[This three-part post is authored by SOIS PhD student Anthony Hoffmann; access other student posts here.] Asserting Rights Online, Part I: Online Intermediaries and “Digital Citizenship” Recently, Danielle Citron has initiated a discussion at Concurring Opinions regarding the subject…
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Liza Barry-Kessler: Internet Neutrality Principles Should Apply to Wireless Providers
[This post is authored by SOIS PhD student Liza Barry-Kessler; access other student posts here.] The FCC recently announced that it will vote on “preserving the open Internet” at its December 21, 2010 meeting. This will be a high profile…
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Jeremy Mauger: Google Book Search – The Decision Not to Digitize
[This post is authored by SOIS PhD student Jeremy Mauger; access other student posts here.] Section 3.7(e) Google’s Exclusion of Books Google may, at its discretion, exclude particular Books from one or more Display Uses for editorial or non-editorial reasons.…
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Nick Proferes: Avoiding getting burned by FireSheep
[This post is authored by SOIS PhD student Nick Proferes; access other student posts here.] A threat to individual online privacy often serves as a call to digital arms. It’s been nearly a month since the Firefox Add-On “FireSheep” was…
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Student Posts: Information Policy Seminar ‘Public Scholarship’ Assignments
This week I attended the annual conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), where the keynote address was given by Jorge Reina Schement, Dean of the School of Communication & Information, at Rutgers University. The address…
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Two Open Information Policy Faculty Positions at UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies
The School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is hiring two open rank faculty positions in information policy. The first position is looking for applicants with a strong background in one or more of the following areas: information…
Debrief: Internet Research 11.0 Conference (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Last week I attended Internet Research 11.0: Sustainability, Participation, Action, the 11th annual conference for the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), in Gothenburg, Sweden. This is the conference I look forward to the most each year, thanks to the steady…
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UWM Homepage Feature: Promoting an ethical compass for the information age
My research in the ethical dimensions of Internet and social technologies is featured on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's homepage this week. The new article, "Promoting an ethical compass for the information age", highlights some of my recent work on the…
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Overcoming Barriers to Information Access: Educating the Next Generation of Library and Information Science Leaders
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies has recently been awarded a large IMLS grant to support six new PhD students pursuing research in overcoming barriers to information access. Details here and here, and below: Overcoming Barriers to Information…
Fall 2010 Semester: New Classes, New Duties
The Fall 2010 semester has started at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and I'm excited to teach two new classes (of my own design) in the School of Information Studies: "Special Topics in Information Science: Search Engine Society" and "Doctoral Seminar: Information Policy". I've also been appointed director of SOIS's undergraduate program, the (newly-renamed) B.S. in Information Science and Technology. It will be a busy semester....
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