EDUCAUSE | High-Performance Computing and Libraries and Technology

An Interview with Bill Arms

mpasiewicz — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:52:08 -0600

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

An Interview with Janet McCue

mpasiewicz — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:36:02 -0600

In this 22 minute recording, we'll hear from Cornell University's Janet McCue. Listen in as she touches on topics like research computing, social software and much, 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

An Interview with OCLC's Thomas Hickey

mpasiewicz — Fri, 19 May 2006 17:02:00 -0500

In this 23 minute recording, OCLC's Thomas Hickey was kind enough to join me via Skype to talk about open source software, grid computing, AJAX and a range other topics related to the work of OCLC Research.

Higher Education Alert: The Information Railroad Is Coming

drupal — Fri, 27 May 2005 09:50:44 -0500

Willam. A. Wulf points out that although the exponential pace of technological change cannot go on forever, the slowdown is not on the horizon and is not going to spare us from rethinking the university. Although we can predict the improvement of technology with precision, predicting the societal impact of that improvement is difficult. He explores the implications of technology for higher education by looking at several aspects of universities and noting how they have been or might be changed.