Hotels! Fresh, hot hotels!
Just a quick note to let everybody know that three different hotels with conference rate options are now listed on the Location & Logistics page. Please note that reservations at all three must be made by Tuesday, March 20, in order for the conference rates to apply.
I’m wondering if Patricia Battin’s framework for the role of an academic library set in 1984 has been fully accomplished? I think we are close, but not fully there yet. Here’s a list of the functions and facilities that she listed in the article, The Electronic Library – a Vision for the Future by Patricia Battin, EDUCOM Bulletin, Summer 1984
Our Electronic Scholar of the ’90s will find the following opportunities at the workstation:
In short, the capacity to rummage around in the bibliographic wealth of recorded knowledge, organized in meaningful fashion with logically controlled search:
NOTE: Used with permission of the author.
And as promised, a description of the second workshop offered at THATCampVA on Friday, April 20. Indicate your interest when you register for THATCampVA. From instructors Chris Gist and Kelly Johnston:
Need aerial images for a scholarly publication or research project and can’t find any that fit your needs? How about making your own? Grassroots mapping is an idea that allows people to survey and map what is important to them. People have surveyed oil spills, public demonstrations, small archaeological sites, etc. at a scale that fits their needs by dangling cameras from balloons and kites. They then use software to mosaic their aerial photographs into larger scenes that can be easily shared via Google Maps, Google Earth, or other digital mapping tools.
Come learn techniques to fly your own camera, make your own mosaics and go fly a kite (or balloon in this case)!
UPDATE: check out our post on the test flights!
