Upcoming Events:

Kim is part of an Industry Roundtable Professional Development event hosted by the Knowledge Media Design Institute on Thursday March 4th, 4-6pm at the University of Toronto iSchool.

Kim is presenting at the Library Technology Conference in St. Paul, MN March 17-18 2010.

Registration for Computers in Libraries 2010 is now open. April 12-14, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA.

Kim is presenting at IASSIST 2010: Social Data and Social Networking: Connecting Social Science Communities Across the Globe in Ithaca, NY June 1-4 2010.

Registration for SLA's Annual Conference is now open. The conference is in New Orleans, June 13-16, 2010.

KMWorld 2010 is in Washington, D.C. this year; November 16-18, 2010. The call for speakers is now open.

Salon Review: This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

From Salon.com:

The author of a new book talks about the secret lives of America’s favorite — and endangered — disciplinarians.

Behold the stereotypical librarian, with her cat’s-eye glasses, bun and pantyhose — a creature whose desexualized persona and desire for us to be quiet has fueled generations of wild sexual fantasies. But [...]

KMDI Professional Development Events – Seeking Featured Panelists

KMDI Professional Development Events – Seeking Featured Panelists!

“Domain Specific Applications of Knowledge Media Design”

Do you work in a field that is related to Knowledge/Media/Design?
Do you consider your work ‘domain specific’?
Do you enjoy speaking to students and sharing your experiences?

If you answered yes to those question, we need you!

Who are we?

The professional development committee consists of [...]

Take Part in Open Access Week at UofT Libraries

October 19-23 marks the first international Open Access Week.

Open Access Week is an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public. The now-annual event has been expanded from a single day to [...]

MaRS’ Lisa Torjman on Social Innovation at Ignite Toronto

Lisa Torjman established the social entrepreneurship program at MaRS that includes Social Innovation Generation (SiG@MaRS). This program provides social innovators and entrepreneurs access to resources to turn their ideas into positive outcomes for society.

Lisa participated in Ingnite Toronto in August. Here is the video of her presentation on Social Innovation.

Ignite T.O. Lisa Torjman – Social [...]

The Fight over the Google of All Libraries: A Wired.com FAQ

The Google Book Search Settlement has been much in the news recently, with the Internet Archive, Philip K. Dick’s heirs, consumer groups and Microsoft registering their objections to the search giant’s agreement with authors and publishers. And now Justice Department anti-trust lawyers are meeting with Google about the settlement, raising the possibility of a full-blown [...]