The Harvard Labrary: A Design Experiment in Library Futures Since November, the Harvard Labrary — a temporary ‘pop-up’ space in an empty storefront in the middle of Harvard Square—has been a public gallery for design student projects on the future … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Friday Links December 21, 2012
Year: 2012
LIS Planned Network & Systems Outages Dec 22-28
There will be a number of planned network and systems service outages over the holiday break between Dec 22-28 as we upgrade network infrastructure that includes wiring, appliances and servers within our Data Centers and throughout the Middlebury campus. If … Continue reading →…Continue Reading LIS Planned Network & Systems Outages Dec 22-28
Area 51 notes, Dec. 13, 2013
Present: Mike Roy, Chris Norris, Carol Peddie, Mary Backus, Terry Simpkins and Doreen Bernier Mike provided a summary of his CLIR-CIO meeting in Washington DC. Some of the topics discussed were: MISO survey Digital scholarship On-line education Classroom design Quiet … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Area 51 notes, Dec. 13, 2013
WordPress Plugin Spotlight: Let it snow with WP Snowfall!
Would you like to add some seasonal cheer to your WordPress site? If you activate the WP Snowfall plugin, you’ll notice a virtual version of what we can all hope to see outside in the coming days. You may need … Continue reading →…Continue Reading WordPress Plugin Spotlight: Let it snow with WP Snowfall!
John Huddleston on “Healing Ground”
Listen in as author and photographer John Huddleston narrates an audio slideshow of his favorite images from Healing Ground….Continue Reading John Huddleston on “Healing Ground”
All Staff Meeting Notes for December and November
LIS All Staff Meeting Notes December 19, 2012 Mike noted that the R&R did not have awards for this month since nominations were light and reminded everyone to participate in the nomination process. For a link to the nomination form: … Continue reading →…Continue Reading All Staff Meeting Notes for December and November
Massive Open Online Courses as Drivers for Change
A project briefing session presented at CNI’s fall 2012 membership meeting by Lynne O’Brien of Duke University. Now available on CNI’s two video channels: Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/55947847 YouTube: http://youtu.be/UbK0i4mhpWU Since announcing a partnership with Coursera in July 2012, Duke has launched … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Massive Open Online Courses as Drivers for Change