IMPACT ON POLITICAL ACTION ================================================================================== 10/12/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: The MoveOn Effect: The Internet's Impact on Political Action? Guests: Dave Karpf, Rutgers Assistant Professor and Yale Information Society Project Fellow Rutgers Assistant Professor and Yale Information Society Project Fellow Dave Karpf discusses his research on the emergence of a new generation of internet-mediated political advocacy groups in America.  Karpf argues that changes in membership and fundraising regimes are affecting the political economy of interest group action, dramatically altering the interest group ecology of American politics.  The talk will focus on issues with studying groups who, despite online information abundance, keep the important data behind firewalls. About Dave Dave Karpf is an Assistant Professor in the Journalism and Media Studies Department at Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information.  He holds a Ph. ... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:24:27 +0100 877124 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/QjWTdQcgXkM/ Earlier on today, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate on an IBM internal webcast, and face to face event (For those folks who could make it over live in the US), around the topic of Apple and how its various products (Macbook and MacBook Pro, iPhone & iPad) are continuing to penetrate the enterprise world, specially, IBM’s, as more and more of my fellow colleagues begin to experiment and play around with these devices to see whether they could be up to the job in helping them be as productive, if not more!, as with other gadgets they may have been using in the past, over the course of the years. The event was several hours long and rather interesting as well as enlightening. It gave us all an opportunity to see how these Apple products could certainly help knowledge workers become more efficient, and although I can’t share any of the materials shown during the event externally, I can certainly tell you that they all corroborated something I have known myself for the last 3 years already… and counting … Apple products *are*, eventually, more than ready for the enterprise! Even, the iPad! Yes, that’s right, we talked about MacBooks and MacBook Pros, about the iPhone and its various perks, specially for the mobile workforce, and, of course, about the iPad and how the latter is also helping shape the way we compute through a new mobile experience. So I thought it would be a good opportunity, once again, to drop by over here and continue further with that series of blog posts on My Top 5 iPad Apps of the Week that I have been collecting through Twitter initially as #elsuapps and share a couple of other interesting links that I have bumped into, since the last blog post, which seem to claim, rather strongly, how the iPad itself is here to stay not only as a superb consumer driven product, but also as a business one. ... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:52:15 +0100 877308 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/xUnY_KzM1Jg/ Library Journal recently sponsored the online virtual conference, “ebooks: Libraries @ the Tipping Point.”  Bad news is the summit is over, it was held September 29, 2010.  Good news is they recorded the sessions and they are available. The archive of the summit is available for $19.95, all you have to do is fill and pay for registration before December 31, 2010.  For those of you who already registered all you have to do is enter your email and password to access the archives.  Access to the archives of the summit for $20 is a good deal, but I understand you may be unwilling to fork over your Friday night pizza money without knowing about the content of the summit.  According to the website librarians discussed: Librarians and library administrators learned about current best practices for library ebook collections and explored new and evolving models for ebook content discovery and delivery. Publishers and content creators learned how to effectively identify and develop the right content offerings for each segment of the relatively untapped library ebook market. Ebook platform vendors and device manufacturers learned just what libraries need and want in this rapidly changing environment. If you are still undecided, The Librarian in Black, Sarah Houghton-Jan, wrote six blog posts on the summit discussing the keynote speakers and issues like ebooks impact on libraries, publishers and readers.  Libraries at the Tipping Pointe Online Conference: Ray Kurzweil Keynote Libraries at the Tipping Point Online Conference: How eBooks Impact Libraries, Publishers & Readers Libraries at the Tipping Point Online Conference: eBook What-Ifs: Issues that Impact Scenario Planning Libraries at the Tipping Point Online Conference: eBooks and the Library User Experience  Libraries at the Tipping Point Online Conference: Kevin Kelly (Wired CEO) Keynote Libraries at the Tipping Point Online Conference: R. ... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:04:01 +0100 876965 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/finekanter Tuesday, October 5, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorThe talk is now at capacity; this event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.Many nonprofit organizations have dipped their toes into the set-me-free world powered by social media, but too many still have trepidations about turning their organizations inside out to take full advantage of the new tools. The Networked Nonprofit, a new bestselling book by leading bloggers and thinkers, Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, enables organizations to overcome their fears of losing control and evolve to meet the informational and cultural needs of today's donors and volunteers. In their research, Allison and Beth discovered that the organizations that are immersed in social media — whether they are created that way or are becoming so — look and act more like social organizations than traditional organizations. They will discuss the myths and realities that make organizations leery of opening themselves up, and they’ll share specific stories of how other organizations have been successful in doing so.  