Articles in the CIPR Category
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The School of Information Studies and the Center for Information Policy Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announces the addition of Wilhelm Peekhaus as a postdoctoral fellow in information policy.
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I’m pleased to announce that the School of Information Studies and the Center for Information Policy Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow in information policy. We are targeting to select someone to join us in August 2010, so timing is tight. Application deadline is April 30. Details below, and feel free to email me with questions.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Information Policy
School of Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is accepting applications …
Academic, CIPR, Milwaukee, SOIS »
The School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is now accepting applications for 2010 enrollment for its PhD program in Information Studies. Details below, and feel free to contact me with any questions or advice.
The School of Information Studies (SOIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is accepting applications for fall of 2010 for its PhD program in Information Studies.
Building on one of the largest and most varied MLIS programs in the United States, the PhD program prepares researchers, educators, and administrators with specializations in three major areas …
CIPR, Creative Commons, Intellectual Property, Milwaukee, OneWebDay, SOIS »
Building on last year’s success, I’m pleased to announce Milwaukee’s 2009 OneWebDay events:
On Monday, September 21 (7:00pm, UWM Union Theater), UW-Milwaukee’s Center for Information Policy Research and School of Information Studies is hosting a free screening of the Girl Talk-produced documentary Good Copy/Bad Copy. The film (featuring appearances by Girl Talk, Danger Mouse, and Lawrence Lessig) examines the state of copyright in today’s tech-savvy and dynamic remix culture. The film also features music by RJD2, Santogold, Girl Talk, Danger Mouse, Gnarls Barkley, De La Soul, and more.
The event will also …
CIPR, Conferences, Information ethics, SOIS »
Just a quick note that registration is still open for the “The Ethics of Information Organization“ conference hosted by the Center for Information Policy Research and the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Ethics of Information Organization
http://www.cipr.uwm.edu/ioethics.html
May 22-23, 2009
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Information organization (IO), like other major functions of the information profession, faces many ethical challenges. In the IO literature, ethical concerns have been raised with regard to, for example, the role of national and international IO standards, providing subject access to information, deprofessionalization and outsourcing of IO, education of …
CIPR, Conferences, Ethics, Information ethics, Information theory »
I am pleased to announce that the Center for Information Policy Research and the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are hosting an important conference on “The Ethics of Information Organization“. The full CFP is below:
The Ethics of Information Organization
May 22-23, 2009
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Information organization (IO), like other major functions of the information profession, faces many ethical challenges. In the IO literature, ethical concerns have been raised with regard to, for example, the role of national and international IO standards, providing subject access to information, deprofessionalization and …
CIPR, Milwaukee, OneWebDay, SOIS »
On Monday, September 22, we celebrated OneWebDay in Milwaukee for the first time. It was a great success.
The School of Information Studies and the Center for Information Policy Research had an information booth set up in the middle of Spaights Plaza on the UW-M campus, and were inundated with interested students.
I was amazed at how many students rushed to collect information and learn about how to tweak their privacy settings on Facebook. “Oh, I need that!” was the common reaction. I was equally surprised at how many students conveyed that …
CIPR, Milwaukee, OneWebDay, SOIS »
On Monday, September 22, OneWebDay will be celebrated across the globe, including Milwaukee.
OneWebDay (OWD) is like Earth Day for the Internet: it was created so there would be a single day where everyone across the globe could join together to celebrate the Web, reflect on its role in our lives, and take steps to ensure its survival as a sphere for public discourse, the open flow of ideas, the spread of knowledge, the fostering of communities, and so on.
(I had the great pleasure to meet and work alongside OWD’s founder, …
Academic, CIPR, Personal, SOIS »
I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted an offer to join the faculty of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
As of August 18, 2008, I will be an Assistant Professor at SOIS, with teaching responsibilities focusing on its undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Information Resources, and my research will be aligned with the Information Policy concentration of its new Ph.D. in Information Studies. I also will be affiliated with the Center for Information Policy Research.
On a personal note, it is hard for me to …
