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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, 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 …
Milwaukee, OneWebDay »
Next Monday, September 22, is OneWebDay, and our banner is up in the UW-Milwaukee Union, and the sidewalks are chalked! More details for the Milwaukee event can be found here and here.
If you won’t be in Milwaukee, hopefully you can join a OWD celebration somewhere else across the globe.
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, …
