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I've been thinking a lot about comparisons these days and I've long hoped to write something interesting about the following concepts and technologies, but I've never carved out the time.

• OAI-PMH and RSS
• Semantic Web and Microformats
• Shibboleth and OpenID
• Cyberinfrastructure and Web 2.0

I've given up any aspirations of writing something meaningful before the start of 2008, but I thought some observations might be interesting to jot down and share with the community. I guess I'll start with Cyberinfrastructure and Web 2.0

I think the two share many similar properties. In each case, the terms were coined by influential players in the field, but the definitions seem to shrink or expand based on who you talk to. In both cases, the introduction of the terms have served as a catalyst of sorts that seemed to have sharpened interest and discussion in a range of activities. In both cases, the underlying technologies supporting the phenomena existed before the terms were coined.

In this 42-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Thomas Barton and Michael Gettes in a session entitled NSF Middleware Initiative: Managing Identity on Campus. Sponsored by the NMI-EDIT Consortium of Internet2 and EDUCAUSE, this session explores the infrastructure needed and tools avaialble for managing identity data on campus.

In this 13 minute recording, we'll hear from Cornell's Bill Arms.  Listen in as he shares some thoughts on the evolving landscape of digital libraries. 


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 20 minute recording, we'll hear from the NSF's Chris Greer.  Listen in as he shares some thoughts on cyberinfrastructure, digital preservation and much more.

Also of related interest:
http://www.arl.org/info/events/nsfworkshop.html
http://cendi.dtic.mil/minute utes/pa_0105.html
http://www.wwpdb.org/


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 51 minute recording, we'll hear from CNI's Cliff Lynch.  Listen in has he shares some thoughts on cyberinfrastructure, patents, and much more..


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 22 minute recording, we'll hear from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design's Rebecca Alm and Kathleen Heideman.   Listen in as they share some thoughts on podcasting, data visualization, and much more.

Also of potential interest:

 http://connect.educause.edu/blog/mpasiewicz/an_interview_with_paul_gandel/8437

 http://matrix.msu.edu/
 http://connect.educause.edu/blog/mpasiewicz/audio_annotation_tools/1664
 http://connect.educause.edu/An_Interview_With_Jerry_Goldman

 http://tinyurl.com/n6end

 

The attached recording provides coverage of a 20 minute interview with Internet2 President and CEO, Douglas Van Houweling.  Listen in as he shares thoughts on cybersecurity, cyberinfrastructure, CALEA, data curation and much more. 

See also:

• Internet2 to support the DoE’s next research net

The NSF Middleware Initiative ninth release is now availablet o the public for downloading under open-source licenses. The release offers several new features for supporting online collaboration in a shared cyberinfrastructure environment, including event diagnostic, privilege management, and portal-building tools.

In this 20 minute recording, we'll hear from Joyce Ray, Deputy Director for Library Services at the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.  Among other things, we'll talk about their work with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, their Librarians for the 21st Century program, and the conference they hosted at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 14 minute recording, I sit down with Steve Wheatley, a VP with the American Council of Learned Societies.  Listen in as he shares thoughts on the political economy of higher education, cyberinfrastructure, open access, the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships, international scholarly exchange and building transnational communitities of scholarship, the ACLS history ebook project.


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2005 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org