http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga Happy Birthday, Joey! Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:43:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Federal Trade Commission hosts the free public and webcast workshop From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive in the Internet Age? Tuesday and Wednesday, December 1-2, in Washington, DC. Pre-registration by those attending is encouraged to reserve space. They are accepting public comment by Friday, 11/6. An organization ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/11/05/ftc-workshop-on-future-survival-of-journalism-in-internet-age-121-2-public-comment-deadline-friday-116/ Tuesday's (11/10) Berkman Center for Internet & Society Luncheon Series features David Weinberger on What Information Was. "It's puzzling that even though we named an age after information, very few people can tell you what information is. And the ones with the clearest answers are often defining information in the technical ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/11/04/what-information-was-david-weinberger-1110-1230-pm-et/ The Massachusetts Library Association is holding a rally for libraries on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the State House at 11 am: "Please join library colleagues and supporters for MLA’s rally for libraries! “Don’t Close the Books on Libraries” will take place on Wednesday, November 4th at 11:00 a.m. ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/11/04/mla-rally-for-libraries-november-4-state-house-11-am/ NEASIS&T is holding a program called "The library is dead. Long live the library! The rebirth of libraries in the 21st century" at the MIT Media Lab on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 between 9 am-4 pm. "Library closures, slashed budgets, user apathy – everything’s online, right? It’s a ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/11/03/neasist-talk-the-library-is-dead-long-live-the-library-the-rebirth-of-libraries-in-the-21st-century-mit-media-lab-dec-8-9-am/ Toby Pearlstein is giving the ISI Samuel Lazerow Memorial Lecture: Is There a Future for Special Libraries? on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5 pm at the Kotzen Meeting Center, Simmons College, Boston, MA. "2009 is the 100th anniversary of the Special Libraries Association, making this an ideal time to consider ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/11/03/is-there-a-future-for-special-libraries-simmons-gslis-november-17-5-pm/ In September, The New York Review of Books printed an article about trends in the news industry and the potential future of news. An upcoming issue includes some editorials in response. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/10/29/future-of-the-news-in-the-new-york-review-of-books/ "The Podcamp Foundation is teaming up with TechWeb And O’Reilly Publishing to plan the Open sessions at the Web 2.0 Conference at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City on Wednesday, November 18th and Thursday, November 19th, 2009. The Open’s theme is 'Doing More with Less,' and we’re lucky enough ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/10/28/doing-more-with-less-via-web-2-0-conference-1118-19-new-york-city/ The Boston Book Festival is being held on Saturday, October 24, 2009 in the Copley Square area between 10 am-6 pm: "The wait is over! The Boston Book Festival has just announced its official schedule of events, and with 31 to choose from, and you’re guaranteed a fun-filled, jam-packed day on ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/10/17/boston-book-festival-saturday-october-24-copley-square-10-6/ I breathed a big sigh of relief when I read the front page headline of my paper copy of The Boston Globe yesterday: The New York Times decided not to sell The Globe. The future of this newspaper and Boston journalism were in question. Sure, there are lots of news ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/10/16/the-boston-globe-is-off-the-market/ (Oof. I really haven't posted this workshop yet. My apologies for the late notice.) Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Center for Research on Computation and Society are facilitating a free Ruby on Rails workshop this weekend, October 16 and 17. Intended to be a supportive learning environment ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/2009/10/13/free-ruby-on-rails-workshop-oct-16-17/