EDUCAUSE | Podcasts and Folksonomies

An interview with RLG's Merrilee Proffitt

mpasiewicz — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:15:00 -0500

In this 20 minute recording, I sit down with Merrilee Proffitt, a program officer in RLG’s Member Programs division. We'll talk about digital preservation and web archival in particular. Among other things, we'll also talk about the ArchiveGrid and potential uses of social software.

Merrilee and a number of others maintain a blog over at hangingtogether.org

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

An Interview with NYU's Howard Besser

mpasiewicz — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:56:00 -0500

In this 33 minute recording, I sit down with NYU's Howard Besser. Howard is a Professor of Cinema Studies and Director of New York University's Moving Image Archiving & Preservation Program, as well as Senior Scientist for Digital Library Initiatives for NYU's Library.

Among other things, he'll share some thoughts on issues facing distance learning, the importance of archiving the raw materials of research, and issues affecting the development and availability of image databases.

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

University of Michigan President comments on Google ...

mpasiewicz — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:54:00 -0600

C|NET has a nine and a half minute video of Mary Sue Coleman speaking about their library digitization project.
http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6036176.html

The transcript of her speech is available her:
http://www.umich.edu/pres/speeches/060206google.html

An Interview with the Internet Scout Project's Rachael Bower

mpasiewicz — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:19:00 -0600

In this 19 minute recording, we'll hear from Rachael Bower, Co-Director of the Internet Scout Project. Join us as she share some thoughts on the project, their CWIS offering, their work with the Applied Math and Science Education Repository, and more!

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

An Interview with ALA's Rick Weingarten

mpasiewicz — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:44:00 -0600

In this 32 minute recording, I join Rick Weingarten, Director of the ALA's Office of IT Policy, for a look inside the beltway. Join us as he shares a brief bit of background about the American Library Association and a fairly interesting discussion about privacy, the google print litigation, and internet governance.

Also of interest could be ACRL's blog entry noting a number of higher ed associations have released a guide to copyright. Oh, and don't forget resources from our own policy office ;)

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

An Interview with NYPL's Barbara Taranto

mpasiewicz — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:53:00 -0600

In this 28 minute recording, I sit down with New York Public Library's Digital Library Program Director, Barbara Taranto. Listen in as she compares the work of academic and public libraries, shares her views on social software and the incorporation of technology in the academic enterprise, discusses public and academic library partnerships, disaster recovery/business continuity, google print, and much more.

Those interested in this podcast might also find interest in Lorcan Dempsey's recent blog entry entitled Circulating intentional data.

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

Bryan Alexander on Web 2.0

mpasiewicz — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 13:44:00 -0600

This 25 minute recording gathers some thoughts from Bryan Alexander about Web 2.0. Bryan is the Director for Emerging Technologies at National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE).

An Interview with Marc van den Berg

mpasiewicz — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:24:00 -0600

In this recording, we'll continue our coverage of the library sector, but from an international perspective. Let's listen in as Vidya interviews Marc van den Berg, the Department Head of Electronic Services at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. The running time for this recording is about 20 minutes.

An Interview with Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of CNI

mpasiewicz — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:59:00 -0500

In this recording, I sit down with Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of CNI (the Coalition for Networked Information) to discuss a range of library related topics including digital preservation, cultural memory organizations, process patents, social computing, computational linguistics, and beyond.