ASIS&T Student Chapter Events Archive
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Faculty Speakers: What is Digital Curation and Why Should We Care?
Alyce L. Scott
On April 6th, 2016, SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter welcomed Professor Alyce L. Scott. Professor Scott shared an introductory overview to digital curation, discussing the tools and methodologies of digital curation. Encompassing digital preservation, digital curation involves managing the entire lifecycle of digital objects. Professor Scott shared an introduction to the DCC Curation Lifecycle model. The session closed with an overview of Scott's 284 course with the iSchool, and a discussion of job opportunities in the field of digital curation.
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Faculty Speakers: Strategic Search….to Google and Beyond!
Virginia Tucker
On March 2nd, 2016, SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter welcomed Dr. Virginia Tucker. Dr. Tucker discussed advanced search strategies, and how even highly accomplished students who are proficient searchers can find themselves frustrated or disappointed when needing to locate relevant scholarly articles for a research paper. Dr. Tucker addressed field restrictions, cited reference connections, and other search tips for using Google for academic research, as well as strategic methods to get the most out of resources available through most university library subscription databases.
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Faculty Speakers: Data Visualization and the iSchool Advanced Certificate in SDMAS
Sandra Hirsh and Michelle Chen
On October 14th, 2015, SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter welcomed Dr. Michelle Chen and Dr. Sandra Hirsh. Dr. Hirsh provided an overview of the Advanced Certificate, which focuses on the practical skills needed to integrate and manage an increasingly complex body of content like born digital, newly digitized, and Web 2.0 models of user-generated content. Within the Certificate program, one pathway is Data Analytics and Data Driven Decision Making. Dr. Chen, who teaches two popular classes on Big Data and Data Visualization at SJSU, discussed several data visualization tools used by students in the program: Many Eyes, Tableau, and Splunk. Dr. Chen also discussed how information visualization can help libraries and librarians utilize their abundant data resources to provide better patron services through enhanced collection analysis, resource allocation, and user engagement.
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Guest Speakers: ‘What I wish I had known when….’—Tips for iSchool success
Seema Sairam, Kate Dillon, and Suzanne R. Gruber
On September 3, 2015, SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter welcomed back recent graduates, Seema Sairam, Kate Dillon, and Suzanne Rogers Gruber to discuss and share their insights for students at all stages of the program.Topics included: Starting at the iSchool (challenges, course planning, resources, and support), the ePortfolio (time management, support and resources, tips and tricks), and job search (turning classwork into a job offer, where do I belong?).
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Symposium Introduction: Day Two
Jeremy Lee McLaughlin and Krystyna Matusiak
Presentation (welcome and introduction) by Jeremy L. McLaughlin and Krystyna Matusiak at the Symposium on Information and Technology in the Arts and Humanities (April 22 & 23, 2015). The Symposium was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups for the Arts and Humanities (SIG AH) and Visualization, Images, and Sound (SIG VIS) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
All of the Symposium recordings can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2v-vQy9W5DePg7QSKABGmuVzCXpVkeTh
Slides can be downloaded from: http://figshare.com/authors/Symposium_on_Information_and_technolology_in_the_arts_and_humanities/740215
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Structure, subjectivity, and power: The provisional space of libraries within the social tagging movement
Melissa Higgins
Presentation by Melissa Higgins at the Symposium on Information and Technology in the Arts and Humanities (April 22 & 23, 2015). The Symposium was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups for the Arts and Humanities (SIG AH) and Visualization, Images, and Sound (SIG VIS) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
This paper addresses the potential uses of social tagging techniques for libraries, and also examines the question of potential challenges and barriers to that use. Through the theoretical framework developed by Michel de Certeau in The Practice of Everyday Life, a distinction is drawn between the techniques available to individual users and those available to structured organizations. The author then examines two specific websites, Flickr and The National Library of Ireland’s Digital Collections, through a specific research question, in order to argue that contextual detail and the tactics for searching available to individual users make social tagging a more favorable method of research. However, it is also asserted that key discrepancies between the motivations of individuals and institutions like libraries may prevent the interests of both from becoming aligned.
Melissa Higgins is currently a first-year Library and Information Science student at the University of Denver. Previously, she graduated in 2013 with a Master’s in English Literature from the University of South Carolina, concentrating in 20th century British Literature. She is primarily interested in digital collections, the digital humanities, and the changing landscape of research in academic settings.
