From darcy@MIT.EDU Mon Oct 6 21:43:55 2003 From: darcy@MIT.EDU (Darcy Duke) Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 16:43:55 -0400 Subject: [Neasis-l] Blogging, RSS Feeds and News Aggregators: a hands-on workshop with Steven Cohen Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20031006161623.03f03c18@po11.mit.edu> --=====================_30868516==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed The New England Chapter of ASIST is proud to sponsor: Blogging, RSS Feeds and News Aggregators: a hands-on workshop with Steven Cohen, 13 November 2003, 9am-12noon at MIT http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/pc/programs/20031113.html This workshop run by Stephen Cohen will explore a few of the numerous software tools that are currently being used to both publish to weblogs as well as read content via RSS. During the session, attendees will have the opportunity to post/publish to a weblog, explore the features available with the software, as well as examine content via a news aggregator. A basic discussion of weblogs and RSS will be undertaken before we dive into the training. If you have ever thought about creating your own weblog or utilizing an aggregator to read news but have been a bit skeptical then this training session is for you. Please come with your enthusiasm, ideas, and questions. This workshop is a hands-on follow-up to our Spring 2003 program, It's Not Just Google Anymore: Blogs and the Latest in Search Engines, which won the ASIST "Chapter Event of the Year" award. Attendence at the spring program is not required to attend the workshop. Registration is limited to 20, so register now! For more information and to register: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/pc/programs/20031113.html Darcy ----------- Darcy Duke / darcy@mit.edu 617.253.9370 Librarian for Mechanical Engineering and Web Specialist Barker Engineering Library MIT 10-500 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139-4307 --=====================_30868516==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" The New England Chapter of ASIST is proud to sponsor:

Blogging, RSS Feeds and News Aggregators: a hands-on workshop with Steven Cohen, 13 November 2003, 9am-12noon at MIT
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/pc/programs/20031113.html   

This workshop run by Stephen Cohen will explore a few of the numerous software tools that are currently being used to both publish to weblogs as well as read content via RSS. During the session, attendees will have the opportunity to post/publish to a weblog, explore the features available with the software, as well as examine content via a news aggregator. A basic discussion of weblogs and RSS will be undertaken before we dive into the training. If you have ever thought about creating your own weblog or utilizing an aggregator to read news but have been a bit skeptical then this training session is for you. Please come with your enthusiasm, ideas, and questions.

This workshop is a hands-on follow-up to our Spring 2003 program, It's Not Just Google Anymore: Blogs and the Latest in Search Engines, which won  the ASIST "Chapter Event of the Year" award.  Attendence at the spring program is not required to attend the workshop.

Registration is limited to 20, so register now!

For more information and to register:
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/pc/programs/20031113.html   

Darcy

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Darcy Duke / darcy@mit.edu  617.253.9370
Librarian for Mechanical Engineering and Web Specialist
Barker Engineering Library
MIT 10-500
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307


--=====================_30868516==_.ALT-- From mrleach@fas.harvard.edu Wed Oct 8 21:08:07 2003 From: mrleach@fas.harvard.edu (Michael Leach) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 16:08:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Neasis-l] ASIST Summit on Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources (DASER), Nov 21-23, 2003, Cambridge, MA Message-ID: Advanced registration has just opened for the Summit on Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources (DASER). This Summit, sponsored by the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) New England Chapter (NEASIST) and the Scientific and Technical Information Systems Special Interest Group (SIG STI), in cooperation with the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division of SLA, will take place Friday through Sunday, 21-23 November 2003, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Few would dispute the growing use and importance of digital resources in support of science and engineering research throughout the world. The need to provide stable, forward and backward access to these resources has long been a goal of the information, engineering and scientific communities. Recent developments such as the Open Archive Initiative (OAI) and the emergence of open source tools such as EPRINTS and Dspace have led to the creation of a number of scientific and engineering digital archives. This Summit will include panels and presentations from academia, non-profit organizations, the commercial sector and government initiatives, both in the United States and abroad, including: DSpace (MIT) BioMed Central ADS (Astrophysical Data System) Our key-note speaker will be Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Early-bird registration will be $90 for ASIST and SLA-PAM members and $125 for non-members. Rates increase after the 24th of October. The registration fee includes a full, catered luncheon on Saturday. Registration is limited to 150 in order to retain the networking opportunities and other advantages of a small conference. Further information can be found at: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/daser/index.html From rhill@asis.org Tue Oct 14 14:11:22 2003 From: rhill@asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:11:22 -0400 Subject: [Neasis-l] ASIST Website Redesign Survey Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20031014090603.02076fe8@mail.asis.org> Dear ASIST members: A team of ASIST members and volunteers is helping assess the Society's website for a redesign. You are invited to assist us by taking 15 minutes to complete an online survey: http://tinyurl.com/qsg5 The survey will ask about your content preferences and experiences with the current site. I hope you will take the time to participate. Your opinions are important in helping us develop a website that addresses the needs of its users and supports the ASIST Mission. Feel free to share the survey URL with non members who might be interested in participating. Please remember to take the survey only once. Thank you very much. Dick Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 PHONE: (301) 495-0900 http://www.asis.org From rhill@asis.org Tue Oct 14 14:11:22 2003 From: rhill@asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:11:22 -0400 Subject: [Neasis-l] [Eurchap] ASIST Website Redesign Survey Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20031014090603.02076fe8@mail.asis.org> Dear ASIST members: A team of ASIST members and volunteers is helping assess the Society's website for a redesign. You are invited to assist us by taking 15 minutes to complete an online survey: http://tinyurl.com/qsg5 The survey will ask about your content preferences and experiences with the current site. I hope you will take the time to participate. Your opinions are important in helping us develop a website that addresses the needs of its users and supports the ASIST Mission. Feel free to share the survey URL with non members who might be interested in participating. Please remember to take the survey only once. Thank you very much. Dick Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 PHONE: (301) 495-0900 http://www.asis.org _______________________________________________ Eurchap mailing list Eurchap@asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/eurchap From darcy@MIT.EDU Thu Oct 16 19:26:39 2003 From: darcy@MIT.EDU (Darcy Duke) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:26:39 -0400 Subject: [Neasis-l] Another opportunity to learn about blogs from Steven Cohen Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20031016134708.0162fa50@po11.mit.edu> Greetings, In the evening on November 12th, the Simmons College Student Chapter of ASIS&T and the Simmons Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA) are joining together to sponsor a talk on blogging by Steven Cohen, the night before NEASIST's own hands-on workshop with Steven on the 13th. So if you can't make it to our workshop, perhaps you can attend his talk at Simmons instead. Our hands-on workshop: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/pc/programs/20031113.html Their program announcement: Simmons College LISSA and ASIS&T Student Chapter Event: Wednesday, November 12, 1003, 5:30pm reception, 7pm program Learn how to start a Blog and Why is it Important? Location: Simmons College, Main College Building, C-103 Presented by Steven Cohen, author of Librarystuff.net Are you wondering what blogs are? Do you feel confused? Quarried? Ready to capitulate? No fear, Steven Cohen author of librarystuff.net to the rescue. He will cover the whole gamut of blogging, such as how and why to start one, what software to use, how to choose the software, how to market the blog, why it is important to librarians, etc. Simmons contact: Kelley Connolly