Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web
Check out this 15-minute video.? If you have any doubts about the viability of the Semantic Web, Sir Berners-Lee will happily convert you.? Why should librarians care?? Linked Data is the authority control of …
Open Access @ Harvard’s DASH
Last February, the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Harvard University voted unanimously in favor of an open access mandate.
Now Harvard’s online Open Access Repository, Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) has made its beta launch. DASH is …
Tutorial Tuesday: Feed bundles
MakeUseOf has a clear, simple tutorial for creating feed bundles in Google Reader, including some ideas for presenting the bundles to your community.
Google Reader gives you several ways to share bundles, letting anyone read the aggregated content or subscribe …
The future of libraries, with or without books
CNN picks up a story on Library 2.0 and the Future of Libraries:
…In a world where information is more social and more online, librarians are becoming debate moderators, givers of technical support and community outreach coordinators.
The ultimate question
To kick off the new blog of Simmons ASIS&T, I thought I would talk a little about why we’re here.? Luckily our parent organization has done the heavy lifting for me:
…ASIS&T brings together diverse streams of knowledge, focusing what
ASIS&T Zeitgeist
I’m looking to get a sense of what topics related to Information Science & Technology people are interested in exploring further this year.
This could translate into events, discussions, or workshops.
Leave some comments with your ideas!
Here’s a couple …
Welcome to Simmons ASIS&T
Greetings new & returning students!
We’d like to set up a first meeting sometime in the second half of August. Generally meetings are held in the evenings, 5:30-6:30, to accommodate as many people as possible.
Please leave a comment to …