http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey From the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our session on Digital Natives as part of the unconference day 2 is focused on Myth-Busting. We put up on the conference wiki a bunch of myths online that we've been working to bust (or to affirm). Our mode is to put these myths to the attendees, see ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/16/digital-natives-myth-busting-session-at-berkman10/ This morning, at our 10th Anniversary celebration, we are talking about the future of politics and the Net. The notes I've prepared with my colleagues in advance of the session are here, on the conference wiki; have at them!) Before we start the real-space conversation, a quick pause ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/15/a-kick-off-for-the-publius-project/ The Harvard Law School just announced the promotion of Phil Malone (in cyberlaw and intellectual property) and Wendy Jacobs (in environmental law) to the full-time faculty as clinical professors. Phil Malone has been the director of the Berkman Center clinical program for the past few years, first with Jeff ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/13/congratulations-to-phil-malone-and-wendy-jacobs/ We're planning our session on Digital Natives for the Berkman@10 conference later this week.  The idea is to hold a "myth-busting" session.  A first pass of myths are up on the conference wiki.  The idea is to discuss some of the common misconceptions about kids and technology that we explore ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/12/myth-busting-kids-and-information-technology/ It's been noted that Duke Law School has a long history of leadership in this area, beginning with an online repository for its faculty's scholarship (dating from 2005) and its journals made accessible online (starting back in 1997!), both of which well predate HLS's vote on an opt-out Open Access ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/08/duke-and-open-access/ I'm just delighted that the Harvard Law School faculty has voted unanimously to adopt an open access policy. This policy is consistent with the policy adopted by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences earlier this year. Here is what we approved: "The Faculty of the Harvard Law School is committed ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/07/hls-goes-open-access-unanimously/ This summer, I'll be moving to a new job at HLS, as vice dean for library and information resources.  I'm very excited about this new challenge.  I will still remain involved in the Berkman Center, as one of the faculty directors and in some research projects, but I'll no longer ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/06/changing-jobs-search-for-new-executive-director/ StopBadware and the rest of the Net community trying to keep the environment clean of bad code scored a good win this week in the public interest.  The StopBadware team and others were all over a software update from Apple that operated as badware, offering new software ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/04/17/apple-gets-it-right-after-stopbadware-et-al-send-warning/ Learning, Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media is the fourth book I've read in the MacArthur/MIT Press Series on Digital Media and Learning. This volume, edited by Anna Everett, is the furthest from my own field -- law -- and, for me, the most challenging. Prof. Everett's opening essay, ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/04/15/learning-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-macarthur-foundationmit-press-series/ Our good friends at Public Radio Exchange, led by their executive director and Berkman fellow Jake Shapiro, have been awarded a huge honor from the MacArthur Foundation. PRX is one of a handful of 2008 "Creative and Effective Institutions." I can think of no more deserving institution than ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/04/11/congratulations-prx/