About AllisonAllison studies and writes about the intersection of social media and social change. She is the author of the award-winning book Momentum:  Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age (Wiley & Sons, 2006). Her new book, The Networked Nonprofit, co-authored with Beth Kanter, was published by Wiley & Sons in 2010.   She is a Senior Fellow on the Democracy Team at Demos:  A Network for Change and Action in New York City. In 2008, she published a paper on young people and activism commissioned by the Case Foundation call Social Citizensbeta, and edited a collection of essays, Rebooting America, about transformative ways to reinvent 21st century democracy using new media tools. Allison hosts a monthly podcast for the Chronicle of Philanthropy called Social Good and writes her own blog, A. ... Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:30:00 +0100 876660 http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/10/sparc-open-access-week-webcast-with.html Free webcast, to schedule with your OA Week activities at your convenience, will be available under embargo as of October 14 - for details, see Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)Subscribe to OA Librarian (Source: OA Librarian) Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 877679 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15794 Manager, Web Communications (Assn of Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) / Reference & User Services Assn (RUSA), Illinois) The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) divisions of the American Library Association (ALA) are looking for a full-time Web Services Manager to manage all facets of the divisions’ web presence and 2.0 communications and serve as editor for the electronic newsletters, and blogs.    Additionally, manager will oversee production of print publications including membership journals RUSQ and Interface. ... Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:20:02 +0100 876441 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/10/04/mlaebooks/ The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR) is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for sites around the region to host the upcoming Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education webcast ABCs of E-Books: Strategies for the Medical Library on Wednesday, November 10 2010 from 11am-1pm Pacific time. NN/LM PNR will pay MLA registration fees for up to 4 selected sites that agree to promote and host the webcast for colleagues in their area. Please contact Nikki Dettmar, Education and Assessment Coordinator, at snydern@uw.edu by October 15, 2010 if you are a Pacific Northwest Region Network Member (what does that mean?) interested in hosting the webcast for your institution and your local colleagues. Include a brief description of how you will promote the event in your area, estimated attendance, and confirm that your location can meet the technical requirements of Internet access, a computer with Windows Media Player, and a room to host the webcast. Site participants will be selected based on geographic location, accessibility, and the potential number of attendees. All applicants will be notified of their application status by October 19, 2010. PNR will also be hosting the webcast at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, free registration details will be announced in an upcoming Dragonfly article. (Source: Dragonfly) Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:27:27 +0100 876528 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/10/01/medlibmonth2010/ October is National Medical Librarians Month! Be sure to check out medical librarian projects across NN/LM’s regions spotlighted by NLM, including the following librarians in Pacific Northwest Region Featured Projects 2010: Cara Cadena at Missoula Public Library and Kim Granath at University of Montana for their “Health Info to Go!” project in Missoula, MT. Theresa Percy and Carol Cahill of the Port Townsend Public Library for their project “Serving Up Resources for Healthy Eating” in Port Townsend, WA. Laurel Egan, Marcia Francis, Dolores Judkins, Kathy Murray and Bob Pringle (PNR state emergency preparedness coordinators) who presented a series of webcasts about the “Ten Steps to Service Continuity”. The series culminated with a capstone webcast presented by Mary Beth Simiele, a librarian at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, WA, who has become deeply involved with emergency preparedness and response at her institution. These projects help illustrate medical librarians’ impact in PNR organizations and communities. Congratulations! (Source: Dragonfly) Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:36:03 +0100 876529 http://www.teleread.com/library/reports-from-the-ljslj-ebook-summit/ + “Ebooks and Academic Libraries: Toward a New Best Practice” (by Sue Polanka, No Shelf Required)+ “Tipping Points and Moments of Zen” (by Barbara Fister, LJ/SLJ)+ “Ebook Summit Kicks Off with Library Ebook Survey Results” (by David Rapp, Library Journal) Findings in the areas of: e-book availability; circulation; e-reader loans; and budgets.+ ” Ebook Summit: R. David Lankes Keynote, “The New Librarianship in the Age of the Ebook” You can access the slide and audio files from the closing keynote here.