Live – Around the World Conference https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca Thu, 18 May 2017 21:56:03 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.3 LIVE Q&A: How Machine Learning Could Open Media for Contextualization… (Internet Archive) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/05/live-qa-how-machine-learning-could-open-media-for-contextualization-internet-archive/ Thu, 18 May 2017 21:31:52 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1933 How Machine Learning Could Open Media for Contextualization with Reliable Fact Checking and Related Data (California, USA) Speaker: Roger Macdonald, Director, Television Archives, The Internet Archive...

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How Machine Learning Could Open Media for Contextualization with Reliable Fact Checking and Related Data (California, USA)

Speaker: Roger Macdonald, Director, Television Archives, The Internet Archive

Chair: Geoff Harder, Associate University Librarian, University of Alberta

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LIVE Panel: Texas A & M University https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/05/live-panel-texas-a-m-university/ Thu, 18 May 2017 21:30:07 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1930 LIVE panel presentations on Digital Media in a Post-Truth Era (Texas A&M University). Alternative Facts and Digital Religion – Dr. Heidi Campbell, Associate Professor of...

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LIVE panel presentations on Digital Media in a Post-Truth Era (Texas A&M University).

Alternative Facts and Digital Religion
– Dr. Heidi Campbell, Associate Professor of Communication

Facticity and the Law in the Digital Environment
– Dr. Sandra Braman, Professor, Telecommunications & Media Studies

Inadvertent Fake News: Digital Results
– Dr. Laura Mandell, Director of the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture

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LIVE Panel: Digital Identities, Our Post-Truth Past and Futures (University of Alberta) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/05/digital-identities-our-post-truth-past-and-futures-university-of-alberta/ Thu, 18 May 2017 21:25:30 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1926 LIVE panel discussion on Digital Identities: Our Post-Truth Past and Futures (Alberta, Canada) Speakers: Dr. Sourayan Mookerjea, Director of the Intermedia Research Studio, Professor Sociology...

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LIVE panel discussion on Digital Identities: Our Post-Truth Past and Futures (Alberta, Canada)

Speakers:

  • Dr. Sourayan Mookerjea, Director of the Intermedia Research Studio, Professor Sociology
  • Dr. Carrie Smith-Prei, Associate Professor of German Studies
  • Dr. William Anselmi, Professor, Modern Literature and Culture Studies
  • Dr. Steve Patten, Professor, Political Science
  • Dr. Donia Mounsef, Associate Professor of Drama and Etudes théâtrales

Chair: Dr. Julie Rak, Professor, English and Film Studies

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Post-vérité et autorité (Université de Montréal) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/05/post-verite-et-autorite-universite-de-montreal/ Thu, 18 May 2017 21:19:42 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1921 Post-vérité et autorité: une table-ronde organisée par le Centre de recherche Interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques et la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les...

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Post-vérité et autorité: une table-ronde organisée par le Centre de recherche Interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques et la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les écritures numériques (Quebec, Canada).

Speakers:

  • Dr. Marcello Vitali-Rosati, Université de Montréal
  • Dr. Servanne Monjour, Université de Montréal
  • Enrico Agostini, Université de Montréal

Chair:

  • Dr. Michael Sinatra, Université de Montréal

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Information Literacy (University of Alberta) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/05/live-panel-on-information-literacy-university-of-alberta/ Thu, 18 May 2017 21:16:21 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1915 A LIVE panel discussion on information literacy at the University of Alberta. Speakers: Tami Oliphant, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), Faculty...

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A LIVE panel discussion on information literacy at the University of Alberta.

Speakers:

  • Tami Oliphant, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), Faculty of Education
  • Jennifer Chesney, Associate Vice-President, University Digital Strategy
  • Gerald Beasley, Vice-Provost & Chief Librarian

Chair:

  • Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell, Director, Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)

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Around the World 2016 – Opening Remarks https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2016/07/around-the-world-2016-opening-remarks/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:10:24 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1340 Opening remarks from the convenors of the Around the World 2016: Libraries, Archives, and Public Life live-streamed conference (Patricia Demers, Toni Samek, Tami Oliphant, and...

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Opening remarks from the convenors of the Around the World 2016: Libraries, Archives, and Public Life live-streamed conference (Patricia Demers, Toni Samek, Tami Oliphant, and Ali Shiri).

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Live Discussion #1: Konstantina Martzoukou (RGU) & Marc Kosciejew (U of Malta) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2016/07/live-discussion-1-konstantina-martzoukou-rgu-marc-kosciejew-u-of-malta/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:05:44 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1369 Konstantina Martzoukou (Senior Lecturer & Postgraduate Programme Leader, iSchool – Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University) and Marc Kosciejew (Head of Department and Lecturer of...

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Konstantina Martzoukou (Senior Lecturer & Postgraduate Programme Leader, iSchool – Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University) and Marc Kosciejew (Head of Department and Lecturer of Library Information and Archive Science, University of Malta, Msida, Malta) discuss the implications of the digital age for libraries, archives, and public life.

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Live Discussion #2: Alice Crawford (U of St. Andrews) & Mario Hibert (U of Sarajevo) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2016/07/live-discussion-session-2-alice-crawford-u-of-st-andrews-mario-hibert-u-of-sarajevo/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:04:12 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1367 Alice Crawford (Digital Humanities Research Librarian, University of St. Andrews Library, Scotland) and Mario Hibert (Lecturer, Department of Comparative Literature and Librarianship, Faculty of Philosophy,...

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Alice Crawford (Digital Humanities Research Librarian, University of St. Andrews Library, Scotland) and Mario Hibert (Lecturer, Department of Comparative Literature and Librarianship, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo) discuss the implications of the digital age for libraries, archives, and public life.

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Live Discussion #3: Brendan Edwars (ROM) & Nigel A Raab (LMU) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2016/07/live-discussion-session-3-brendan-edwars-rom-nigel-a-raab-lmu/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:03:14 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1365 Brendan Edwards (Head, Library & Archives, Royal Ontario Museum) and Nigel A Raab (Associate Professor of History Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Loyola Marymount University,...

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Brendan Edwards (Head, Library & Archives, Royal Ontario Museum) and Nigel A Raab (Associate Professor of History Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Loyola Marymount University, LA) discuss the implications of the digital age for libraries, archives, and public life.

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Live Discussion #4: Guylaine Beaudry (Concordia U) & Seamus Ross (U of Toronto) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2016/07/live-discussion-session-4-guylaine-beaudry-concordia-u-seamus-ross-u-of-toronto/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:02:21 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1363 Guylaine Beaudry (University Librarian, Concordia University, Montreal) and Seamus Ross (Professor, Faculty of Information, Interim Director, Coach House Institute, University of Toronto) discuss the implications...

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Guylaine Beaudry (University Librarian, Concordia University, Montreal) and Seamus Ross (Professor, Faculty of Information, Interim Director, Coach House Institute, University of Toronto) discuss the implications of the digital age for libraries, archives, and public life.

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