GSLIScast: Academic Libraries

Mobile Mania - MIT's Mobile Web - Andrew Yu

Simmons College GSLIS — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:36:00 -0500

On November 5, 2008 NEASIS&T sponsored an event at Simmons entitled Mobile Mania, which was designed to address the new challenges mobile devices pose for information service providers. Speakers were invited to share their experiences of developing innovative ways to deliver content and embed services within these new virtual environments. Andrew Yu, the Mobile Devices Program Manager at MIT spoke on the development of MIT’s Mobile Web.

NEASIST's website :: Sponsoring organization's website.
Simmons' ASIST website :: More about the Simmons student chapter.
MIT Mobile Web :: More information about MIT's Mobile Web.
Kevin MacLeod / Chill :: Music used in this podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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The Semantic Library: RDF in Practice

Simmons College GSLIS — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:54:00 -0400

Robert Wolfe is a professional librarian and information architect who has worked in the field of educational technology since 1999. He received his MLIS from the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science in 2001. He is currently the Head of the Metadata Services Unit at the MIT Libraries. Metadata Services is a cost recovery consultancy that offers information organization services to the education community. These services are: /information architecture/ including data modeling, taxonomy development, and user experience design; /metadata systems design /including metadata storage, serialization, and production workflow solutions; and /project management/ including metadata production training, production management, and quality assessment. On June 12, 2008 he delivered a lecture entitled “The Semantic Library: RDF in Practice” at NEASIST’s annual Awards Dinner at MIT.

Slide presentation :: PDF Format / 88 KB
SIMILE :: Semantic Interoperability of Metadata in unLike Environments
Babel :: Format Converter developed by the SIMILE Project
Longwell :: A SIMILE demo by MIT Libraries.
PLEDGE :: PLEDGE Project wiki
W3C Semantic Web Activity :: Simple Knowledge Orgranization System
Open Archives Initiative :: Object Reuse and Exchange
Kevin MacLeod / Fork and Spoon :: Music used in this podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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The Right to Research: Student involvement in open access to scholarly communication

Simmons College GSLIS — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:01:00 -0400

Gavin Baker is a SPARC Outreach Fellow and has developed SPARC’s “The Right to Research” student outreach campaign. He is an assistant editor at the Open Access News blog, community manager of “Open Students,” a blog for students about Open Access, and a columnist in Science Progress. As a student, he co-founded University of Florida’s Students for Free Culture chapter, served on a National Students for Free Culture board, and was elected to the university’s Student Senate. In large part because of this work, University of Florida passed the first university-wide resolution supporting open access. On May 27, 2008 he presented a talk entitled “The Right to Research” in the Beatley Library at Simmons College.

SPARC Right to Research :: Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition's student outreach program.
SHERPA RoMEO :: Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving.
OAIster :: A union catalog of digital resources.
SerialSolutions :: Librarians creating solutions for librarians.
DOAJ :: Directory of Open Access Journals.
Open DOAR :: Directory of Open Access Repositories
ROAR :: Regitrsy of Open Access Repositories
Kevin MacLeod / Porch Blues :: Music used in this podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Siva Vadiyanthan: The Googlization of Everything

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:17:00 -0400

On March 28th 2008 in Amherst, MA Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia, delivered a lecture titled “The Googlization of Everything.” The event was part of the third annual Digital Quadrangle Series Colloquium and was sponsored by the UMass Amherst Libraries, Office for Research, Center for Teaching, Graduate School, and Office of Outreach.

A cultural historian and media scholar, Siva Vaidhyanathan is the
author of Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity (New York University Press,2001); and The Anarchist in the Library: How Peer-to-Peer Networks are Transforming Politics, Culture, and Information (Basic Books, 2003).

He is co-editor of Rewiring the “Nation”: The Place of Technology in American Studies (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007).

After five years as a professional journalist, Vaidhyanathan earned a PhD in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Vaidhyanathan has taught at the University of Texas, Wesleyan University, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and New York University.

He is currently associate professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia and writing his next book, The Googlization of Everything, a critical examination of Google’s disruptive effect on culture, commerce, and community on a public website/blog produced by the Institute for the Future of the Book.

Sivacracy :: Siva's blog
The Googlization of Everything :: Website/blog of The Googlization of Everything project/book
Institute for the Future of the Book :: project co-sponsor website
Oriolgos/Beat Combo 9 Game Over :: Music used in this podcast
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Anne C. Moore: The Learning Commons at UMass & the Evolving Role of the Specialist Librarian

Simmons College GSLIS — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:34:00 -0400

Anne C. Moore, the Associate Director for User Services at
UMass Amherst spoke on March 15th 2008 at the Simmons College GSLIS West campus in South Hadley, MA. Ms Moore discussed the far reaching success of the Learning Commons at Umass Amherst and how that success has changed the role of librarians on campus.