+ “Ebook Summit: Academic Acquisition Models Reconsidered”+ “Ebook Summit: Academic Acquisition Models Reconsidered” (via LJ)+ “Ebook Summit Webcast Tackles Google Books Project” by Raya Kuzyk (via LJ)+ Reports from the Summit by The Librarian in Black and Summit Tweets from Sue PolankaPre-Summit Commentary by Eric Hellman:+ Ebook Summit Preview: If Librarians Ran the Supermarket+ “Ebook Summit Preview: Explosive Change in the Library”+ “Libraries, Ebooks, and Competition”+ “Ebook Summit Preview: Should Kids Get Ebooks in School?”Want More Hellman? Then “Go to Hellman” is For You!Via Resource Shelf[donotprint]Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. [/donotprint] (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:07:46 +0100 875819 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/9CpNrT2Q3-k/ I think I have mentioned it in the past, over here, in this blog, as well how, inside of the company I work for, we do have this rather special Community of Community Managers / Facilitators / Leaders that over the course of 10 years it’s become one of those essential resources available out there to all of those fellow IBM community facilitators (That’s my preferred term, so from now onwards I’ll stick around with that one…), and to whoever else internally who may be interested, in general, in the topic of (online) communities, as a hang out place where they could share stories, experiences, their know-how, good practices, facilitation materials, community building techniques, etc. etc. in order to help and support one another facilitating their own communities much more effectively. And so far the model seems to have been working really well, specially nowadays when online communities seem to be more popular and resourceful than ever! The fact that the community has been running for over 10 years is probably a good indication as well of how important and paramount it’s become for IBM’s community facilitators out there. It’s had a couple of dormant stages in the past, but all along it’s been thriving with a bunch of passionate community builders who want to increase the overall involvement and engagement from their own communities members. Yes, that’s right! That’s the name of the community: CommunityBuilders. One of the various different activities that we organise for this specific community is actually monthly general education events around the topic of community building, more than anything else to help them keep up with the fast and rampant pace that online communities are growing under, further on, at the moment. ... Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:26:43 +0100 875753 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/09/30/arl-and-ithaka-sr-get-464286-imls-grant-for-digitized-special-collections-research/ ARL and Ithaka S+R have received a $464,286 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grants Program “to study how libraries, archives, and museums are sustaining digitized special collections.” Here's an excerpt from the press release: "Our examination of digital resources through our case studies work showed us that project leaders need practical tools to help them ensure their project's long-term sustainability," says Laura Brown, Managing Director, Ithaka S+R. "This collaborative study will respond to that need by providing actionable recommendations, best practices, and planning tools to help project leaders in higher education, public libraries, museums, historical societies, and other organizations plan for sustaining their own special collections digitization projects." Project activities under this cooperative agreement will include a survey of digitized special collections and focused interviews with leaders and project staff in selected cultural heritage organizations who manage those collections. The study’s final report of lessons learned, recommendations, and case studies will be freely shared through the partners’ websites, through a webcast, and conference presentations. (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:01:59 +0100 875632 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/xwlRSj5PW0Y/ ARL and Ithaka S+R have received a $464,286 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grants Program “to study how libraries, archives, and museums are sustaining digitized special collections.” Here's an excerpt from the press release: "Our examination of digital resources through our case studies work showed us that project leaders need practical tools to help them ensure their project's long-term sustainability," says Laura Brown, Managing Director, Ithaka S+R. "This collaborative study will respond to that need by providing actionable recommendations, best practices, and planning tools to help project leaders in higher education, public libraries, museums, historical societies, and other organizations plan for sustaining their own special collections digitization projects." Project activities under this cooperative agreement will include a survey of digitized special collections and focused interviews with leaders and project staff in selected cultural heritage organizations who manage those collections. The study’s final report of lessons learned, recommendations, and case studies will be freely shared through the partners’ websites, through a webcast, and conference presentations. (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:01:53 +0100 876406 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6372 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // September 29, 2010 [1] [TUESDAY 10/5] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Becoming a Networked Nonprofit" with Allison Fine and Beth Kanter (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/10/finekanter) Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) Seminars [MONDAY 10/4] CRCS Seminar: "Computational Social Choice: A Decision-theoretic Perspective" with Craig Boutilier, University of Toronto (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6355) Our friends StopBadware and the Open Video Alliance will also host special events around the country in the upcoming week and we encourage you to learn more. If you are in the Bay Area, this Monday (10/4), the Commonwealth Club of California will host "Keeping the Net Healthy: A Conversation with Vinton Cerf, Paul Mockapetris, and Esther Dyson" (https://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/open.asp?show=2030). This weekend in New York City, the Open Video Alliance will present the second Open Video Conference, which is a multi-day summit of thought leaders in business, academia, art, and activism that will explore the future of online video. For more information, visit http://www.openvideoconference.org/about/. [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on BECOMING A NETWORKED NONPROFIT ================================================================================== 10/5/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Becoming a Networked Nonprofit Guests: Allison Fine and Beth Kanter Many nonprofit organizations have dipped their toes into the set-me-free world powered by social media, but too many still have trepidations about turning their organizations inside out to take full advantage of the new tools. ... