ASIS&T Potomac Valley Chapter

An Evening with National Public Radio (NPR) - Webinar

2011-05-13T10:36:00.000-07:00

Join us for a Webinar on May 24

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/350818110

The evening’s webinar program will consist of a presentation about the NPR Lifecycle of Information, describing how a story is born, and insight into “a day in the life” of the information team, including places traveled and the information learned during the course of the news day.

Presenters:

Mary Glendinning, MLS

Mary Glendinning is a reference librarian at NPR. Along with her colleagues, she provides a variety of reference and research services to all of NPR's divisions — from one-word answers to extensive background research. Her duties include fact-checking, tracking down experts, monitoring news alerts, and encouraging external database usage and training.

Mary was the first librarian to embed with the staff of an NPR show and likes working outside of a traditional library setting. She has a BA from The Johns Hopkins University and an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh.

Hannah Sommers, MLIS

Hannah Sommers is a broadcast librarian at NPR. She aids reporters and production staff seeking audio clips and other information that is critical to telling a story in sound and also contributes to the maintenance of NPR's expansive audio archives. With her colleagues, she helped develop the training program used to teach NPR staff about new research tools and to coach them in best research practices.

Hannah is the co-lead on creating NPR's digital archive and is looking forward to the day that all NPR programming will be virtually accessible. She has a BA from Goshen College and an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin.

Title: An Evening with National Public Radio (NPR)
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Time: 7:00 PM - 7:40 PM EDT
Cost: FREE

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

An Evening with National Public Radio (NPR)

2011-04-04T11:45:00.000-07:00

Please join us Tuesday, May 24, 2011 for “An Evening with National Public Radio (NPR)!”

The evening’s program will consist of a presentation about the NPR Lifecycle of Information, describing how a story is born, and insight into “a day in the life” of the information team, including places traveled and the information learned during the course of the news day. Subject to news deadlines and availability, the program will also include a tour/walkabout that will provide attendees with an inside look into favorite programs like, “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition,” and Newscast, NPR Music, Digital News, Engineering and others. Hot Hors d'oeuvres will be provided.

**Registration and seating are limited to 25 registrants, so please act now!**

When: Tuesday, May 24 from 6:30-8:30PM

Where: National Public Radio Offices
635 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

Cost: Members $20.00
Non-Members $25.00
Students FREE

Registration URL:
https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_05242011.html

Note: All attendees for this event will be required to present a government-issued photo ID upon entry.

Transportation and Parking:
NPR is accessed via the closest DC Metro Stop at Gallery Place/Chinatown, on Yellow, Green and Red lines. There should be metered parking available within a block or two (most meters are in effect until 10 pm). There are also a few pay-to-park garages in the area. The NPR garage will not be available.

For those unable to attend, arrangements are being made for the presentation portion to be available via webinar.

Join PVC ASIST to Plan Our Future: January 20, 2011

2010-12-28T09:13:00.000-08:00

The PVC-ASIS&T 2010-2011 officers invite you to join us at Lebanese Taverna in Bethesda on Thursday, January 20, 2011 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM to induct our new officer slate and plan for the way our chapter will engage membership in the next year (or more!).

Last year, we cosponsored three events in the Washington, DC, area that convened almost 200 participants; however, we recognize that you have opinions and insights on the way we might improve engagement throughout the chapter.

We value your membership, and we look forward to working with you to develop new ways to participate in PVC-ASIS&T through the use of technology and through in-person events.

The meeting won't be all planning, though! We'll also have some time for networking, and we look forward to sharing a great meal with everyone who attends.

When: January 20, 2011, 6:30-9pm
Cost: $25 ASIS&T Members, $30 Non-members, $20 Students
Where: Lebanese Taverna, 7141 Arlington Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814

For more information and to register for this event, click here: https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_01202011.html

Can't make the meeting but want to share your thoughts? You have lots of options. You can email our officers directly, or post your thoughts here on the PVC-ASIS&T blog or on our Facebook page or LinkedIn group.

Click here to add this event to your calendar.

We hope to see you there!

2010-03-23T07:40:00.000-07:00

The CUA School of Library and Information Science

ASIS&T-PVC

proudly announce:

The Twentieth Annual Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture:

“Scholarship, Cultural Memory and Libraries in the 21st Century”

Featuring

Clifford A. Lynch

Executive Director

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), USA

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 7-9PM
Caldwell Hall Auditorium
The Catholic University of America
http://www.cua.edu/res/docs/cuamap.pdf

Reception to Follow

RSVPs are encouraged. Please contact Robin Foltz.

