GSLIS Media Lab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab Wed, 08 May 2013 19:43:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/feed/podcast/ Featuring audio and video content from the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Boston, Massachusetts. GSLIS Media Lab clean GSLIS Media Lab gsliscast@simmons.edu gsliscast@simmons.edu (GSLIS Media Lab) GSLIS Media Lab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/files/powerpress/GSLISCast_iTunes_Logo.jpg http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab Boston, Massachusetts L Hood, Sr Manager of UXD & Information Design at ACI Worldwide http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/08/l-hood-sr-manager-of-uxd-information-design-at-aci-worldwide/ http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/08/l-hood-sr-manager-of-uxd-information-design-at-aci-worldwide/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 19:43:50 +0000 medialab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/?p=2902 On March 29th, 2013 UXPA and ASIS&T sponsored a discussion with L Hood, Sr Manager of UXD and Information Design at ACI Worldwide. Discussion topics included how to plan and carry out user research, and a variety of field methods, such as: ethnographic studies, contextual inquiry,collaging, and roundtable usability testing. ]]> http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/08/l-hood-sr-manager-of-uxd-information-design-at-aci-worldwide/feed/ 0 On March 29th, 2013 UXPA and ASIS&T sponsored a discussion with L Hood, Sr Manager of UXD and Information Design at ACI Worldwide. Discussion topics included how to plan and carry out user research, and a variety of field methods, On March 29th, 2013 UXPA and ASIS&T sponsored a discussion with L Hood, Sr Manager of UXD and Information Design at ACI Worldwide. Discussion topics included how to plan and carry out user research, and a variety of field methods, such as: ethnographic studies, contextual inquiry,collaging, and roundtable usability testing. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science UXPA @ Simmons User Experience and Professional Association Simmons Student Chapter Blog ASIS&T Simmons Student Chapter Association for Information Science and Technology Simmons Student Chapter ACI Worldwide ACI Worldwide, the company that L. Hood works for. SONG_TITLE Music used in this episode GSLIS Media Lab clean 1:06:28 Kathy Wisser Discusses the Small World Project http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/08/kathy-wisser-discusses-the-small-world-project/ http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/08/kathy-wisser-discusses-the-small-world-project/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 19:34:46 +0000 medialab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/?p=2911 On April 23rd, 2013 as part of the SCoSAA (Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists) Brown Bag Lunch series, Simmons Professor and Archivist Kathy Wisser discussed the findings of a recent survey solicited by the IMLS-funded Small World project. The Small World project asked archivists to think about leveraging connections between people, corporate bodies, and families in archival description. More specifically through the use of Encoded Archival Context – Corporate bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF), a XML schema.
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Note: Due to a malfunction during the recording process part of the last presentation and the beginning of the Q&A were unusable for the podcast. GSLISCast and GSLIS Media Lab apologize for this malfunction.

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UXPA Usability Student Panel

Usability Student Panel Q&A Session

This is your chance to discover what your fellow students are doing in usability research! Listen in on a panel of student usability researchers, and see what kinds of work you can do as a usability researcher, and what usability research can do for you! Our panelists will be discussing four different projects:

Quick Turnaround Testing: UX Research in a Corporate Context by Dan Zavala

UX research in a company is typically performed frequently and with a quick turnaround. Often stakeholders would request results and recommendations immediately after you complete the tests. This presentation will share experiences in managing multiple projects and producing usability deliverables efficiently and effectively.

Mobile Usability Testing and Tools by Graham Herrli
How should you design and test mobile device usability? I try to answer this by reviewing the literature about mobile and the tools available for testing. Can you test a mobile device in a stationary setting?

Pilot Testing Suma: An Open Source Toolkit for Assessment by Elizabeth Quigley
Libraries often struggle with how to collect usage data and turn it into statistics for assessment projects. Suma is an open source toolkit created by NCSU that eases data collection and provides analysis. I’ve been piloting Suma at Snell Library at Northeastern this semester to determine if it is a viable solution for usage data collection long term.