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:42:11 +0100 875126 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/n_n.html Mars Update: James Garvin webcast of talk given March 17 at the Library of Congress. "What have scientists learned so far about Mars? Does life exist there? Will human beings someday colonize the Red Planet? NASA scientist James B. Garvin speaks about recent research and plans for Mars exploration." (Source: New) Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:20:22 +0100 875989 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/09/cdwork Tuesday, September 28, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.Co-hosted by Harvard's Center for Research on Computation and SocietyA statistical database provides statistical information about a population, while maintaining the privacy of individuals in the database.  A popular interpretation of this statement, due to Dalenius, says that "anything learnable about an individual, given access to the database, can be learned without access to the database."  In non-technical terms, we will discuss why any such definition is problematic, and suggest an alternate notion of privacy for statistical databases, differential privacy, that arises naturally from an observation about the impossibility argument.  A thriving research effort has produced high-quality differentially private solutions for a wide range of data analysis tasks.  We will try to give a feel for the broad spectrum of things that can be done by accessing information through a privacy-preserving programming interface.  Finally, we will touch on some privacy problems arising in the context of behavioral targeting that are not addressed by this approach, and pose some questions about mitigation.About CynthiaCynthia Dwork, a theoretical computer scientist, has made fundamental contributions to cryptography, distributed computing, and complexity theory. Her current focus is the development of a mathematically rigorous framework and algorithmic techniques for the privacy-preserving analysis of data. A Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft, Dwork is a recipient of the Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.LinksMicrosoft Research Database Privacy Website (Source: Berkman Blog) Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:30:00 +0100 874979 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6366 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // September 22, 2010 [1] [CONFERENCE 9/25] "Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You?" Conference in Atlanta, GA (http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/) [2] [TUESDAY 9/28] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "I'm in the Database, but Nobody Knows" with Cynthia Dwork, Microsoft Research (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/09/cdwork) [3] [10/1-2] Open Video Conference (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/10/ovc) [CONFERENCE] MEDIA LAW IN THE DIGITAL AGE ================================================================================== 9/25/10, Atlanta, GA Visit the conference website for more information on the conference agenda, registration and logistics: http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/ We're pleased to announce that the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard's Berkman Center and the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University are co-hosting a conference on September 25, 2010 entitled "Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You?" in Atlanta, Georgia. If you are a journalist, blogger, or a lawyer who works with media clients, the conference should be at the top of your schedule. This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn first-hand the latest legal developments and to get your questions answered by our panel of experts. The program will bring together panels of legal practitioners, journalists, and academics to discuss the latest legal issues facing online media ventures. Topics will include: libel law, copyright law, newsgathering law, and advertising law, as well as the legal issues arising from news aggregation, managing online communities, and business law considerations for start-up online media organizations. ... Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:50:46 +0100 873555 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/60742 UPDATE: Plans are for an archived version of the announcement and q&a will be available once the event concludes. We will update with a link asap. An Announcement and Discussion From Zotero The webcast is scheduled to take place 11am EDT (1500 GMT) today, Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Dan Cohen from the Center for History and [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:04:12 +0100 873362 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/09/h20 Tuesday, September 21, 12:00 pm **Please note earlier start time for this week only**Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)Webcast will begin ~12:10 ---> This event will be webcast live at 12:10 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.Traditional law school casebooks are expensive, bulky and stagnant.  With the support of the HLS Library, Berkman has been updating our suite of classroom tools, H2O, to create an online alternative to casebooks that are free, online and remixable.  H2O includes our new tool Collage for editing down and annotating cases, Playlists for aggregating materials, the Question Tool for in-classroom back channel, and the Rotisserie for out-of-class discussion.  