The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce the availability of one award of up to $750 to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting (November 1-6, Montreal, Quebec).  Applications must be received by Friday, May 3. The winner  will be notified by Friday, May 24.

One award for the best ESSAY will be offered to student members of ASIS&T* in the New England, Upstate New York or Eastern Canada regions. Students must be enrolled in an information science** master’s or doctoral program. In order to be reimbursed, the award winner will submit receipts substantiating travel and conference related expenses, such as costs for registration, airfare, food, and lodging.  The award winner will also be expected to meet with a NEASIS&T representative at the conference.

Submit an essay that addresses the following questions in specific detail:

* Why do you wish to attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting?

* How do you believe you will be able to use the conference experience to further your career?

* How might NEASIS&T or ASIS&T benefit if you receive the award?

Essay criteria:

* Essay must be written in English.

* Essay may not exceed 500 words or two double spaced pages.

* Student must be sole author.

The coversheet should include the following information:

* Applicant’s name

* Address

* Phone number / E-mail address

* School affiliation / information science program / Student ID number

* Proof of ASIS&T membership (e.g. ASIS&T member number, copy of email receipt of payment, or photocopy of check canceled by ASIS&T Headquarters)

PLEASE NOTE:

The ASIS&T Annual meeting is one of the most highly regarded meetings in the information science field. It covers the breadth of activities and endeavors of the information community with technical sessions addressing specialties of the information professional. The 2013 Annual Meeting, ” Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries” takes place November 1-6 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Papers should be submitted as attachments and sent by email to: bpanagopoulos@suffolk.edu

*You may join ASIS&T via the web at http://www.asist.org/membership.html

**Terms describing information science programs are varied: they may be called: Library and Information Studies, Information Science and Policy, Information and Library Science, Information Studies, etc.

Questions? Contact Beata at (617) 573-8541, e-mail: bpanagopoulos@suffolk.edu

Date:       Tue., May 7
Time:       6 to 9 p.m.
Place:      MIT, Pappalardo Room (Bldg 4-349)  find it on MIT MAP

Register now until Sunday, May 5.

Schedule:

6:00 Networking
6:30 Dinner (Mexican buffet)**
7:30 Award presentations followed by speaker, Dr. David Weinberger

NEASIST welcomes David Weinberger who will talk about

LIBRARY AS PLATFORM: Opening up to Support our Communities in the Production of Knowledge*

David Weinberger, Ph.D., writes about the effect of the Internet on ideas. He is a co-author of the bestseller, The Cluetrain Manifesto (2000) and is the author of “Small Pieces Loosely Joined” and “Everything Is Miscellaneous.” His new book, “Too Big to Know” (2012), looks at how the networking of knowledge and expertise is changing how we understand our world and make decisions in it; it has won two international “book of the year” awards. Dr. Weinberger is a senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and is co-director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, where he is also leading the Harvard Library Interoperability Initiative. He has been a marketing adviser to many high tech companies, and adviser to several presidential candidates, and was recently a Franklin Fellow at the U.S. State Department. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto, and lives in Boston.

*Library as Platform

NEASIST will announce and congratulate the NEASIST Chapter Member of the Year and Student Member of the Year.

** Prices
NEASIST/ASIST/SLA member:       $25.00
Public (non-member):                   $35.00
Student/retiree/between jobs:    $18.00

• Open-Source Online Textbooks
• Shifting Forward in Digital Publishing: EPUB 3
• Creating EBooks Using Open-Source Tools

When: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 8:15am to 1:00pm

Where: Simmons College, School of Management, Room M501, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA

Registration: http://neasist-ebooks.eventbrite.com/

Digitally publishing your own work is powerful and empowering.  Surprisingly, creating ebooks with text, images, audio and hyperlinks is neither complicated nor expensive.  By using EPUB, anyone can create an ebook, from elementary school students to university instructors.

Come hear about an exciting project on open-source online textbook creation, a discussion about the latest EPUB standard which supports wildly innovative e-publishing capabilities, and a demonstration of open-source publishing tools you can use to publish your own creative content.