Slide Presentation :: PDF Format 11 MB
Liason Document :: Word Format 32 KB
Slide presentation with audio :: Slideshare website.
beat combo 9 game over/Oriolgos :: Music used in this podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this podcast.

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A Career in Library and Information Science: Strategies, Choices and Insights featuring Carl Antonucci

Simmons College GSLIS — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Carl Antonucci is a reference librarian and current director of library services at Capital Community College. On Sunday, March 9, 2008, Antonucci spoke as part of a career panel at the GSLIS West campus. The event, entitled “A Career in Library and Information Science: Strategies, Choices, and Insights,” was sponsored by the GSLIS Alumni Board.

Podcast transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.
Q&A Session :: Q&A Session for this event
Capital Community College Library :: Library where Carl works
Gypsy-esque Clarinet & Sax 103 bpm/Stephenchai :: Music used in this podcast

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Next Generation Library Catalogs: Anne M. Prestamo / AquaBrowser

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:42:00 -0500

Before becoming Associate Dean of Libraries for Collection and Technology Services, Dr. Prestamo served as Head of Digital Library Services and a reference librarian in the Library’s Science & Engineering Division at OSU. She holds a BM degree from Kent State University, an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a doctorate in Educational Technology from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining the OSU faculty, Prestamo held positions in the libraries at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Dr. Prestamo’s main area of interest is with technology for the delivery of library resources.

Dr. Prestamo discussed the Oklahoma State University library implementation of AquaBrowser.

Next Generation Library Catalogs Website :: (event sponsors)
Slide Presentation :: (PDF Format 7 MB)
Slide Presentation with audio :: (Slideshare website)
Oklahoma State University Library Catalog :: (Website of OSU Catalog)
Microfluid / Underwater :: (Music used in this podcast)
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Next Generation Library Catalogs: Jennifer Ward/WorldCat Local

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:31:00 -0500

The University of Washington Libraries is participating in a pilot project with OCLC to test a new kind of library catalog, WorldCat Local. The goal is to provide a single search interface for local holdings, consortial holdings (in our case, the Orbis Cascade Alliance), and all other WorldCat libraries’ holdings. WorldCat Local also provides almost 30 million article citations. On the delivery side, WorldCat Local integrates local and consortial delivery options with interlibrary loan, and of course, online access. By breaking down a number of discovery and delivery silos, we hope to offer users easier and more convenient access to the quality resources we and other libraries hold. This presentation will focus on the University of Washington Libraries’ experience with the WorldCat Local system, which has been available to our users since April 30, 2007.

Jennifer Ward received an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the Head of Web Services for the University of Washington Libraries and manages the Libraries’ usability program. Her presentations and publications cover a range of topics, most notably institutional repositories and assessment/user experience.

Next Generation Library Catalogs Website :: Event sponsor's website.
Slide Presentation :: PDF Format 6.1 MB
University of Washington Libraries Catalog ::
Microfluid / Underwater :: Music used in this podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Next Generation Library Catalogs: David Lindahl

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:02:00 -0500

David Lindahl is Director of Digital Library Initiatives for the River Campus Libraries. He has extensive experience in library-related digital research and design projects, and is responsible for advanced development of all aspects of library systems including the library catalog and the institutional repository at the University of Rochester.

At Xerox PARC, where he was previously employed, Mr. Lindahl received a user interface patent for the design of an image search and retrieval tool that integrated with an ILS. In addition, he was also the co-principal investigator of a recent IMLS National Leadership Grant, which involved a large user study and the development of enhanced functionality and interface features. He is currently a principal investigator on an IMLS-funded study of graduate student work practices as well as being a principal investigator for the eXtensible Catalog Project.

Next Generation Library Catalogs Website :: Event sponsors.
Slides With Audio :: Via Slideshare.
eXtensible Catalog Website ::
Slide Presentation :: PDF format 4.6 MB
Microfluid / Underwater :: Music used in the podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Babies & Bathwater: Re-Imagining Academic Libraries

Simmons College GSLIS — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:38:00 -0500

On Friday, November 16, 2007, Simmons GSLIS hosted the Thompson ISI Samuel Lazerow Memorial Lecture. The lecture, entitled “Babies and Bathwater: Reimagining Academic Libraries” featured Peter Hirtle and Dr. Sarah Thomas. Hirtle is the Intellectual Property Officer at Cornell University Libraries, and Thomas is Bodley’s Librarian and Director of University Library Services at Oxford University. Sarah Thomas was introduced by GSLIS Dean Michele Cloonan, and Peter Hirtle was introduced by Jeannette Bastian, Associate Professor and Director of the Archives Program.

First woman to become Bodley’s Librarian :: Press release announcing Sarah Thomas' appointment to Oxford.
A double-first at the Bodleian library as US woman takes over :: Coverage from "The Independent."
Peter B. Hirtle :: Peter's Hirtle's biography from LoC.
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States :: Peter Hirtle's copyright web site.
Kevin McLeod / Riptide :: Music used in this podcast
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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