Join the architects in a public conversation about the new central library on Thursday June 10 from 7 pm to 9 pm (doors open at 6:15) at the McInnes Room, Dal University Student Union Building (6136 University Avenue). See www.halifaxcentrallibrary.ca for more details.
LinkedIn looks to avoid privacy problems
Today’s CBC news features an article that discusses privacy concerns and LinkedIn. Many members of the SIM community, including faculty, staff, and students, have LinkedIn accounts, so this article may be of interest. Given the increasing concerns with Facebook’s privacy options (or lack thereof, in some cases), it’s not surprising that eyes are turning to LinkedIn. As the article discusses, the two sites are used very differently; for example, I don’t include any personal information in my LinkedIn account, while my Facebook account does not make any mention of my professional life.
CBC News – Technology & Science – LinkedIn looks to avoid privacy problems.
New social disovery catalogue launched at Halifax Public Libraries
Please explore the new social discovery catalogue launched today by the Halifax Public Libraries. Powered by AquaBrowser, this catalogue includes a variety of new tools, such as faceted browsing, enhanced content, tagging, user reviews and ratings.
OCLC report suggests research libraries face major risks.
A new report, Research Libraries, Risk and Systemic Change, from OCLC Research describes several threats to the future of such libraries, including a reduced sense of relevance; lack of prepared staff; the cost of collections; the development of new technology; and the uncertain grip on intellectual property.
Social Networks Analysis and Applications Workshop
MITACS (http://www.mitacs.ca) is running a workshop on Social Networks Analysis and its Applications in Vancouver from August 9-13, 2010.
The main focus of this workshop will be on the development and use of social networks in a number of contexts, from criminal networks to online social networks to social gaming. There will be a number of interesting speakers from both industry and academia and a number of interesting tutorials on the latest technologies and innovations in online social networking.
As part of this workshop, Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd from the School of Information Management at Dalhousie University will teach a tutorial on “Automated Discovery and Analysis of Online Social Networks”
(http://bit.ly/dv2dvp). This tutorial will explore new automated ways for discovering and analyzing various online social networks.
For more information about this workshop and how to register, visit http://bit.ly/9VyNTf.