Program
“Open-Source Online Textbooks”
Speaker: Dustin A. Lewis, H20 Project Manager and Technical Lead
Dustin will introduce us to a new suite of online classroom tools called H2O, developed and provided by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society in collaboration with the Harvard Law School Library. H2O allows professors to freely develop, remix, and share online textbooks under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

“Shifting Forward in Digital Publishing: EPUB 3″
Speaker: Nettie Lagace, Associate Director of Programs at NISO
Nettie will provide an overview of EPUB 3, a standard which, while tightly integrated to Web standards, also offers many innovations, including support for rich media, interactivity, global language support, and styling and layout enhancements. EPUB 3 advances capabilities for better accessibility and more and richer metadata, thereby improving discoverability and the user experience.

“Creating Ebooks Using Open-Source Tools”
Speaker: Karie Kirkpatrick, Journals Technology Specialist at The MIT Press
Karie will provide an overview of open-source tools that you can use to convert your PDF or Word document into an ebook—either as an EPUB file or as a Kindle (MOBI) file. This presentation will focus on the PDFMasher conversion tool, the Sigil EPUB interface, and the Calibre ebook management tool.

Agenda

Slides from the event are now available via Slideshare

The event is free, but registration is required.

When: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 5:30pm-7pm (EST)

Where: MIT Pappalardo Room (Bldg 4-349)  find it on MIT MAP

What: 5:30-6pm: Refreshments & networking, 6-7pm: Guest speaker, Nicole Hennig

Register at: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5113622984#

iBooks Author is a free ebook authoring tool by Apple that runs on the Mac platform. It enables easy creation of interactive ebooks that can be sold or offered for free through Apple’s iBooks store. It also allows for exporting non-interactive PDF versions that can be sold anywhere. The interactive ebooks will run on iPads and can include embedded multimedia, such as slide shows, movies, quizzes, 3D images, embedded math formulas, and more.

In this informal talk, we’ll look at examples of some titles created with this tool, show the interface and how it works, and discuss why this is of interest to those looking to create interactive books.

Hope to see you there!

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Join us for an informal and lively discussion about the impending United States of America vs. Aaron Swartz case. Swartz has been charged with 13 felonies for hacking into the JSTOR database from the MIT network and downloading millions of articles.

Whose side are you on – was he simply freeing information that should be publicly available, or did he truly commit a crime? What does this mean for research libraries? How is legislation keeping up with the digital revolution?

Food for thought:

• Wired Magazine: “Feds Charge Activist with 13 Felonies for Rogue Downloading of Academic Articles”
• College & Research Libraries News: “Library licensing and criminal law: The Aaron Swartz case”

When:
Thursday, November 8, 5:30pm to 7pm

Where:
Champions Sports Bar, Marriott Hotel
Kendall Square plaza (next to the Red Line)
50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Map

Where:
Uno’s Pizzeria (lower level)
22 JFK Street (Harv. Square)
Cambridge, MA

What:
All Things Data Visualization

Data Visualization is a method of presenting information in a graphical form. Good data visualization should appear as if it is a work of art. This intrigues the viewer and draws them in so that they can further investigate the data and info that the graphic represents.

Come learn more about what folks are doing to make data more interesting.  Come share what you have been doing with your old line graphs.  Bring your ipad or other devices – as the restaurant is wired for us to share.

Check out these links for points of discussion:

• http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/02/why-data-visualization-matters.html
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/oct/17/data-visualisation-visualization
• http://flowingdata.com/2011/12/21/the-best-data-visualization-projects-of-2011/

Date: Wed., May 23

Time: 6 to 9 p.m.

Place: MIT Faculty Club, Cambridge, Mass. Directions & Parking

Schedule:

6:00-6:30 Cocktails & light hors d’oeuvres
6:30-7:45 Dinner
7:45-9:00 Award presentations followed by speaker, Dr. Andrew Dillon

NEASIST welcomes ASIS&T President-Elect, Dr. Andrew Dillon.

The title of the talk is BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL:PREPARING FOR TRANSITIONS IN THE LIBRARY & INFORMATION PROFESSION

Andrew Dillon is the Dean and Louis T. Yule Professor of Information Science at the School of Information, University of Texas at Austin where he also holds appointments in Psychology and Information Risk & Operations Management.  Andrew has been an active researcher of the human response to information technology for the last 20 years.  Defying professional categorization, he has held appointments in departments or schools of cognitive science, computer science, psychology, instructional systems technology, management information systems, library and information science, and informatics. Having published more than 100 articles and books on various aspects of human information behavior and design, Andrew serves or has served on the editorial boards of many leading journals such as the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Interacting with Computers, the Journal of Documentation, and the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.  He advocates a view of information science as a means of accelerating discovery and shaping a more democratic world.