Donations (checks) will be accepted at the lecture for the Elizabeth W. Stone Scholarship Fund.

National Meeting Preview -- RSVP by this Friday!

2009-10-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

Whether you're looking for a sneak preview of ASIS&T's 2009 meeting in Vancouver or can't make to Canada, join PVC-ASIS&T and the CUA Chapter of ASIS&T to hear preview talks from ASIS&T members who will be giving presentations at the national meeting.

https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_10262009.html

INCLUDED: Dinner will be provided

Speakers Include:

Trudi Bellardo Hahn - "The Information Connection in Times of Crisis." A report of a federally funded project to study roles for public libraries in serving the information needs of their communities in times of disasters.
Joe Hourcle - "Interoperability in the Space Sciences" To deal with the highly heterogeneous data needs, NASA has funded recreation of a number of specialized "Virtual Observatories" (VxOs) in the space sciences. This presentation discusses these original VxOs,as well as phenomena based VxOs such as the Virtual Waves Observatory (VWO), browseable directories such as the Virtual Space Physics Observatory (VSPO), standardization efforts between the VxOs such as the Space Physics Archive Search and Extract (SPASE) and the associated query language SPASE-QL, as well as related international efforts.
Joan Lussky - "Social tags and other kinds of subject access occurring library catalogs"

WHEN: Monday, October 26, 2009
TIME: 6:30 - 8:30pm

LOCATION: Catholic University of America May Gallery, John K. Mullen Library, 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington , DC 20064
DIRECTIONS: http://www.cua.edu/directions/
CAMPUS MAP: http://welcome.cua.edu/cuamap.pdf
METRO: Brookland/CUA station, red line. (From the metro, walk up the road past the guard station. The Mullen Library is the large white building. Go around the building to the front entrance. Tell the attendant that you are there for the ASIS&T Event. The May Gallery is directly to the right after passing the attendant. We advise attendees to take the Metro. Limited parking is available in front of the library.)

COST: $10 ASIS&T Members
$15 Non-members
$5 Students
Have a friend in ASIS&T? Attend the meeting with him/her and attend at the member cost!

RSVP: https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_10262009.html
by Friday, October 23, 2009 (5pm)

Upcoming events... and your suggestions?

2009-06-11T11:45:00.000-07:00

The PVC board met last night for a convivial evening of pizza and planning-- including some exciting, educational events for you.

On the slate for early Fall, we have:

an Annual Meeting Preview event in September, where we get to see sneak previews from local presenters. (You can see details & slides from last year's smashing Preview here.)
a usability workshop at the Human Computer Interaction Lab at University of Maryland, College Park in October.

We're also discussing & planning a number of other events--- and we would love your feedback. Please participate in the poll below, and please feel free to send us your comments.

Also, in addition to ideas, if any of you would like to speak, have space you can offer, or would otherwise like to get more involved-- please let us know!

Registration ending soon for Beats and Bytes!

2009-04-20T07:29:00.000-07:00

Join the Potomac Valley Chapter and CUA Student Chapter of ASIST for our panel discussion of music, ethics, and technology.

As social media technologies continue to advance, how will the effects of these innovations be experienced by musicians, their audiences, and the information professionals who organize music? While websites ranging from iTunes to MySpace to last.fm and Pandora abound, how can you best navigate these spaces ethically while discovering new talent or learning more about favorite genres? What's now, and what's next?

The Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T is pleased to bring you local musicians, information professionals, and music experts on a lively panel discussion about the many fascinating issues that the Information Age brings to music and its analysis.

Panelists (Invited):

Brent Burton
Raul DeLeon
Ben Licciardi
Michael Pahn
Ginger Richards

For more details- and registration- please see our registration page:
https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_04282009.html

Beats and Bytes: Music and Creativity in the Information Age

2009-04-10T08:38:00.001-07:00

Join the Potomac Valley Chapter and CUA Student Chapter of ASIST for our next program, "Beats and Bytes: Music and Creativity in the Information Age"!

As social media technologies continue to advance, how will the effects of these innovations be experienced by musicians, their audiences, and the information professionals who organize music? While websites ranging from iTunes to MySpace to last.fm and Pandora abound, how can you best navigate these spaces ethically while discovering new talent or learning more about favorite genres? What's now, and what's next?

The Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T is pleased to bring you local musicians, information professionals, and music experts on a lively panel discussion about the many fascinating issues that the Information Age brings to music and its analysis.

Panelists:

Brent Burton
Raul DeLeon
Ben Licciardi
Michael Pahn
Ginger Richards

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Time: Dinner 6:30 - 7:00pm; Panel Discussion 7:00 - 8:30pm
Place: Catholic University of America, May Gallery

For registration and more information, click here https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_04282009.html

Michael Nelson slides

2009-04-06T10:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all who made it out to our event last week, with Michael Nelson speaking on "The Cloud, the Exaflood, and the Internet of Things."

We have the slides available now. Audio and video pending.

You can download the PDF here or view or download his slides below from Scribd.

The Cloud, the Exaflood, and the Internet of Things / by Michael Nelson

Publish at Scribd or explore others: Education Business & Economics web2.0 cloud computing

PVC-ASIS&T Podcasts

2009-03-04T08:01:00.000-08:00

I'm happy to announce that our enterprising chapter president, Jeff Prater, has set up a podcast feed for PVC-ASIST, including recording of our recent talks. We're looking into more closely integrating that with this blog, but for now, you can subscribe directly to the podcasts at http://web.mac.com/jprater/iWeb/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html

Upcoming talk : The Cloud, the Exaflood, and the Internet of Things

2009-03-04T07:41:00.000-08:00

PVC-ASIS&T is pleased to present Prof. Michael Nelson speaking on "The Cloud, the Exaflood, and the Internet of Things - Realizing the Full Potential of the Next Generation Internet."

When: Monday, March 30, 6:30pm
Where: Marist Hall, Information Commons, 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington , DC 20064
Registration: http://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_03302009.html

CANCELLED : HCIL day postponed

2009-02-13T11:55:00.000-08:00

Due to lack of attendance, we sadly have had to cancel our upcoming HCIL half-day conference. We will postpone it until the Fall.

Sorry for the disappointment, but we hope you can join us in the Fall.

Event : Innovations at the Human Computer Interaction Lab

2009-01-30T06:44:00.001-08:00

The Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T invites you to our half-day conferece at the renowned Human-Computer Interaction Lab! Come see the latest technologies and get ask questions to leading professionals in the field.

What: Innovations at the Human Computer Interaction Lab: When the Human Meets Computers: An Afternoon of Technology Previews, Presentations, and Discussion.

When: 1-5pm, Feb. 20, 2009

Where: 2117 Hornbake Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Directions: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/contact/travel_to_hcil.shtml

Metro: College Park/U of MD, Green Line
Take the M shuttle from the Metro Station to the university.

For more agenda and registration information, please click below:
https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_02202009.html

Update! New location for Information Policy Symposium!

2009-01-14T10:51:00.000-08:00

Due to overwhelming response (80 of you!), we had to get a new, larger room for the Symposium on Information Policy in the New Administration. It's still being held on Catholic University's campus, but in a different building.

Dinner will be available from 6:15 to 7 and the program will run 7-8:30pm. Feel free to arrive early in order to stay warm!

We encourage everyone to use the metro as parking is very limited.

Location: Aquinas Hall, Room 102, the Catholic University of America. (Note for CUA alums- Aquinas Hall was formerly known as Life Cycle, the building next to Marist.)
620 Michigan Ave., N.E.Washington , DC 20064
Directions: http://www.cua.edu/directions/
Campus Map: http://welcome.cua.edu/cuamap.pdf

Metro: Brookland/CUA station, red line.

Aquinas Hall is about a ten minute walk from the metro. From the metro, cross the street and walk up the road past the guard station. You will pass Pangborn Hall on the right. Ahead, you will see a large white building called The Mullen Library . Follow the sidewalks to the right of the Mullen Library. As you pass the library, follow the sidewalks to the right. McMahon Hall will be on your left and as you progress, you will see the student union across a lawn and a parking lot on your left. Hannan Hall will be a large white building on your right. Proceed on the path up the hill and Aquinas Hall is on the right side.

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Updated - Location for Information Policy Symposium

2009-01-12T06:30:00.000-08:00

We're pleased to announce the exact location for this Thursday's Symposium on Information Policy in the New Administration. We hope to see you all there!

Please register by 5pm on Tuesday! Please click here to register.

Location:
May Gallery, John K. Mullen Library, Catholic University of America
620 Michigan Ave., N.E.Washington, DC 20064

Directions: http://www.cua.edu/directions/

Campus Map: http://welcome.cua.edu/cuamap.pdf

Metro: Brookland-CUA Station, Red Line.

We advise attendees to take the Metro. Limited parking is available in front of the library.

From the Metro, walk up the road past the guard station. The Mullen Library is the large white building. Go around the building to front entrance. Tell the attendant you are here for the ASIS&T event. The May Gallery is directly to the right after passing the attendant.

Event : Symposium on Information Policy in the New Administration

2008-12-22T13:30:00.000-08:00

How will the next administration handle information policy? What does transparency really mean? No matter how you feel about the incoming president, you've got to be curious about the information policy of a PEOTUS that campaigned via the internet in innovative new ways and had a website up within 48 hours of winning the election.

We've gathered up an panel of experts from the CATO Institute, the American Library Assocation, the Center for American Progress, and the Sunlight Foundation. Join us for an educational- and perhaps provocative- evening.

Join the Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T for a lively discussion on how the new administration will handle information policy.

Moderator Dr. Paul Jaeger will lead the discussion amongst the panel from the American Libraries Association, The Cato Institute, Center for American Progress, and the Sunlight Foundation.

Register early, this one will sell-out quickly! Registration is due by Jan 13, 5pm-- but it will probably sell out much earlier!

To register, please click here.

When:

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Dinner 6:30 - 7:00pm

Program 7:00 - 9:00pm

Where: Catholic Univeristy of America, 620 Michigan NE, Washington DC (Exact room TBA)

Metro: Brookland/CUA (Red Line)

Cost:

$15 ASIS&T & SLA Members

$20 Non-members

$0 Students

Have a friend in ASIS&T? Attend the meeting with him/her and attend at the member cost!

Moderator:

Paul T. Jaerger, Phd, Director of the Center for Information Policy and E-Government, University of Maryland

Panelists:

Carrie Lowe, American Library Assocation, Office for Information Technology Policy, Program Director

Jim Harper, The CATO Institute, Director of Information Policy Studies

Reece Rushing, Center for American Progress, Director of Regulatory and Information Policy

John Wonderlich, Sunlight Foundation, Program Director of the Sunlight Foundation

Thanks!

2008-12-12T12:37:00.000-08:00

Thanks to the 13 brave souls who braved last night's cold, sloppy weather for an evening of food, networking, and conviviality at Zack's Taverna.

Wish we would hold an event- networking or otherwise- in your neck of the woods? Leave us a comment!

Stay tuned for the full details on our next event, a panel (and dinner) on the information policy of the incoming administatrion!

Register now for an evening of networking

2008-12-03T07:22:00.000-08:00

Register now for a free evening of networking, socializing, food & fun with your fellow DC, VA, & MD information professionals.

Registration is due Dec. 9-- but why not register now?

Again, the details are:
What: Old-fashioned Social Networking: Information Professionals Meeting other Information Professionals
When: Thursday, December 11th at 6:30pm
Cost: Free! You will need to pay for your own food or beverage, though.
RSVP: Please do! You can register, via this online survey; the headcount is really helpful & valuable for us.
Where: Zack's Taverna, 305 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington DC
Metro: Capitol South on the Blue or Orange line

From Data to Visualization - Slides

2008-12-02T14:31:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all who made it to our November event, Jan Johansson's talk "From Data to Visualization : Emerging Tools for Research."

But for all who couldn't (or those of you who'd like to review his talk), here are Mr. Johansson's slides.

From Data to Visualization: Emerging Tools for Research / Jan Johansson

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: computation visualization)

December Networking Event -- Register Now!

2008-11-13T11:58:00.000-08:00

Please help PVC-ASIS&T put community back in community of practice!

Join us for a convivial evening of delicious Greek food and networking with fellow information professionals & students. This should be a pleasant opportunity to forge new friendships in our field and renew older ones.

This free event is open to all, not just PVC members! We hope to see plenty of ASIS&T members—but we also encourage all information professionals and students of all stripes to join us. Please pass this invitation on to your colleagues.

What: Old-fashioned Social Networking: Information Professionals Meeting other Information Professionals
When: Thursday, December 11th at 6:30pm
Cost: Free! You will need to pay for your own food or beverage, though.
RSVP: Please do register, via this online survey, even though there’s no cost to attend! You can do so via Survey Monkey by December 9, 2008. Registration is open now.
Where: Zack's Taverna, 305 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington DC
Metro: Capitol South on the Blue or Orange line

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Registration due today for "From Data to Visualization"!

2008-11-10T10:38:00.000-08:00

Registration is due today for this Wednesday's exciting "From Data to Visualization" talk.

Please register today at: https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_111208.html

Students attend for free!
ASIS&T and SLA members and their friends pay $15
Non-members pay $20

Background reading for "From Data to Visualization"

2008-10-14T14:56:00.001-07:00

Our speaker for the upcoming talk "From Data to Visualization", Jan Johansson recommends that you read the article "Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My! New Ways to Sift Data" by Anne Eisenberg from the New York Times, August 30, 2008.

Exciting stuff! Please feel free to discuss this article- and our upcoming event- below.

And if you haven't registered yet, please do! Here's the registration page (with our new "friend of a member" rate.) The deadline is Nov. 10.

Do you prefer how we record and share this event, especially for those of you who won't be able to make it? If so, please vote in our poll.

Poll - How can we best communicate with you?

2008-10-07T13:16:00.001-07:00

So, PVC members. We know you're busy people. While we know that while our *ahem* award-winning events are exciting, scintillating affairs, we also know you can't always attend.

So we're trying to record and share more from our events. Witness the shared slides from our National Preview event here, here, here, & here. (Unfortunately, our attempts to film the talks were plagued with such bad sound quality that we may not be able to share them with you. Any PVC members with video skills and equipment are encouraged to contact us!

However, we'd like to hear from you. What media are best for you experiencing events you missed (or reviewing ones you did attend)?

Please choose your top two or three choices-- and feel free to add other options in "other" on this poll, or comments below this post.

What medium would you prefer to we use to record & share our talks and other events? ( polls)

Also, if you have any other suggestions on how we can improve this year, please let us know.

Event -- From Data to Visualization: Emerging Tools for Research

2008-10-07T12:31:00.000-07:00

Please save the date for our next event, on Wednesday, Nov. 12!

When: Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 6:30pm

What: “From Data to Visualization: Emerging Tools for Research” by Jan Johansson and also with Richard Landry

Description: Traditionally, data analysis has required extensive expertise in math and statistics combined with training in complex software applications like SAS, Matlab, and the R programming language. Recently, however, new technologies and services have emerged that make it possible to work with raw data using web applications with simple visual interfaces. These visually compelling tools allow researchers to quickly see and communicate relationships between diverse trends, like the correlation between weather and burglary.This session will include a brief review of the visualizations built into traditional statistical software packages like R and Matlab followed by a demonstration of three new web-based tools applied to three real research topics. The session will conclude with a panel discussion with Richard Landry, CEO of Conquest Systems, a pioneer in creating readily usable data libraries.

Bio: Jan Johansson serves as the Data Librarian of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress. Mr. Johansson joined CRS as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2004. Previously, he worked at JSTOR.org as a user interface designer and as a reference librarian at The New York Public Library. Mr. Johansson has a Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and a BA in political science from Columbia University and is currently studying computational statistics at Georgetown University.

Where: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red/ Green/Yellow) or Metro Center (Red/Blue/Orange)

Parking and directions: Click here.

Updated: Please click here to register (and note the new "friend of ASIS&T member" rate). Please register by Nov 10!

Celebrate with us in Ohio!

2008-10-06T12:28:00.000-07:00

In fact-- We'd like to invite you all to come celebrate our aforementioned award-winning event at, well, another event.

Please join the Potomac Valley of ASIS&T in celebration as Co-winner Chapter Event of the Year at the National Meeting in Columbus, Ohio!

First--:

Breakfast

Oct 26, 7:15-8:15am
Market Stand Cafe, Hyatt Regency
Meet up with PVC-ASIST members and board. Learn about activities for the upcoming year. Have a cup of coffee, order a la carte, or enjoy the break buffet.

...and then:

Chapter Assembly

Oct. 26, 8:30-10:00am
McKinley Room, Hyatt Regency
Cheer-on the Potomac Valley of ASIS&T as we accept our award!

No reservations required. See you there!

(Haven't been to a chapter event for awhile? No problem! All are welcome if you're are a member of the Potomac Valley Chapter.)