In this lunch we'll demo some of the tools (all still in alpha) and show how Jonathan Zittrain's Torts class is using them this term.About H20H2O is an open source, educational exchange platform that explores powerful ways to connect professors, students, and researchers online. There are four tools within the H2O platform:  the Question tool, the Rotisserie, Playlists and Collage.  The question tool is an organized backchannel for conferences and classes that allows participants to submit, answer, and vote on questions. It’s an effective way to keep feedback focused, direct speakers to audience interests, and potentially prevent the mic from being hijacked by that weirdo. ... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 873082 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/09/20/hot-topics-sept-2010/ The NN/LM PNR will be hosting a group seating for the next Hot Topics in Preparedness webcast on Tuesday, September 21st at noon Pacific.  To join us in person, come to the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, Room T-223. If you are unable to sit in on the webcast in person, they are archived on the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice site for future viewing. Session Description This presentation will provide an orientation to the model of Inclusive Just-in-Time Training (I-JITT). The three principles (learning dimensions, learning styles, cultural context) of this approach will be described. Participants will also learn how to adopt the framework and philosophy into current public health preparedness training programs. Learner Objectives By the end of this session participants will be able to: List the three principles of I-JITT Define the three principles of I-JITT Describe how to integrate the I-JITT model into local health department operations Presenters Beth McGinnis, MPH, received a Master of Public Health degree (2002) from Oregon State University and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education (2000) from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Prior to her work in the Multnomah County Health Department (MCHD) APC program, she coordinated a CDC funded demonstration project on pandemic influenza planning in health care settings for the Region I Health Preparedness Organization, based at MCHD. Additionally, she spent 6 years working in HIV prevention and care services administration and planning in Washington State. Aron Stephens, MPH, received a Master of Public Health degree (2007) from Portland State University, and a Bachelor of Science (2003) from the University of Vermont. Prior to her work in the MCHD APC program, she helped develop a CDC funded demonstration project on pandemic influenza planning in health care settings for the Region I Health Preparedness Organization, based at MCHD. ... Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:02:06 +0100 872952 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/5Pz_VmGGbY4/mla-webcast-abcs-of-e-books-strategies.html MLA webcast: ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library - November 10, 2010 - 1:00 p.m. central time. "The goal of this webcast is to familiarize information professionals with electronic books and the associated collection management issues related to various platforms, pricing models, licensing agreements, term of ownership, resource management and access methods so that they have the knowledge to make informed decisions which will best serve their constituents" - Medical Library Association (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:22:23 +0100 872664 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Davidrothmannet/~3/OMyvP9AxHJE/ http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a919474140 Abstract: An increasing number of students and faculty come to campus with an iPhone or iPod touch. Aside from recreational use, these devices can be used to search for medical literature, but picking the right applications for searching can be difficult. A comparison test was created to find the best application for searching PubMed from an iPhone or iPod touch. The products tested were PubSearch, PubMed on Tap, and PubMed for Handhelds. Although equally accurate, PubMed on Tap was the superior product due to its simple method for limiting by date and its readily accessible e-mail feature. Yup. That’s pretty much what I said in the MLA Webcast. _______________ Feed-only Footer: Twitter and similar tools have no innate value. The value is in the network you use the tool to connect with. (Source: davidrothman.net) Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:00:33 +0100 872439 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wisblawg-FromTheUwLawLibrary/~3/M1q1P2iDIaI/matrix_codes_to_appear_on_wi_b.html Starting in January 2011, Wisconsin legislative proposals (bills, amendments, and resolutions) will display a graphic code called a "matrix code" that contains a URL, or hyperlink. From the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau:With an Internet-connected cell phone, you can scan the matrix code to display an associated Web page. If the proposal has been introduced, the matrix code will link to the bill status Web page. If the proposal has not been introduced, the matrix code will link to a page that reads, "No legislative proposal with that LRB number has been introduced. Wisconsin statutes require that bills, amendments, and resolutions remain confidential until they are introduced."Read more from the LRB. Thanks to LRB Chief, Steve Miller for the heads up on this exciting new development. I'm constantly amazed by the wonderful things that the LRB does with technology, from digital content, to RSS feeds, to Twitter, to podcasting / webcasting, and now matrix codes. We Wisconsinites are truly lucky to have such a progressive group working to make the legislative process more accessible. (Source: WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library) Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:31:05 +0100 873139 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=7861 Five people have been awarded continuing education travel funding from the NN/LM MCR: Lenore Kinzie – Evidence Based Practice – (Watch for a webcast presentation on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 10:00 CT. ) Laura Cullerton – MCMLA Lillian Hoffecker – Cochrane Colloquium Anne Heimann – ACRL Heather Brown – ACRL The NN/LM MCR still encourages applicants for this professional development and will be awarding approximately 25 Professional Development subsidies (up to $1,500 each) to support health science or hospital librarians who wish to attend a conference, or take a training or workshop of their choice by the end of April 2011. Priority will be given to professional development in the areas of emergency preparedness, personal and electronic health records, health information literacy, or library advocacy, and would include online training opportunities. Applicants are encouraged to think about arenas so that learned information can be shared with MCR members. For more information and application information see: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding/ (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:42:35 +0100 872214 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/09/16/rendezvousebnursing/ Nurse in Training by JPhilpson Join us on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 1pm Pacific (2pm Mountain, noon Alaska) at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous for a free webcast about the latest and greatest evidence based nursing resources. We invite you to view a recording of the presentation that will be available on an update to this post and at the Rendezvous website as well. Our presenter is Janet Schnall, MS, AHIP. Ms. Schnall just received the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section (NAHRS) 2010 Award for Professional Excellence in recognition of her outstanding leadership and exceptional librarianship in meeting the information needs of nursing and allied health professionals. As part of our Federal agency services regarding electronic and information technology resources being accessible to people with disabilities, closed captioning is available on this and future RML Rendezvous webcasts. If you are hearing impaired and in need of closed captioning, please contact Nikki Dettmar at snydern@u.washington.edu by noon Pacific time on Monday, September 20th so we may gladly arrange for this service. For more information please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? to test your computer connection as a recent Flash update may be needed. We look forward to seeing you at the webcast! (Source: Dragonfly) Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:58:25 +0100 872954 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/09/16/mla-webcast-sponsored-site/ The GMR is again offering to sponsor a number of sites for the upcoming MLA Webcast: “ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library” to be held on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., central time Visit: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/mlawebcast.html for detailed information on how to become a sponsored site. The GMR will cover [...] (Source: The Cornflower) Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:39:01 +0100 873267 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6353 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // September 15, 2010 [1] [TUESDAY 9/21] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Hacking the Casebook" with the H20 Development Team (RSVP Required) (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/09/h20) [2] [CONFERENCE 9/25] "Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You?" Conference in Atlanta, GA (http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/) Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) Seminars [MONDAY 9/20] "Kidney Exchange" with Alvin Roth, Harvard Business School (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/09/roth) [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on HACKING THE CASEBOOK ================================================================================== 9/21/10, *12:00 PM ET*, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA **Please note earlier start time for this week only** RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Hacking the Casebook Guest: The H20 Development Team Traditional law school casebooks are expensive, bulky and stagnant. With the support of the HLS Library, Berkman has been updating our suite of classroom tools, H2O, to create an online alternative to casebooks that are free, online and remixable. H2O includes our new tool Collage for editing down and annotating cases, Playlists for aggregating materials, the Question Tool for in-classroom back channel, and the Rotisserie for out-of-class discussion. In this lunch we'll demo some of the tools (all still in alpha) and show how Jonathan Zittrain's Torts class is using them this term. About H20: H2O is an open source, educational exchange platform that explores powerful ways to connect professors, students, and researchers online. There are four tools within the H2O platform: the Question tool, the Rotisserie, Playlists and Collage. ... Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:52:47 +0100 871779 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/09/us-judiciary-approves-pilot-project-for.html The Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making agency for federal judiciary in the United States, has approved a pilot project to evaluate the effect of cameras in federal district courtrooms and the public release of digital video recordings of some civil proceedings:"Courts that participate in the pilot will, if necessary, amend their local rules (providing adequate public notice and opportunity to comment) to provide an exception for judges participating in the pilot project. Participation in the pilot will be at the trial judge’s discretion.""Under the pilot, participating courts will record proceedings. Recordings by other entities or persons will not be allowed. Recording of members of a jury will not be permitted, and parties in a trial must consent to participating in the pilot."Earlier Library Boy postings