Monthly Archives: October 2007

It has been one year since the launch of the Citizendium (http://www.citizendium.org/), a wiki or online reference source that aims to create “the world’s most trusted knowledge base.” The innovative non-profit project combines free-wheeling, open wiki collaboration with real names … Continue reading →

Here it is, in ten minutes, a gem of a mini-lecture by the virtual reality expert, Dr. Randy Pausch. Essential viewing. Tell your friends. And your loved ones. – Dean

A science librarian I know ends all of his e-mails with something that makes me chuckle every time I see it: “No….I am not on Facebook“. Cynicism aside, the truth is that Facebook is an important outreach space for academic … Continue reading →

On October 22nd, several hundred medical journals worldwide [see Open medicine story] will simultaneously publish articles about global health. As a way to humanize global health issues, Dr. Victor Castilla who authors Web 2.0 and medicine, writes below for UBC … Continue reading →

Being in the moment…. Sometimes, that’s what blogging is about. For the past ten months, I’ve been more in the moment with blogging as time out of my day has been spent responding to things, changes in search environments and … Continue reading →

My sabbatical year has not been exclusively about scholarly activities. It’s also been about exploring new ideas, career directions and areas of expertise. I have learned a lot by re-examining my work, and my positionality at the UBC Library, and … Continue reading →

Allan and I are working on a conceptual piece about the semantic web which grew out of our random thoughts on the matter published recently in the Semantic Report. This week’s Social software class was an extension of our thoughts … Continue reading →

Today, Eugene Barsky, Allan Cho and I are doing an exploratory ‘hands-on’ session for a group of SLAIS students, some members of the CHLA/ABSC Student Interest Group and a few EDST students who I have invited to the session to … Continue reading →

“To be an open educator today is to embrace contradictions. Online activity is increasingly being fragmented and integrated. Open culture takes giant steps while forces of control tighten their grip. The future has never been brighter nor so perilous. Can … Continue reading →

My colleague Allan Cho and I recently wrote our ideas down about Web 3.0 in an article called The Semantic Web as a large, searchable catalogue: a librarian’s perspective in which we explore our ideas about Web 3.0, also known … Continue reading →