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ItemScholarly Communication & Digital Services @ Georgia Tech Library(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-11-10) Speer, Julie Griffin
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ItemMaking Computer Science 101: Fun with Robots(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-11-06) Balch, TuckerWe'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.
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ItemMaximizing Scholarship's Impact: Barriers & Opportunities(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-10-15) Ober, JohnAs 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.
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ItemLibrary Roles & Faculty Motivations(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-10-15) Van Orsdel, LeeLee 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.
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ItemIt’s Up and Running, Now What? Strategies for Building Content in an Institutional Repository(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-10-06) Jannik, Catherine M. ; Woynowski, KentIn the December 2, 2006 SPARC Open Access Newsletter, Peter Suber predicts that in 2007, "[Institutional repositories] will soon be a new fact of life for universities, like libraries or web sites, and the discussion will shift from their utility to the best practices for filling them." (Issue #104, http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/12-02- 06.htm, accessed 12.06.2006) Georgia Tech's DSpace based institutional repository, SMARTech, reached 10,000 items shortly after 2 years in existence. Georgia Tech has also instituted a dark archive, named Aardvark, also based on the DSpace software for inhouse management of the Archives' digital materials, to serve as the basis for future public digital exhibits. Aardvark currently houses around 1,500 records and over 240 gigabytes of materials.
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ItemMeet your neighbor! An introduction to social insects in Atlanta(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-10-02) Goodisman, MichaelSocial 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.
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ItemPrivacy Please! Part II: Who's Listening Now?(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-09-20) Keller, Larry
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ItemSelf-organizing logistics systems(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-09-04) Bartholdi, John J., IIIThe 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.)
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ItemWhere Are We "AT"? A Status Report on the Archivists Toolkit(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-08-30) Westbrook, Brad ; Bowers, Kate ; Thompson, Jody Lloyd ; Stefko, KatherineDesigned to streamline workflows, standardize archival information, and ingest and export EAD finding aids, the Archivists’ Toolkit (AT) was introduced at New Orleans 2005 and beta tested by archival institutions from August to October 2006. The speakers discuss testers’ first-hand experiences; advantages and drawbacks of the AT; customizing and adapting it to local practices; and implementation issues. Join them for a project update, summary of future objectives, and lively exchange of ideas with attendees.
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ItemAcademic Library Visits in Beijing (May-June 2007)(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-08) Li, LishaPresentation on visits to three university libraries in Beijing, China.