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Archives, Records Management, and Digital Curation

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Making Computer Science 101: Fun with Robots

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-11-06) Balch, Tucker

We're trying an experiment here at Georgia Tech: We're teaching freshman Computer Science 101 (CS 1301 to be exact) with personal robots. Every student has her own robot to take home and work with. All the fundamentals of CS are taught in the context of programming a mobile robot with sensors, motors, a camera and a speaker. During this talk I will report on our success with this approach.
Maximizing Scholarship's Impact: Barriers & Opportunities

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-10-15) Ober, John

As Director of the University of California's Office of Scholarly Communication, John assists the University and its ten campuses to create an environment that fosters, and a policy and service infrastructure that enables the maximum dissemination and impact of the University's scholarship, as well as cost-effective access to the scholarship of others. Prior to co-founding the OSC, Ober held positions at the California Digital Library and was on the faculty at Berkeley's School of Library and Information Studies. He currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and as co-chair of the ACRL's scholarly communication committee.
Library Roles & Faculty Motivations

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-10-15) Van Orsdel, Lee

Lee Van Orsdel, Dean of University Libraries at Grand Valley State University, will give an overview of the major issues in scholarly communication focusing on understanding faculty motivations for participation in the scholarly communication process, the relevance of the issues to libraries, and the importance of library outreach to faculty. Lee will end the session by creating a map of the primary scholarly communication issues and where libraries play a role.
Meet your neighbor! An introduction to social insects in Atlanta

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-10-02) Goodisman, Michael

Social insects, including ants, bees, wasps, and termites, are "among the greatest achievements of evolution". They dominate terrestrial environments and make up a substantial part of the animal biomass. The tremendous success of social insects stems from their ability to effectively manage ecological problems through their complex social systems. In fact, the formation of the remarkable societies displayed by social insects represents one of the major transition points in evolutionary history. This talk provides an overview of the biology of social insects and the development and importance of social insect societies. Includes as discussion of the natural history of important social insects found locally, including fire ants and yellowjackets.
Privacy Please! Part II: Who's Listening Now?

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-09-20) Keller, Larry
Self-organizing logistics systems

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-09-04) Bartholdi, John J., III

The social insects, such as bees or ants, operate complex logistics systems that are efficient even though no agent is in charge. Instead of a centralized control, each agent follows a simple local rule and an efficient global organization emerges spontaneously. This idea has been successfully adapted to coordinate order-pickers in a warehouse. Under a protocol called "bucket brigades", each worker follows a simple rule; and without conscious intention or even awareness of the workers, the flow of work is smoothed and bottlenecks are removed. Furthermore, this happens without the advice on engineers, consultants, or management. The bucket brigade protocol has increased pick rates by 20-50% at some major distribution centers. (This is joint work with Don Eisenstein of the University of Chicago.)
Homestar Runner Comes to the GT Library!

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-04-26) Chapman, Matt ; Chapman, Mike

Meet creators, Matt and Mike Chapman, Q&A, Background Info, Flash Demo and more! 1st Floor Multimedia Studio Thursday - April 26th, 2007 1pm
2007 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-04-10) Meyer, Richard W. ; Laraway, John ; Vogt, Brett ; Clough, G. Wayne ; Snelson, Pamela
Innocent Targets: When Terrorism Comes to School

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-02-27) Dorn, Chris

The terrorist attack that killed more than 300 schoolchildren, teachers and parents in Russia shocked the conscience of the world in 2004. Clearly, there are lessons to be learned from this and other atrocities. However, there is a dangerous tendency to focus too much on past terrorism scenarios when deciding how to address future concerns for our schools. In addition, focusing too much on terrorism in emergency planning puts facilities in danger of over-stratification of their emergency response. While it is always crucial that we examine previous events and learn from them, research by Safe Havens International shows that focusing on a scenario-driven approach is having a detrimental effect on many communities. Chris Dorn will share some of the practical findings from their research as they apply to the audience and discuss why a functional approach can lead to dual-use solutions with a more effective end result.
Managing the Virtual Library

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-02-24) Burke, Jane