June 14, 2012 by Gary Price
The DCMI Annual Conference and two days of pre-con tutorials about semantic metadata are scheduled to take place in Kuching, Malaysia from 3 through 7 September 2012. Karen Coyle and Dan Bickley are two of the invited speakers at the conference. Coyle will present a tutorial titled, “Metadata for the Semantic Web” and will also […]
June 11, 2012 by Gary Price
The two day event took place on April 26, 2012 (workstream meetings at SFPL) and public plenary April 27, 2012 (at Internet Archive). All materials are linked on the DPLA Blog. What’s Available: Meetings Notes Steering Committee Meeting Notes Video (Also Available on YouTube) Graphics Podcast Interviews Photos Direct to Complete Blog Post/Links to Materials
May 10, 2012 by Gary Price
The 160th ARL Membership Meeting took place in Chicago last week. Slides online today, audio for some sessions coming soon. Direct to Program and Slides Slides From the Following Sessions are Available Code of Best Practices in Fair Use (Session Not Recorded) A View from Campus: The E-Science Institute Post-Capstone (Session Not Recorded) Digital Preservation Network […]
April 6, 2012 by Gary Price
Videos from the symposium were made available online a couple of days ago. “New Models of Academic Collaboration” was the title of the event that took place on March 23, 2012. From the Columbia U. Calendar Description Promo: Research Libraries are discovering the value of collaboration among and within institutions. As these collaborative models evolve, […]
February 1, 2012 by Gary Price
Direct to Interactive Calendar From NPG: Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has launched an expanded online calendar of global scientific events. The calendar provides users with a new way to search for science events, which can also be personalized and synced to a personal online or mobile calendar. The calendar provides users with an innovative way […]
January 7, 2012 by Gary Price
Once again, superb conference programming. Kudos to the committee. Personal Digital Archiving 2012 is scheduled to take place on February 23-24, 2012 at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. Direct to Preliminary Schedule Registration Information See Also: Video and Presentations from PDF 2011
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December 15, 2011 by Gary Price
Direct to Audio and Slides Audio recordings of several sessions are now available along with the slide decks that were already online. The Association of Research Libraries Membership Meeting took place in Washington, DC on October 13–14, 2011 and was titled, “21st-Century Collections and the Urgency of Collaborative Action.” Here’s a list of the sessions […]
October 10, 2011 by Gary Price
Boopsie has released native apps (free) for iOS, Android, and Blackberry along with a mobile web site with information and networking tools for the upcoming American Association of School Librarians (AASL11) Conference in Minneapolis. The app includes: A Conference Scheduler Exhibits Manager Alerts, Social Media, and Local Info Learn More, Download Apps, Visit Mobile Web […]
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August 29, 2011 by Gary Price
NFAIS One Day Workshop on Discovery Services Date: Friday, September 30, 2011 Location: Philadelphia, PA (A Virtual Workshop Will Also Be Available) Discount: Both onsite and virtual registrations are available at a discount until September 16th. Recent years have witnessed the emergence of new information channels know as “discovery services.” Broadly defined as a link […]
August 21, 2011 by Gary Price
Title: “From Institutional Repositories to Personal Collections of Learning Resources” (MS Word Doc) Authors: Julià Minguillón, and Jordi Conesa (2011) In: Proceedings of the The PLE Conference 2011 10th – 12th July 2011, Southampton, UK. Abstract: Institutional digital repositories are a basic piece to provide preservation and reutilization of learning resources. However, their creation and […]