Past Events

Going Feral on the Net: the Qualities of Survival in a Wild, Wired World

Location:
Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett St, Cambridge, MA

Date:
May 15, 2012 - 12:30pm - 4:30pm

Description:

How do we balance the empowering possibilities of the networked public sphere with the dark, unsettling, and even dangerous energies of cyberspace? Matthew Battles blends a deep-historical perspective on the internet with storytelling that reaches into its weird, uncanny depths.

The Information: James Gleick talks about his new book

Location:
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Classroom 1023, Cambridge, MA
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Date:
May 8, 2012 - 12:30pm - 4:30pm

Description:

James Gleick, author of The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, will discuss his new book. James Gleick is a native New Yorker and a graduate of Harvard and the author of a half-dozen books on science, technology, and culture.

DPLA West

Location:
Internet Archive 300 Funston Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118
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Date:
April 27, 2012 - 8:00am - 5:00pm

Description:

DPLA West—taking place on April 27, 2012 in San Francisco—is the second major public event bringing together librarians, technologists, creators, students, government leaders, and others interested in building a Digital Public Library of America.

DML Conference 2012

Location:
Parc55 Hotel - San Francisco, California
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Date:
March 1, 2012 - 9:00am - March 3, 2012 - 5:00pm

Description:

DML2012 has a separate website at http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net. Please visit that site for all the Conference details and info.

2011 HASTAC International Conference: Digital Scholarly Communication

Location:
University of Michigan North Quad, 105 S. State, Ann Arbor, MI
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Date:
December 2, 2011 - 8:00am - December 3, 2011 - 8:00pm

Social Mobile Networking for Informal Learning Roundtable

Location:
Institute of Education, London, UK
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Date:
November 21, 2011 - 9:00am - 4:00pm

Description:

SoMobNet Roundtable
November 21, 2011
Institute of Education, University of London

The aim of the SoMobNet roundtable is to explore educational and socio-cultural perspectives on the use of the increasing convergence of mobile devices and digital media for social networking in formal and informal contexts of learning.