Curious Expeditions’ Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
Posted: September 11, 2007 Filed under: Fun, Images, Museums, Photography, [ Creating the ARLIS/NA Student Blog ], [ Suggestions for Improving this Blog ] Comments OffEveryone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a magical realm. For some people it’s castles with their noble history and crumbling towers. For others it’s abandoned factories, ivy choked, a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us here at Curious Expeditions, there has always been something about libraries. Row after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a beautiful old library.
To read more & see the collection of images, go to http://www.curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/a_librophiliacs_love_letter_1.html
Questioning Authority Conference March 2008
Posted: September 11, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Calls for Papers, Opportunities: Conferences Comments OffThe Student Chapter of the Special Libraries Association at the
University of Michigan’s School of Information working with our faculty
advisor and the Dean’s Office would like to tell you, your faculty, and
your students of an exciting upcoming event. During the last weekend of
March 2008 we will be hosting a national conference in Ann Arbor with
the theme “Questioning Authority”.
This masters student centered conference will address the topic from a
multidisciplinary approach. The question of the authority of an
information resource has always been a central issue in the field of
information. The Internet , Web 2.0 technologies, and the growing body
of information in digital formats have led to further concerns of
authority. This conference will address these concerns, which range
over such topics as the validity of user created information systems
found in social networking applications, such as Flickr and Wikipedia,
to how all Web users, or the very Web itself, may become savvy
information credentialers.
We seek masters and doctoral student papers and posters to join our
keynote speakers, workshops, panels, tours, and networking events.
Please encourage your students to become involved by submitting work
and attending the conference. We will call for student scholarly
submissions in October with a December submission deadline.
Registration for the conference will begin in November.
Please relay this information to the student SLA group representatives
and advisors at your school, as well as to any others you think may be
interested. Though we are initially sending this information via SLA
representatives, students in all information related studies are
encouraged to participate. Detailed program information will be
available on our website in the near future at:
http://www.questioningauthority.org/ Feel free to contact us with
further questions at questioningauthority2008@gmail.com or
sla.officers@umich.edu
We look forward to working with you, your school, and your students as
we address one of the most pervasive issues in information sciences in
an engaging and collaborative manner!
Sincerely,
Jessica D. DuVerneay
President, Special Libraries Association Student Chapter
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Jessica DuVerneay
University of Michigan
School of Information MSI Candidate, 2008
Fine Arts Library Associate
President, Special Libraries Association – Student Chapter
ARLIS/Ohio Valley Autumn 2007 Meeting
Posted: September 11, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Meetings Comments OffPlease join us October 26th 2007 at the new Akron Art Museum for the fall meeting.
More information to follow.ARLIS/Ohio Valley was created to promote communication and cooperation among Ohio’s art libraries and to provide a forum for ideas, projects, and programs to benefit member librarians.
Members of ARLIS/Ohio Valley are represented by:
- Public Libraries
- University Libraries
- Academic Research Libraries
- Museum Libraries
- Special Libraries
ARLIS/Ohio Valley explores the topic of art librarianship and new technology. Within this group members have created a bond of professional stimulus that assists in development for all art libraries nationally.
Please join and contribute your thoughts and experiences.
Working Digital Assets symposium
Posted: September 11, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Events Comments OffFinal Program Announcement
Working Digital Assets
This day-long symposium on Monday, September 24, 2007 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will explore the current state of managing, sharing, and preserving digital assets.
Speakers:
* Kurt D. Bollacker, The Long Now Foundation
* Joseph Busch, Taxonomy Strategies LLC
* Patricia Cruse, California Digital Library
* Gary Fong, Genesis Photo Agency
* Hannah Frost, Stanford University Libraries
* Sue Grinols, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
* Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive
* Wendy Levy, Bay Area Video Coalition
* Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
* Angelo Sacerdote, Bay Area Video Coalition
* Howard Simkins, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
* John Slafsky, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
* Francine Snyder, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
* David Sturtevant, Harvard University Art Museums
Join us in considering questions about digital assets such as:
* Can we plan for 50 years and 5 years at the same time?
* What makes a ‘quality, useful, and/or trustworthy’ asset?
* What are the hot-button rights issues?
* Where are the innovative, creative, and/or resourceful solutions?
* How can we stay ahead of the technological curve(s)?
Symposium schedule:
* 8:30 Coffee
* 9:20 Welcome
* 9:30 Motivations and Strategies for managing, sharing, preserving
* 10:30 Break
* 10:45 The Thing Itself and Influences
* 12:00 Lunch on your own
* 1:30 Rights: exclusive, non-exclusive, underlying, etc.
* 2:30 Break
* 2:45 Tools and Independence / Dependence
* 4:00 Refreshments
No registration fee, but please RSVP to collections@sfmoma.org by September 21 (if you haven’t done so already).
Enter at SFMOMA’s main entrance (151 Third Street).
Directions, public transit and parking:
http://www.sfmoma.org/visit/visitinfo_directions.html