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Going Mobile Slides

• Bobbi Fox and Corinna Baksik, Library Technology Services, Harvard University IT
  Adventures in Mobile Development
• Dave Bretthauer, University of Connecticut Libraries
  Mobile Web at UConn Libraries
• Amy Deschenes, Simmons College Library
  Designing Library Access for the Mobile Web
• Edward Iglesias, Central Connecticut State University
  Lessons Learned: The Evolving Nature of Mobile Websites
• Maura Keating, Bryant University Library
  Let’s Build a Mobile Website
• Carli Spina, Harvard Law School Library
  Presentation
• Remlee Green, MIT Libraries
  MIT Libraries & MIT Mobile

Designing for mobile web experience offers a new set of challenges and opportunities for libraries. We need to better understand our users, plan for mobile-friendly content, ensure contextually relevant information, and collaborate with technology partners. On Monday April 23rd, join us to learn from colleagues who are taking their libraries mobile. Light snacks, coffee, and tea will be served.

• Dave Bretthauer, Webmaster, University of Connecticut Libraries
• Amy Deschenes, Systems & Web Applications Librarian, Simmons College Library
• Bobbi Fox, Digital Library Software Engineer & Corinna Baksik, Systems Librarian; Library Technology Services, Harvard University Information Technology – Harvard Library
• Remlee Green, User Experience Librarian, MIT Libraries
• Edward Iglesias, Systems Librarian, Burritt Library, CCSU
• Maura Keating, Reference Librarian, Bryant University Library
• Carli Spina, Emerging Technologies and Research Librarian, Harvard Law School Library

The American Society for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce the availability of one award of up to $1000 to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T 75^th Annual Meeting (October 26-31, 2012, Baltimore, MD). Applications must be received by Monday, April 9. The winner(s) will be notified by Monday, April 23.

One award for the best essay will be offered to student members of ASIS&T* in the New England, Upstate New York or Eastern Canada regions. Students must be enrolled in an information science** master’s or doctoral program. In order to be reimbursed, the award winner will submit receipts substantiating travel and conference related expenses, such as costs for registration, airfare, food, and lodging. The award winner will also be expected to meet with a NEASIS&T representative at the conference.

Submit an essay that addresses the following questions in specific detail:

* Why do you wish to attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting?

* How do you believe you will be able to use the conference experience to further your career?

* How might NEASIS&T or ASIS&T benefit if you receive the award?

Essay criteria:

* Essay must be written in English.

* Essay may not exceed 500 words or two double spaced pages.

* Student must be sole author.

The coversheet should include the following information:

* Applicant’s name

* Address

* Phone number / E-mail address

* School affiliation / information science program / Student ID number

* Proof of ASIS&T membership (e.g. ASIS&T member number, copy of email receipt of payment, or photocopy of check canceled by ASIS&T Headquarters)

PLEASE NOTE:

The ASIS&T Annual meeting is one of the most highly regarded meetings in the information science field. It covers the breadth of activities and endeavors of the information community with technical sessions addressing specialties of the information professional. The 2012 Annual Meeting, “Information, Interaction, Innovation: Celebrating the Past, Constructing the Present, and Creating the Future” takes place October 26-31, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Papers should be submitted as attachments and sent by email to: bpanagopoulos@suffolk.edu

*You may join ASIS&T via the web at http://www.asis.org/membership.php

**Terms describing information science programs are varied: they may be called: Library and Information Studies, Information Science and Policy, Information and Library Science, Information Studies, etc.

Questions? Contact Beata at (617) 573-8541, e-mail: bpanagopoulos@suffolk.edu

Gather with colleagues for a happy-hour discussion on intellectual property.

When:
Thursday, December 1, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Where:
Uno’s Pizzeria (lower level)
22 JFK Street (Harv. Square)
Cambridge, MA

What:
Copyright, trademark and patents are not new concepts.  Our founding fathers resolved the tension between commonwealth and monopoly though a civic republican model that allowed for private ownership so long as intellectual property was not held in perpetuity but given, after a short time, to the public.  However, new technologies have made defining and protecting intellectual property ever more challenging.  In recent months, Congress has begun to reform patent filings, and a lawsuit has been brought against HathiTrust, a shared digital library.

Gather with friends for a happy-hour discussion on what is current in the world of intellectual property law for the information professional.