Designing Usability Testing for Dataverse by Eric Gibbs and Lin Lin
Dataverse is a software application that allows researchers to upload and share data they’ve collected in their studies. Lin and Eric have been working to determine the Harvard version’s strengths and weaknesses in how it allows researchers to both upload and search for data.

]]> http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/08/usability-student-panel/feed/ 0 Digital Humanities Symposium http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/03/digital-humanities-symposium/ http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/03/digital-humanities-symposium/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 17:27:29 +0000 medialab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/?p=2889 On March 15th & 16th 2013 the Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science was proud to present “DH: The Next Generation!”  This two-day digital humanities symposium was sponsored by the Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program and focused on the work of younger digital humanities scholars in New England including graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty. This year’s program will showcase presentations on DH tools, resources, and projects and will alternate with flipped sessions and participatory discussions on salient themes such as “DH and Graduate Education,” “DH and History,” “Code as Cultural Artifact,” and “DH and Big Data.” This year, GSLIS was pleased to welcome Dr. John M. Unsworth as the Allen Smith Visiting Scholar for 2012 – 2013. Dr. Unsworth currently serves as Vice-Provost for Library and Technology Services and Chief Information Officer at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

For more information on the event and the speakers, please visit the official website.

 

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March 15th

Welcome to DH: The Next Generation – John Unsworth

Session 01: Panel “DH in Archives & Collections”

Session 02: Flipped Session “The Early American Foreign Service Database” with Jean Bauer

Session 03: Panel “DH Methods in the Traditional Dissertation”

Session 04: Paper “Network Visualizations & the History of Science”

Session 05: Discussion “DH and History” with Ondine LeBlanc and Kathryn Tomasek

March 16th

Welcome – John Unsworth

Session 01: Flipped Session “Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in the Classroom with Carla Martin and Caro Pinto

Session 02: Presentation on “Emerging Practices in Digital Humanities Teaching” with Tim Lindgren and Lindsay Whitacre

Session 03: Participatory Session on “Data Artifacts Workshop” with Matthew Battles and Yanni Alexander Loukissas

Session 04: Hands-on Session “Code as Cultural Artifact” with Patsy Baudoin and Nick Montfort

Session 05: “From Images to Data and Back Again” with Michael Simeone

Session 06: Discussion Session “Libraries and DH; Data as Artifacts” with Michele Cloonan and Jerome McDonough