on media access to the courts in Canada or abroad include: Report on TV Cameras in Ontario Courtrooms (August 24, 2006): "A report released today by Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant recommends that cameras be allowed in some courts in the province. This would include TV cameras. The list of Courts would cover the Ontario Court of Appeal and lower courts where no witnesses would be examined (...) The full text of the report includes a useful bibliography on the issue of media and the court system." UK Courts to Accept TV Cameras (November 14, 2006): "The British media is reporting that civil and criminal trials in the UK may soon be televised. According to the Nov. 13, 2006 Reuters article Courtroom TV could be a step nearer, '(P)roposals that could lead to television cameras being installed in courts could soon be set out by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, head of the judiciary. A five-week pilot was started in Nov 2004 in the Court of Appeal in the Royal Courts of Justice in London and the consultation process was completed in the summer of 2005'. ... Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 871836 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/09/vonhippel Tuesday, September 14, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after. Both innovation by individual users and open collaborative innovation is increasingly competing with and may displace producer innovation in many parts of the economy.  This represents a paradigm shift with respect to innovation research, public policy related to innovation, and innovation practice.  Eric will present the basic story and we will transition to a discussion of important implications and interesting research opportunities. About Eric Eric von Hippel is T Wilson Professor of Innovation Management, and also Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT.  Von Hippel is known for his research into the sources of and economics of innovation.  He and his colleagues find that product development is rapidly shifting away from producers to users and to open user collaborations in the Internet Age – is being “democratized.” This shift in the locus of innovation requires responsive changes in company business models and government policymaking. For example, policy must be altered to support an information "commons" model of innovation rather than only model based upon proprietary intellectual property.  Von Hippel’s book, Democratizing Innovation (2005) is available free on the web at http://mit.edu/evhippel/www/books.htm. Links Eric's webpageDemocratizing InnovationModeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative InnovationAlexis Madrigal wrote about Eric's talk at The Atlantic (Source: Berkman Blog) Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:30:00 +0100 871580 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6345 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // September 8, 2010 [1] [TUESDAY 9/14] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation" with Eric von Hippel, Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and Berkman Center Faculty Associate (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/09/vonhippel) [2] [CONFERENCE 9/25] "Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You?" Conference in Atlanta, GA (http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/) [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on FROM PRODUCER INNOVATION TO USER AND OPEN COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION ================================================================================== 9/14/10, 12:30 PM ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation" Guest: Eric von Hippel, Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and Berkman Center Faculty Associate Both innovation by individual users and open collaborative innovation is increasingly competing with and may displace producer innovation in many parts of the economy. This represents a paradigm shift with respect to innovation research, public policy related to innovation, and innovation practice. Eric will present the basic story and we will transition to a discussion of important implications and interesting research opportunities. About Eric: Eric von Hippel is T Wilson Professor of Innovation Management, and also Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT. Von Hippel is known for his research into the sources of and economics of innovation. ... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:42:04 +0100 870165 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/09/08/free-webinar-how-to-drive-business-value-from-product-and-reach-compliance/ September 14, 2010 – 1 PM ET In a world of rapidly expanding regulations, including Europe’s REACH and RoHS, companies need an effective way to work with their supply chains to collect, track and analyze a vast amount of data. Among other things, companies must determine which materials or parts can be used in production and report regularly to customers, stakeholders and authorities on a growing number of metrics. If not properly managed, companies risk severe consequences, including lost revenue or markets, increased compliance costs and greater risk of wasted inventory and supply-chain disruption. The good news: Companies can overcome these challenges. In this webcast, learn how manufacturers are developing and executing compliance strategies to help them gain competitive advantage while minimizing costs and risks. Join Marc Gunther, Senior Writer at GreenBiz.com, in a conversation with Joel Eurich, Director, Global Environmental, Health and Safety, Molex; Joe Stainbrook, Senior Product Environmental Engineer, Molex; Kim Knickle, Practice Director, Emerging Agenda, Sustainability, IDC; and Jennifer Scholze, Senior Director, Sustainability Solution Marketing, Product Safety and Stewardship, SAP. The conversation will focus on how companies are mitigating product compliance risks and driving business benefits by deploying an integrated product compliance solution. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:59:09 +0100 870015