For inspiration, read Frames from the Framers:
http://tinyurl.com/6gwgsaj

Are you a lover of TED Talks? Or maybe you’re wondering just who this Ted person is that everyone keeps talking about? Either way, join us for an evening of TED Talks, pizza, and sparkling conversation.

TED Talks are “inspired talks by the world’s leading thinkers and doers.” TED stands for “Technology, Entertainment, Design,” but talks span a vast range of topics. The TED conference challenges intriguing people to “give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less).” Many focus on technology and design, and no matter the topic, most are extremely engrossing.

REGISTER – by noon on Monday, October 31

Tuesday, November 1
5:30 – 6:30: pizza & networking
6:30 – 7:30: TED Talks & conversation

Cost: $10 (covers pizza, salad, and drinks)
MIT Bush Room, building 10, room 105; Map & Directions to MIT

When:
Monday, September 26, starting at 5:30 to 7:30
Come and go at your leisure!
NEASIST will be with a Wonder Woman image on a stick!

Where:
Meadhall
4 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
http://themeadhall.com/

The gathering is to celebrate three great ASIS&T awards!

2011 Chapter of the Year Award
NEASIST received this ASIS&T honor for hosting a number of well-attended events including book clubs, social events, and presentations, and for engaging in outreach activities  targeted at members and non-members alike.

2011 Chapter Innovation of the Year
NEASIST received this honor for our meet-up, “All Things e-Readers.” We gathered to share experiences of reading on Kindle, iPads, Nooks, smart phones, and other devices; and shared ideas on how to negotiate licenses, catalog books on Kindle, and manage patron expectation for using devices and accessing material.

Congratulations also to the Simmons GSLIS ASIS&T chapter for winning the Student Chapter of the Year Award! Simmons ASIS&T had a very successful year, hosting a number of heavily attended events, with some well known names, including Peter Suber and Nicole Hennig.

Content Management Systems for Dummies (or busy smarties looking for fast, simple solutions)

Co-Sponsored by the Simmons Student Chapter of ASIS&T

PODCASTS FROM THIS MARCH 9, 2011 EVENT NOW AVAILABLE:

Part 1

• Theresa Maturevich (Head of Reference, Bedford Free Public Library) speaks about WordPress
• Michael Witwicki (Principal, Booyant) speaks about ExpressionEngine

Part 2

• Steve Sanzo (Director of Marketing and Business Development, Isovera) speaks about Drupal
• Anna Burke (Manager of Community & Training, Springshare) and Talia Resendes (Community Specialist & Trainer, Springshare) speak about LibGuides

When

Where:
Cambridge Brewing Co.
1 Kendall Square, Bldg 100
Cambridge, MA 02139
http://www.cambrew.com/

What:
Summer installment of the NEASIS&T Meet-up!

Gather with friends and colleagues for a happy-hour discussion on “Things Researchers Want.”

The Research Information Network recently released a report with detailed analysis of how humanities’ researchers discover, use, create and manage their information resources.

• “10 Things That Humanities Researchers Want“
  a summary of the report by Friedel Grant of Europeana Libraries
• Full Research Information Network Report: “Reinventing research? Information practices in the humanities”

What is your organization doing to meet these 10 identified needs? Come share in an informal discussion on various aspects of this report and how your role as information specialist or librarian may be shifting to meet these researcher demands.

RSVP not required but very helpful so we can save you a seat!  If possible, email darcy[at]mit.edu if you are coming.

Adrienne Smith
adrienne.smith2 at mail.mcgill.ca
McGill University
School of Information Studies (Knowledge Management stream)

for her essay addressing the questions:
* Why she wishes to attend the 2011 ASIS&T Annual Meeting
* How she believes she will be able to use the conference experience to further her career
* How might NEASIS&T or ASIS&T benefit if she receives the award

Ms. Smith’s essay was impressively well-written and persuasive.  She concludes that “simply joining professional associations does not automatically impact one’s career; like knowledge, a membership becomes more valuable the more it is used.  Conferences and events like the Annual Meeting are opportunities to ‘get known’ and to begin building relationships with colleagues working in diverse environments.  I believe that this conference experience will help me to establish a presence among my peers while maintaining momentum during my transition from a student to a professional.”

Ms. Smith will receive up to $1000 to help defray the costs of attendance at the 2011 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, “Bridging the Gulf:
Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work” which takes place October 7-12, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
http://asist.org/asist2011/am11cfp.html

Congratulations to Adrienne Smith for her excellent essay!

