On November 19th, 2008 Simmons International Relations sponsored a lecture by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay on the challenges copyright poses for librarians. De Rosnay is a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and the Creative Commons France legal lead at CERSA the Administrative Science Studies Research Center who…
On November 15, 2008 Ross Harvey gave the closing plenary for the New England Archivists’ Fall Meeting hosted at Simmons College. Ross is a visiting professor at Simmons who has worked around the world in the field of digital preservation of library and archival materials. He both summarized the main points addressed in the Fall…
On November 15th, 2008 Amy Friedlander from the Council on Library and Information Resources presented her findings on issues related to managing preservation of resources to the New England Archivists Fall Meeting hosted at Simmons College. She discussed long term sustainability of digital materials, but also commented on how many decisions also concern institutional mission,…
On November 14, 2008 Rick Kerschner gave a lecture for the “Traditional Preservation” section of the New England Archivists Fall Meeting at Simmons College. He is the Director of the Preservation and Conservation at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. He also conducts research, lectures and consults on practical environmental control for collections housed in historic…
On November 14th, 2008 Sara Wolf gave the opening plenary for the New England Archivists Fall Meeting. She is the Director of the Northeast Museum Services Center of the National Park Service and has worked in emergency response management since she was a first responder to hurricane Isabel in 2003. She has since formed a…
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…
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…
