Wednesday, May 23, 2012
6pm
MIT Faculty Club, Kendall Square T, Cambridge MA

Come to the NEASIS&T Awards Dinner at the MIT Faculty Club and experience a provocative speaker, great food, and an opportunity to catch up with colleagues and friends!  We will also announce and congratulate the NEASIS&T Chapter Member of the Year and Student Member of the Year, as well as the Student Travel Award winner.

Distinguished Speaker, ASIS&T President-Elect, Dr. Andrew Dillon will speak on “Beyond the Traditional: Preparing for Transitions in the Library and Information Profession.”

Register by 1 pm on Friday, May 18th at http://neasist.org/2012/04/30/2012-annual-awards-banquet/

Questions? Contact Luke Gaudreau at luke@infosoph.org

Thursday, May 17
6pm
Boston Public Library, West End Branch
151 Cambridge Street, Boston.

Join a conversation with Boston Public Library staff about two of the BPL’s eight guiding principles.

Discuss the Access & Innovation principle with Digital Projects Manager Tom Blake, Web Services Manager Scot Colford, and Director of Administration & Technology David Leonard.

Principle: “The BPL provides access to and training in innovative technology, electronic resources, and digital information through its own holdings and its strategic position within the wider world of knowledge.”

Look for the full schedule of 2012-2013 roundtables and review the BPL’s strategic plan at www.bpl.org/compass.

Hosted by ASIS&T
Tuesday, April 24
2-3pm
Online Webinar

Blended or hybrid learning is receiving increased attention from faculty and administrators as a way to leverage the advantages of both face-to-face and online teaching. Teaching in a blended environment is not as easy as simply placing some material online, however. Faculty new to blended learning face a series of decisions that impact how they design, deliver, and assess the learning experience. This presentation will define the concept of blended or hybrid learning, display examples, and showcase faculty work. This session will also include tips on best practices when approaching the blending of a course. Participants will leave the session with a better understanding of the challenges and advantages of blended learning and have access to resources as they continue to explore this emerging modality.

The webinar will be led by Bill Wisser of the Simmons College Department of Academic Technology.

Find out more and register for the event.

Hosted by NEASIS&T
Monday, April 23
1-5pm
MIT Bush Room

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 NEASIS&T to learn from colleagues who are taking their libraries mobile. Light snacks, coffee, and tea will be served.

Find out more and register for the event.

My iPhone or Yours? Usability Testing on Mobile Devices
Hosted by the Simmons Usability Professional Association (SUPA)
Co-sponsored by Simmons ASIS&T
Thursday, March 29th
4:15-5:15pm
Kotzen Meeting Room (Simmons College Lefavour Hall/Library Building)

People are mobile, and usability testing must follow suit!

Lis Pardi and Kate Lawrence, Usability Researchers at EBSCO Publishing, will give a presentation on how to evolve standard research techniques to suit today’s wireless lifestyles.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Register at http://ebscouxtalk-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Going Mobile: Library websites, services, & apps on mobile devices
Hosted by NEASIS&T
Monday, April 23
1-5pm
MIT Bush Room

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 NEASIS&T to learn from colleagues who are taking their libraries mobile. Light snacks, coffee, and tea will be served.

Find out more and register for the event.

Institutional repositories and local practice: sharing experience and lessons
Wednesday, Feb. 29th
3-4pm
GSLIS Tech Lab
Register here.

Institutional Collaboration for Research Data Management
The Purdue University Research Repository is an institutional approach to address data research needs. The collaboration has been successful because of three critical partners: the Office of the Vice President for Research (sponsored funding expertise), HUBzero (TM) team (research collaboration platform expertise) and the Libraries (data curation & preservation expertise). Presents an overview of the collaboration, functionality of the platform, and impact on librarians and researchers.

How a Repository Can Help You, the Researcher
This discussion focuses on the benefits researchers receive from partnering with their libraries to preserve and make broadly accessible their scholarly research output by utilizing repository software and infrastructure. It will explain the various components that must be in place to utilize these services. Components include: copyright, licenses, file formats, file versions.

Developing an Institutional Repository at Indiana State University
This discussion focuses on ISU institutional repository, Sycamore Scholars, for publishing and archiving ISU theses and dissertations and other scholarly materials. Ms. Wang provides technical support for the Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project. She also participates in ISU digital preservation project via MetaArchive and LOCKSS as a cache administrator and plugin developer.

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Uno’s Pizzeria (lower level)
22 JFK Street (Harv. Square)
Cambridge, MA

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

November 1
2-3pm
Tech Lab
Cohosted by ALASC and ASIS&T
http://webinarpubliclibrary.eventbrite.com

Learn how to interpret the Library Funding & Technology Access Study data, access new advocacy and marketing tools, and make the library’s case to elected officials and community stakeholders. The presenters are John Bertot, Co-Director, Information Policy & Access Center, University of Maryland; Judy Hoffman, Project Manager, American Library Association, Office for Research and Statistics; and Peggy Rudd, Director, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Register at http://webinarpubliclibrary.eventbrite.com/

November 1
5:30-7:30pm
MIT Bush Room
222 Memorial Drive, Building 10

Do you love 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; cost is $10: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2295287266

To find out about more NEASIS&T events and activities, see: http://neasist.org