]]> http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/05/03/digital-humanities-symposium/feed/ 0 Maureen Sullivan on Salary Negotiation for LIS Students http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/04/25/maureen-sullivan-on-salary-negotiation-for-lis-students/ http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/04/25/maureen-sullivan-on-salary-negotiation-for-lis-students/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:11:49 +0000 admin http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/?p=2883 On March 5, 2013, interim dean Maureen Sullivan gave a lecture on salary negotiation for LIS students. This talk was a part of the Lunchtime Lectures series, and was sponsored by the Dean’s Office. ]]> http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/04/25/maureen-sullivan-on-salary-negotiation-for-lis-students/feed/ 0 On March 5, 2013, interim dean Maureen Sullivan gave a lecture on salary negotiation for LIS students. This talk was a part of the Lunchtime Lectures series, and was sponsored by the Dean’s Office. Simmons GSLIS On March 5, 2013, interim dean Maureen Sullivan gave a lecture on salary negotiation for LIS students. This talk was a part of the Lunchtime Lectures series, and was sponsored by the Dean’s Office. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science Maureen Sullivan Maureen Sullivan's Faculty Bio Deep Blue by Antony Raijekov Music used in this episode GSLIS Media Lab clean 47:19 Mary Wilkins Jordan and Lisa Hussey on “Pop Culture and the Socialization of LIS Students” http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/04/12/mary-wilkins-jordan-and-lisa-hussey-on-pop-culture-and-the-socialization-of-lis-students/ http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/04/12/mary-wilkins-jordan-and-lisa-hussey-on-pop-culture-and-the-socialization-of-lis-students/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:46:28 +0000 medialab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/?p=2869 On March 28th, 2013 Professors Mary Wilkins Jordan and Lisa Hussey gave a talk entitled “Pop Culture and the Socialization of LIS Students”. This talk was a part of the Research Colloquium series. ]]> http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/04/12/mary-wilkins-jordan-and-lisa-hussey-on-pop-culture-and-the-socialization-of-lis-students/feed/ 0 On March 28th, 2013 Professors Mary Wilkins Jordan and Lisa Hussey gave a talk entitled “Pop Culture and the Socialization of LIS Students”. This talk was a part of the Research Colloquium series. Simmons GSLIS On March 28th, 2013 Professors Mary Wilkins Jordan and Lisa Hussey gave a talk entitled “Pop Culture and the Socialization of LIS Students”. This talk was a part of the Research Colloquium series. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM Information about this lecture series I'M GONNA GO Music used in this episode GSLIS Media Lab clean 57:42 Archives for Librarians in the Age of Convergence http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/02/14/archives-for-librarians-in-the-age-of-convergence/ http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/02/14/archives-for-librarians-in-the-age-of-convergence/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:44:55 +0000 medialab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/?p=2853 On Thursday February 14th, 2013 the Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivist held their second Brown Bag Lunch lecture for the semester. In this presentation Donna Webber discusses the topic of Archives for Librarians in the Age of Convergence.
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Temp̻te by Talul & Lexer Music used in this episode GSLIS Media Lab clean 58:28 Gregor Trinkaus-Randall on COSTEP РSponsored by SCoSAA http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/02/06/gregor-trinkaus-randall-on-costep-sponsored-by-scosaa/ http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/02/06/gregor-trinkaus-randall-on-costep-sponsored-by-scosaa/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:56:00 +0000 medialab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/?p=2835 On January 30th, 2013 the Student Chapter of American Archivists hosted guest speaker, and former SAA President, Gregor Trinkaus-Randall. Gregor spoke about disaster planning in the archives; his work with COSTEP (Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness) the Massachusetts statewide disaster planning initiative; stories of past archive and library disasters; and of course answered questions from the audience. For anyone interested in emergency planning at the workplace, it is a podcast not to be missed. ]]> http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/02/06/gregor-trinkaus-randall-on-costep-sponsored-by-scosaa/feed/ 0 On January 30th, 2013 the Student Chapter of American Archivists hosted guest speaker, and former SAA President, Gregor Trinkaus-Randall. Gregor spoke about disaster planning in the archives; his work with COSTEP (Coordinated Statewide Emergency Prepar... On January 30th, 2013 the Student Chapter of American Archivists hosted guest speaker, and former SAA President, Gregor Trinkaus-Randall. Gregor spoke about disaster planning in the archives; his work with COSTEP (Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness) the Massachusetts statewide disaster planning initiative; stories of past archive and library disasters; and of course answered questions from the audience. For anyone interested in emergency planning at the workplace, it is a podcast not to be missed. 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Simmons GSLIS On December 4th, 2012 the Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists hosted a presentation by Professor Donna Webber on the creation and submission of a resume and cover letter when applying to professional archive jobs. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science Donna Webber Simmons College Faculty Profile SCoSAA Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists SAA Main Page Society of American Archivists main website Consequently by Expwy Music used in this episode GSLIS Media Lab clean 1:45:00 MSLA-SIG Career Panel http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/01/16/msla-sig-career-panel-2/ http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/01/16/msla-sig-career-panel-2/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:01:33 +0000 medialab http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/?p=2818 On November 15th, 2012 the Massachusetts School Library Association РStudent Interest Group hosted their yearly career panel. The panel covered topics such as how to write a resume, creating a digital portfolio, acing the interview, and handling multiple school schedules. ]]> http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/medialab/2013/01/16/msla-sig-career-panel-2/feed/ 0 On November 15th, 2012 the Massachusetts School Library Association - Student Interest Group hosted their yearly career panel. The panel covered topics such as how to write a resume, creating a digital portfolio, acing the interview, On November 15th, 2012 the Massachusetts School Library Association - Student Interest Group hosted their yearly career panel. The panel covered topics such as how to write a resume, creating a digital portfolio, acing the interview, and handling multiple school schedules. 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