Read it here:
ASISTStudentPaper_AdrienneSmith_forWeb (2)

Finally, many thanks to the wise and diligent Jury members: Remlee Green, Lisa Junghahn and Beata Panagopoulos.

The NEASIST Awards Dinner was a lovely affair!  See photos from the dinner on Flickr.

Congratulations to our very deserving awardees:

• Remlee Green, NEASIST 2011 Chapter Member of the Year
• Jordan Sly, NEASIST 2011 Chapter Student Member of the Year

If you missed the dinner, the presentation slides of our speaker, Ryan Evans, are now available:

Cater to Your Customer: Adapting User Personas to Social Engagement

Ryan Evans, Director of Experience Design at Corey McPherson Nash and graduate of MIT’s Media Lab

Hope to see you all at an event soon!

Have you ever been to a boring awards dinner?  This ain’t it!

Come to the NEASIST Awards Dinner and experience a lively speaker, great food, and an opportunity to catch up with your colleagues.

We will also announce and congratulate the Chapter Member of the Year, the Student Member of the Year, and the Student Travel Award winner.

Understanding and Engaging Your Users in a Social World

Ryan Evans, Director of Experience Design at Corey McPherson Nash and graduate of MIT’s Media Lab

Social media not only projects who your organization is, but engages existing and new audiences in an ongoing dialog. Find out how social media integrates into existing, traditional user tasks and how user personas can help you identify the effect the social world has on your users and how they interact with you.  See Ryan’s bio below.

Register by noon on Friday, April 22nd!

Schedule:

6:00-6:30 Cocktails & light hors d’oeuvres
6:30-7:45 Dinner
7:45-9:00 Award presentations followed by speaker, Ryan Evans

The NEASIST Annual Awards Dinner will be held at the lovely MIT Faculty Club in Cambridge MA. Directions & Parking

View from the MIT Faculty Club

About Ryan Evans

Ryan began his career at the MIT Media Lab where he specialized in content-based interactive story telling, working on digital tools for filmmakers. In 1995, Ryan joined Corey McPherson Nash and since that time has played a critical role in developing Corey’s award-winning web work and interactive work process.

Ryan leads the critical process of understanding user needs and mapping those to information architecture, user experience,  and design for web, mobile and social media.

His clients include Harvard Business School, Museum of Science Boston, Phillips Exeter Academy, Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation, MIT OpenCourseWare, Forrester Research, Pleasant Company, and Keurig. His work has been recognized with awards from MITX and the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA).  He holds an MS (Media Arts and Sciences) and a BS (Computer Science and Engineering), both from MIT.

The American Society for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce the availability of one award of up to $1000 to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting (October 7-12, 2011, New Orleans, La.). Applications must be received by Friday, April 8. The winner will be notified by Monday, April 18.

One award for the best essay will be offered to student members of ASIS&T* in the New England, Upstate New York or Eastern Canada regions.

Students must be enrolled in an information science** master’s or doctoral program. In order to be reimbursed, the award winner will submit receipts substantiating travel and conference related expenses, such as costs for registration, airfare, food, and lodging. The award winner will also be expected to meet with a NEASIS&T representative at the conference.

Submit an essay that addresses the following questions in specific
detail:
* Why do you wish to attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting?
* How do you believe you will be able to use the conference experience to further your career?
* How might NEASIS&T or ASIS&T benefit if you receive the award?

Essay criteria:
* Essay must be written in English.
* Essay may not exceed 500 words or two double spaced pages.
* Student must be sole author.

The coversheet should include the following information:
* Applicant’s name
* Address
* Phone number / E-mail address
* School affiliation / information science program / Student ID number
* Proof of ASIS&T membership (e.g. ASIS&T member number, copy of email receipt of payment, or photocopy of check canceled by ASIS&T Headquarters)

PLEASE NOTE:

The ASIS&T Annual meeting is one of the most highly regarded meetings in the information science field. It covers the breadth of activities and endeavors of the information community with technical sessions addressing specialties of the information professional. The 2011 Annual Meeting, “Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work” takes place October 7-12, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Papers should be submitted as attachments and sent by email to: bpanagopoulos@suffolk.edu

*You may join ASIS&T via the web at http://www.asist.org/membership.html
**Terms describing information science programs are varied: they may be called: Library and Information Studies, Information Science and Policy, Information and Library Science, Information Studies, etc.

Questions? Contact Beata at (617) 573-8541, e-mail: bpanagopoulos@suffolk.edu

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