GSLIScast: New technologies

FLO Mini-Conference - Google Analytics

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:45:00 -0400

On June 9th, 2009, Fenway Libraries Online held their first annual mini-conference at Simmons College in Boston. Rachel Keeler and Paul Hoffman from the FLO office closed the day with an introduction to and overview of Google Analytics.

FLO Website :: Fenway Libraries Online
Slide Presentation :: PDF Format / 3.21 MB
Partners In Rhyme / Happy 1 :: Music used in this episode.

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FLO Mini-Conference - Using LibQual for Assessment

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:33:00 -0400

On June 9th, 2009, Fenway Libraries Online held their first annual mini-conference at Simmons College in Boston. George Hart of UMass Boston gave the second presentation of the day on LibQual.

FLO Website :: Fenway Libraries Online
Slide Presentation :: PDF Format / 765 KB
Partners In Rhyme / Arabian Salsa :: Music used in this episode.

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World Heritage Memory Net: World Culture and Heritage at Your Finger-tips

Simmons College GSLIS — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:06:00 -0400

On April 17th, 2009, Dr. Ching-chih Chen gave the Annual Speech at the Simmons Beta Phi Mu Annual Meeting at Simmons College in Boston, demoing her World Heritage Memory Net Project for the audience. Professor Chen is author and editor of 35 books and more than 200 articles in the areas of information technology, management, and global digital libraries. She’s received countless awards, including the 2008 American Library Association Beta Phi Mu Award.

Slide Presentation :: PDF Format / 3.85 MB
Beta Phi Mu Award :: Announcement on ALA website.
Professor Ching-chih Chen :: Presenter's bio.
Project Director, NSF/IDLP Global Memory Net :: Global Memory Net website
Project Director, World Heritage Memory Net :: In partnership with UNESCO/World Heritage Center
Kevin MacLeod / One Sly Move :: Music used in this episode.

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2009 MSLA Conference - Technology in School Libraries Today

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:08:00 -0400

On March 28th, 2009 the Massachusetts School Library Association held their annual conference at Simmons College in Boston. Valerie Diggs gave a presentation about the unique challenges of social networking technology in school libraries. She is the Dept Head of School Libraries for Chelmsford Public Schools, and most recently completed the transformation of the Chelmsford High School Library to a true Learning Commons Space.

Technology and Schools PB Wiki :: Wiki site with slide presentation, voice thread and links from today's presentation.
Kevin MacLeod / DD Groove :: Music used in this episode.

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Podcasting as a Tool in Education

Simmons College GSLIS — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:41:00 -0400

On March 24th, 2009 the Pottruck Technology Resource Center sponsored a Faculty Luncheon on podcasting. Sarah Volkman, a professor in the School for Health Studies in the Nursing Department, spoke about her experiences using podcasting from a teaching perspective. And Linnea Johnson, Assistant Manager of GSLIS Technology, gave an overview of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science’s podcasting program: GSLIScast.

Slide Presentation :: PDF Format / 15.7 MB
Kevin MacLeod / Sovereign :: Music used in this episode.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Mobile Mania Panel

Simmons College GSLIS — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:13:00 -0400

On November 5, 2008 NEASIS&T sponsored an event designed to address the new challenges mobile devices pose for information service providers. Entitled Mobile Mania speakers were invited to share their experiences of developing innovative ways to deliver content and embed services within these new virtual environments. At the end of the day several of the speakers fielded questions in a panel-format discussion. The panelists included Andrew Yu the Mobile Devices Program Manager for MIT, Ellyssa Kroski the author of On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies, Michelle Kraft Senior Medical Librarian at the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library, and Stan Weichers one of the founders of Semapedia.org.

NEASIS&T :: New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology
Simmons ASIST :: Simmons' Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology
Kevin MacLeod / Tea Roots :: Music used in this episode.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Mobile Mania - Semapedia - Stan Weichers

Simmons College GSLIS — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:08:00 -0400

On November 5, 2008 NEASIS&T sponsored an event designed to address the new challenges mobile devices pose for information service providers. Entitled Mobile Mania speakers were invited to share their experiences of developing innovative ways to deliver content and embed services within these new virtual environments. Alexis Robin Rondeau and Stan Wiechers are the founders of Semapedia.org, a non-profit, community-driven project that connects the physical and virtual worlds. Semapedia-Tags which are cellphone-readable physical hyperlinks to the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia (or any of Wikipedia’s sister projects such as Wikibooks and Wikinews).

NEASIS&T :: New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology
Simmons' ASIST :: Simmons' chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology
Kevin MacLeod / Earnest :: Music used in this episode.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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Mobile Mania - Mobile Medical Applications - Michelle Kraft

Simmons College GSLIS — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:56:00 -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. Michelle Kraft, a Senior Medical Librarian at the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library, and author of “The Krafty Librarian,” a blog for medical librarians, discussed mobile web issues specifically in the context of medical library technologies and applications.

Slide Presentation :: 609 KB / PDF Format
NEASIST website :: Sponsoring organization's website.
Simmons' ASIST website :: More about the Simmons student chapter.
Kevin MacLeod / The Machine Thinks :: Music used in this podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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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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Towards Universal Access to All Knowledge

Simmons College GSLIS — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:15:00 -0400

On September 24th, 2008 Brewster Kahle spoke at Simmons College as part of the Lazerow Memorial Lecture Series, sponsored by The Scientific Business of Thomson Reuters. Brewster is both the founder and the current Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive, one of the world’s largest digital libraries. His work includes building technologies, companies, and institutions to promote universal access to knowledge.

Slide Presentation. :: PDF Format / 8.55 MB
Internet Archive :: Non-profit digital archive.
Kevin MacLeod / Greko Sketch :: Music used in this podcast.
Podcast Transcript :: Complete transcript of this episode.

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