Call for Papers for the iConference
Call for Reviewers for the iConference
The Future of Libraries
Open Access Champion Brewster Kahle spoke on the Future of Libraries and Panel Discussion on Library 2.0, Oct. 22, at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
You can hear what he had to say at si.umich.edu/jsb
U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools 2006 rankings. View the report.
News from the iWorld
Outgoogling Google
Looking for a personal reference librarian or an information guru to point you to the most reliable sites when you surf the web? Reference Abstract, developed by the Online Computer Library Center and the information schools of Syracuse University and University of Washington, is a new search engine that relies on the expertise and credibility of librarians to direct searches. Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education. (11/11/08)
Drexel University associate professor Chaomei Chen’s has created CiteSpace, freely available citation visualization software. CiteSpace creates images based on bibliographic co-citation data sets that allow the user to see in a single image what authors within a field are citing, how often and when, which in turn identifies the seminal works in a field. Students, researchers and laymen can discover, at a glance, the consensus of a particular scientific community as to what are the most important works in the field. Find out more in the spring edition of Bridge, the alumni magazine. (10/09/08)
Welcome to the newest members of the iSchools caucus
The School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University and The Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon are recent additions to the iSchools caucus. See the complete list of institutions here.