Video of Information Management Workshop

Laura Blankenship March 26th, 2008

We successfully recorded the Information Management Workshop.  It ended up in two parts.

 Part 1

Part 2 

We covered using Google Reader and RSS Feeds generally, EndNote Web, del.icio.us, and Zotero.

Scholarship 2.0

Laura Blankenship January 12th, 2008

For the last two days, I’ve been at NITLE’s Scholarly Collaboration and Small Colleges in the Digital Age conference.  It’s been a great conference so far.  Both Tim and Kathleen have been liveblogging the panels and have really good notes and commentary on each of those sessions.  Here are what I think are some key points so far:

  • Scholarship needs to change
  • Promotion and tenure requirements often get in the way of pursuing new forms of scholarship
  • Many issues about publishing digitally have yet to be worked out
  • There are lots of interesting projects being pursued, often out of sheer devotion to a topic
  • It’s difficult to get faculty to participate in projects, and to weigh in on the issues

I’m looking forward to a few more good sessions today.

An Academic Facebook

Laura Blankenship November 9th, 2007

Via the Wired Campus Blog, I found Pronetos, a facebook-like app for sharing research and connecting with scholars. I like the look and feel of it. It’s missing some of the more fun elements of social networking, but it’s definitely got potential. Of course, I set up an account. Like I needed another social networking account . . .

Social Bookmarking - A Video Array

jkarianjah September 27th, 2007

Lee LeFever on Del.icio.us, which is a social bookmarking website that makes sharing information so much easier.

You can also create similar groups with Searchles. Check out this video on how to create a TV channel with feeds from blip.tv ,MySpace and other social networking websites.

Social Software Talk Resources

Laura Blankenship September 26th, 2007

For those of you unable to attend last week’s presentation on social software, here are a few resources from the talk: