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Upcoming Events

Oct 15, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Short reports on various topics, including JCDL, SNAC, information science history, relevance theory, and more.

InfoCamp 2021: Our Data / Our Selves

Oct 16 2021 - All-day event

The 12th annual InfoCamp explores conflicts in data control and policy. The two-day event, led by IMSA, features an ideathon and a speaker series. The event is free and open to everyone in the information community.

Hunting Cyber Predators: A Fireside Chat with Bill Marczak

Oct 21, 2021, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Bill Marczak shares his experience identifying new threat actors, including Candiru, a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively to governments

Whiplash: Library & Education Public Policy in the Covid Era

Oct 22, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Alan Inouye discusses how policy-making has evolved in the library & education sectors during the pandemic and possible future directions.

Goodbye Melvyl. Hello UC Library Search.

Oct 29, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How and why the University of California migrated its ten campuses, two regional library facilities, and California Digital Library to a single centralized catalog system.

PhiloBiblon: From Siloed Databases to Linked Open Data via Wikibase: Proof of Concept

Nov 5, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

PhiloBiblon is a database of primary sources for the study of medieval Iberian culture, built on a Wikibase platform.

The Bancroft Library (photo by John Martinez Pavliga)

Building a Born-Digital Archives Program at the Bancroft Library

Nov 12, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Mary Elings and Christina V. Fidler discuss the Bancroft Library’s approach to managing born-digital collections and building a sustainable digital archives program.

Capital Investments in the Digital Environment

Nov 19, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Cybersecurity Fall 2021 Capstone Project Showcase

Dec 8, 2021, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Data Science Fall 2021 Capstone Project Showcase

Dec 16, 2021, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

Previous Events

Roundtable Discussion: Refusal of Surveillance Tech, Part 2

Apr 26, 2021, 10:30 am to 12:15 pm

“Living Document”: from Mimesis to Indexicality, from Documentation to Documentality

Apr 23, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Rob Day explores the concept of the “living document” as joining knowledge and experience, science and literature.

Data Science Spring 2021 Capstone Project Showcase

Apr 22, 2021, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

Two Talks: The Elsevier Agreement and Stewardship of the Cultural Record

Apr 16, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Cliff Lynch discusses cultural stewardship & “cancel culture” and Ivy Anderson of CDL discusses UC’s landmark open access contract with Elsevier.

Cybersecurity Spring 2021 Capstone Project Showcase

Apr 14, 2021, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Beyond the Ouch: Activating Anti-racists in Data and Digital Spaces

Apr 14, 2021, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Tawana Petty responds to the racial bias baked into our data, digital, and technological systems

Roundtable Discussion: Refusal of Surveillance Tech, Part 1

Apr 12, 2021, 10:30 am to 12:15 pm

Understanding the recent resistance to facial recognition technologies, to put this moment in conversation and context.

Local to Global: E-Reserves at UC Berkeley

Apr 9, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

How Berkeley’s University Library rose to the challenge of providing course materials to all students in a fully virtual global environment.

Values by Design Imaginaries: Exploring Values Work in UX Practice

Apr 7, 2021, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Richmond Wong presents his dissertation researchon the relationships between design practices and social values.

How to Care About Information

Apr 2, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Ryan Shaw is an associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

I School Faculty Panel: Women in Tech

Mar 23, 2021, 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm

I School faculty members discuss their research and the importance of including the perspective of women and underrepresented minorities at the frontiers of information technology.

Applied Trustworthy Digital Repositories and Risk Assessment

Mar 19, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Leslie Johnston is director of digital preservation at the U.S. National Archives.

Social Media Is Too Important to Leave Up to the Market

Mar 15, 2021, 10:30 am to 11:30 am

Ethan Zuckerman explores a model for rethinking and rebuilding social media and digital institutions as public goods.

Post-Covid Issues

Mar 12, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Ph.D. Research Reception, Part 2

Mar 12, 2021, 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm

School of Information Ph.D. students share their innovative research with the community.

Big Give

Mar 10, 2021, 9:00 pm to Mar 11, 2021, 9:00 pm

Seize the moment during Big Give, Berkeley’s annual fundraising event.

Ph.D. Research Reception, Part 1

Mar 10, 2021, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

School of Information Ph.D. students share their innovative research with the community.

WiDS Berkeley: Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley

Mar 8 2021 - All-day event

Join us for a series of events celebrating Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley.

Information Seeking Research: A State of the Art

Mar 5, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

An overview of the last 50 years of information science research on information seeking and transfer.

Context and Relevance

Feb 26, 2021, 3:10 pm to 5:00 pm

Information access seminar, with Wayne de Fremery and Michael Buckland

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