I had a great time at the ASIS&T 2007 conference, Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science, in Milwaukee. I blogged most of the sessions I attended -- see the list at ASIS&T Sessions. A few thoughts about...
Wikipedia: Distributed Editorial Processes Phoebe Ayers Who is wikipedia? It's thousands of people behind the site. Lots of groups joined by shared values of openness and shared values: free content; open to all; key editorial policies (Neutral Point of View,...
Will talk about issues Lynch has been thinking about -- role of universities and cultural memory institutions in a networked world. How is idea of collection changing in this world? When confronted with a confusing situation -- like today's information...
OCLCChip Nilges Nilges is VP of Business Development at OCLC. Currently working on WorldCat Local. People view libraries favorably as source of great information (from Perceptions report). Report identifies a problem: where do you start your search? 84% say search...
User Supplied Image Category LabelsHemalata Iyer Study's goals were to identify underlying structure of image tags. Analyzed 105 participants' labeling of 100 images. Images tagged and organized into groups. Identify a prototype image in each group. Identify significant feature of...
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