Overview of content related to 'blog'

Web 2.0 in U.S. LIS Schools: Are They Missing the Boat?

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Noa Aharony asks whether library and information science schools in the United States are underestimating the opportunities offered by Web 2.0 applications.

Library and information science (LIS) programmes prepare students for performing traditional information tasks such as indexing, retrieval and library management [1][2][3]. The increased importance and centrality of information has moved LIS schools to offer new curricula that combine traditional librarianship and archiving with technological and social aspects of information.

SWORD: Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Julie Allinson, Sebastien Francois and Stuart Lewis describe the JISC-funded SWORD Project which has produced a lightweight protocol for repository deposit.

Ancient Cultures Inside Modern Universes

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Edgardo Civallero writes on preservation and dissemination of intangible South American indigenous heritage and updating information using Web-based tools.

Cultural Heritage

Heritage can be defined as a heterogeneous ensemble of environmental and cultural elements - material or otherwise - that are transmitted from generation to generation, creating the foundations on which people build and orientate their identity and vision of the world. According to the definition reached during the UNESCO Experts´ Round Table in Turin (Italy, 2001), heritage includes:

Collaborative and Social Tagging Networks

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Emma Tonkin, Edward M. Corrado, Heather Lea Moulaison, Margaret E. I. Kipp, Andrea Resmini, Heather D. Pfeiffer and Qiping Zhang gather a series of international perspectives on the practice of social tagging of documents within a community context.

Social tagging, which is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, and social indexing, allows ordinary users to assign keywords, or tags, to items. Typically these items are Web-based resources and the tags become immediately available for others to see and use. Unlike traditional classification, social tagging keywords are typically freely chosen instead of using a controlled vocabulary.

Saving Energy in the Workplace

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Eddie Young outlines some of the issues faced by a Systems Administrator when trying to save energy in the workplace.

Exploiting the Potential of Blogs and Social Networks

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Gill Ferrell reports on a one-day workshop about Blogs and Social Networks, held in Birmingham in November 2007.

Global Research Library 2020

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Jessie Hey and David Pearson report on a series of strategic workshops on the Global Research Library 2020 - the first of which, the Willows Lodge Workshop, was held in the Pacific North West of the US in the Autumn of 2007.

Welcome to the Future and Day One

Research, scholarship, science, and discovery have been transformed by the Internet and communication technologies across all sectors on a global basis. In order for research libraries to play a central role in this increasingly multi-institutional and cross-sector environment, we must find new approaches for how they operate and add value to research and discovery on a global basis. This was a rare opportunity to make a start on thinking longer term with invitees from across sectors and across countries.

MCN 2007: Building Content, Building Community - 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Guenter Waibel and Jean Godby report on the Museum Computer Network annual meeting, held 7-10 November, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.

The Museum Computer Network (MCN) celebrated its 40th anniversary during its annual meeting, this year held at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza. In 1967, museum professionals in New York City gathered to discuss the utility of computers in museum settings. This initial meeting provided the seed for what would become the Museum Computer Network [1]. 40 years later, 310 delegates from 14 countries and 32 states in the US gathered to take stock of successes and issues in the networked museum.

News and Events

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

UkeiG Course: Information Law for Information Professionals

Information Law for Information Professionals:
What you need to know about Copyright, Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Accessibility and Disability Discrimination Laws

CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
19 February 2008, 9.30-16.30

Course outline

Book Review: Programming Collective Intelligence

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Pete Cliff tries to remember A-level mathematics as he dives into the fascinating world of machine learning and statistics and how to apply these techniques to Web-accessible datasets.

When I was handed this book for review a colleague of mine said "rather you than me" and there is no doubt that Programming Collective Intelligence is probably not a book for everyone. However, if phrases like 'Bayesian filtering', 'Support-vector machines', 'Collaborative filtering' and 'Methods of clustering' do not deter you or better, engage your interest, then this work is well worth a look.

Book Review: Digital Copyright

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Stuart Hannabuss looks at an interesting Nile cruise of a book about intellectual property.

The second edition of Digital Copyright is the print-book counterpart of the original e-book and, as such, will sell particularly well to libraries where training (and self-updating) is taken seriously and to educational establishments where people are trained for 'the profession' (this is so hybrid now that perhaps no one book on information law can satisfy everyone - think of electronic communications law, Internet law, computing law, and the like, and specialist authors like Ian Lloyd on IT law).

Book Review: Blended Learning

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Brian Whalley reviews Barbara Allan's book on blended learning for Information and Library Science staff and educational developers.

As the author says, 'The overall aim of this book is to provide a practical guide to library and information workers who are involved in education and training, and who are interested in designing and delivering blended learning experiences to their colleagues and customers'. I come from an academic geology background but with an interest in teaching and ICT in teaching.