Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd has been quoted in an article in this morning’s Globe and Mail; the story is about the role that social media will play in this year Federal election. Anatoliy will be monitoring various social media platforms to see what people are saying about the election and whether social media will motivate voters to get involved and place their votes. Stay tuned and visit Socialmedialab.ca for upcoming analyses of the federal election.
Remembering Norman Horrocks
After Norman Horrocks died last fall, Megan Fitzgibbons collected links to many of the tributes that appeared. It seemed that putting these links together in a web page might be a good project for the E-text class (INFO 6620) that I teach. For a number of reasons, this project did not happen—partly because it did not seem a task to assign as a requirement. So, today I put together a page setting out these links—Norman Horrocks: Tributes and Memories.
CLA Professional Mentoring Program Wrap-Up Event
The Dalhousie University CLA student chapter is pleased to announce that it has been yet another successful and eventful year for their Professional Mentoring Program (PMP).
The PMP program pairs School of Information Management students with professionals in the field in hopes that students may glean advice and guidance from their more experienced colleagues and that both parties might build rewarding relationships to be developed in the years to come.
Google books fail
New York judge rules against Google books settlement | Books | guardian.co.uk
We are in the age of the ebook, but the process of creating a world library along the model Google planned has suffered a setback. With 15 million books already scanned, Google will have to work some more to make its books project a reality. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
Managing Personal Libraries
As the blogger of the week, I want to begin by reflecting on the data of all sorts that piles up on our hard drives. We all have to find ways to manage the information that we just acquire as we work or research or just browse the web. What is clear is that all users are facing the same challenges.