All of the Symposium recordings can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2v-vQy9W5DePg7QSKABGmuVzCXpVkeTh
Slides can be downloaded from: http://figshare.com/authors/Symposium_on_Information_and_technolology_in_the_arts_and_humanities/740215
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Traditional and emerging approaches to research assessment in the humanities
Stacy Konkiel
Presentation by Stacy Konkiel at the Symposium on Information and Technology in the Arts and Humanities (April 22 & 23, 2015). The Symposium was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups for the Arts and Humanities (SIG AH) and Visualization, Images, and Sound (SIG VIS) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
Stacy Konkiel is a Research Metrics Consultant at Altmetric, a data science company that helps researchers discover the attention their work receives online. She studies incentives systems in academia, research metrics, and disciplinary attitudes towards the idea of “impact”. Since 2008, she has worked at the intersection of Open Science, research impact metrics, and academic library services with teams at Impactstory, Indiana University & PLOS. All of the Symposium recordings can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2v-vQy9W5DePg7QSKABGmuVzCXpVkeTh Slides can be downloaded from: http://figshare.com/authors/Symposium_on_Information_and_technolology_in_the_arts_and_humanities/740215
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Piloting interactive exhibits in the academic research library
Erin Fletcher, Meris Madernach, Arnab Nandi, and Alex Oliszewski
Presentation by Erin Fletcher, Meris Mandernach, Arnab Nandi, and Alex Oliszewski at the Symposium on Information and Technology in the Arts and Humanities (April 22 & 23, 2015). The Symposium was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups for the Arts and Humanities (SIG AH) and Visualization, Images, and Sound (SIG VIS) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
All of the Symposium recordings can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2v-vQy9W5DePg7QSKABGmuVzCXpVkeTh
Slides can be downloaded from: http://figshare.com/authors/Symposium_on_Information_and_technolology_in_the_arts_and_humanities/740215
Erin Fletcher is the Exhibits Coordinator at The Ohio State University Libraries. She entered the world of academic libraries from a background in contemporary art, curatorial practice, and museum education. Her research interests include art in public space, the overlap between art and politics, and engagement as it pertains to exhibits. At OSU she has led the development of a centralized library exhibit program. She supports curators and librarians in building audience-centric and accessible exhibits through interactivity, inclusion, and partnership. To make exhibits a viable form of outreach for distinctive collections and library services she advances programs that involve students and faculty in the exhibit making process. Most recently she was a presenter at The Engaged Librarian: Libraries Partnering with Campus and Community in October of 2014. Meris Mandernach is an Associate Professor in University Libraries and is the Head of Research Services at The Ohio State University Libraries. Her research interests relates to user access to resources and services, primarily those that arise from issues and problems that are directly observed in her daily work. She has conducted usability studies, worked with faculty to develop programmatic approaches to curriculum development, and examined access to collection and its impact on usage. Recently her presentations have focused on collaborations with faculty on interactive exhibits, developing innovative research spaces, and alternative learning experiences such as Hackathons. Arnab Nandi is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at The Ohio State University. Arnab’s research is in the area of database systems, focusing on challenges in big data analytics and interactive query interfaces. The goal of his group is to allow humans to explore and interact with large and complex data. This involves solving problems that span the areas of databases, visualization, human-computer interaction, and information retrieval. Arnab is also a founder of The STEAM Factory, a collaborative interdisciplinary research and public outreach initiative, and faculty director of the Ohio State Hackathon Program. Arnab has been a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the Google Faculty Award, the BETHA award, and a Yahoo! PhD Fellowship. Prior to Ohio State, Arnab received his PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2011. Alex Oliszewski is the Assistant Professor of Media Design for Live Performance and Installation at The Ohio State University. He holds a joint appointment between the Department of Theatre and The Advanced Computing Center of Arts and Design (ACCAD.) He recently had an interview published in the October edition Live Design International (http://livedesignonline.com/). He was also a presenter on a 2013 technology panel on the topic “Transcending the Meer Projection: Devising Experiential Media Systems for Performance Authorship.” In 2014 Alex taught a series of advanced skills workshops in media design and its attendant technologies for Live Design Institute at Arizona State University, Fort Lewis College in Durango Colorado. He has done professional Design and consultancy work with Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis MN as well as Cirque Du Soleil.
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History and culture at scale
Amy Rudersdorf
Presentation by Amy Rudersdorf at the Symposium on Information and Technology in the Arts and Humanities (April 22 & 23, 2015). The Symposium was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups for the Arts and Humanities (SIG AH) and Visualization, Images, and Sound (SIG VIS) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
All of the Symposium recordings can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2v-vQy9W5DePg7QSKABGmuVzCXpVkeTh
Slides can be downloaded from: http://figshare.com/authors/Symposium_on_Information_and_technolology_in_the_arts_and_humanities/740215
Amy Rudersdorf is the DPLA Assistant Director for Content. She is responsible for digitization partnerships and related workflows, metadata normalization and shareability, and community engagement to promote the DPLA as a community resource. Amy formerly served as the director of the Digital Information Management Program at the State Library of North Carolina. She was a Library of Congress National Digital Stewardship Alliance coordinating committee member and an active voice in the digital preservation community. Amy has taught library graduate school courses on digital libraries and preservation (San Jose State University) and metadata (North Carolina Central University). Prior to moving to state government, she worked with digital collections in special collections at North Carolina State University, coordinated a digital production group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and worked with public libraries throughout Wisconsin to aid in the development and coordination of Library and Service Technology Act (LSTA) funded digitization grants.
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Symposium Introduction: Day One
Jeremy Lee McLaughlin, Krystyna Matusiak, and Sandra Hirsh
Presentation (welcome and introduction) by Jeremy L. McLaughlin, Krystyna Matusiak, and Sandy Hirsh at the Symposium on Information and Technology in the Arts and Humanities (April 22 & 23, 2015). The Symposium was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups for the Arts and Humanities (SIG AH) and Visualization, Images, and Sound (SIG VIS) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
All of the Symposium recordings can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2v-vQy9W5DePg7QSKABGmuVzCXpVkeTh
Slides can be downloaded from: http://figshare.com/authors/Symposium_on_Information_and_technolology_in_the_arts_and_humanities/740215
