Доклад за библиотеките като трето място и последиците от COVID-19 Излезна от печат сборникът доклади от 30-тата Национална конференция на Българската библиотечно-информационна асоциация. Тук споделям текста на своя доклад от публикувания сборник. This post links to the published text of the paper on Libraries as a third place in COVID times delivered at the 30th … Continue reading Нова публикация на български език за библиотеките като трето място и пандемията
Ако сте студент и се интересувате от дезинформация, може да кандидатствате за стаж в GATE
Стажантски програми Институтът GATE - Големи данни за интелигентно общество - участва във форума на кариерното развитие на Факултета по математика и информатика при Софийския Университет Св. Климент Охридски на 08.06 и 09. 06. Събитието e със свободен достъп и се провежда онлайн. В тези два дни се представят проектите, които разработва Институтът. На 09.06 … Continue reading Ако сте студент и се интересувате от дезинформация, може да кандидатствате за стаж в GATE
Information Literacy Toolkit in Arabic
The last task I was involved in at UCL Qatar was to help in putting together an information literacy toolkit in Arabic for teachers who would like to do more in this domain and look for ideas what topics to cover. Jointly with Hermina Anghelescu (USA), Joanna Burkhardt (USA), Dalal Rahme Demirjan (Lebanon) and Rana … Continue reading Information Literacy Toolkit in Arabic
New webinar series of @EuropeanaTech will explore #AI in the Cultural Heritage and Arts sectors
Answering the growing interest in applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in different sectors, the EuropeanaTech Community is starting soon a new webinar series: "EuropeanaTech x AI". This is a great opportunity to learn more how AI is used across the cultural heritage and arts sectors. The series is designed not only to provide an overview but … Continue reading New webinar series of @EuropeanaTech will explore #AI in the Cultural Heritage and Arts sectors
Registration closing soon – 1st DTCE Conference #DigitalTransformation #GLAM
Register before 13 April 2021! Digital transformation is one of the hot topics across all sectors these days - and the GLAM institutions are no exception! It may look strange how the pandemic contributed to the interest in the strategic discussions what does digital transformation mean and how to coin a working institutional strategy. This … Continue reading Registration closing soon – 1st DTCE Conference #DigitalTransformation #GLAM
Celebrating the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in Qatar
A webinar in Arabic on the Preserving Audiovisual Heritage in the Arab Region: Resources for Archivists, Librarians and Collectors Today (27 October) is the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. In the last year, UCL Qatar had a very fruitful collaboration with the British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership and the Qatar National Library on exploring what … Continue reading Celebrating the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in Qatar
Call for nominations, Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on the Web
As a Treasurer of ACM SIGWeb, I wanted to share this message on the search of an Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Transactions on the Web (ACM TWEB). TWEB is a journal publishing refereed articles reporting the results of research on Web content, applications, use, and related enabling technologies. Additional information about the TWEB and its … Continue reading Call for nominations, Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on the Web
22-24 October for the newest academic and professional developments in museum big data!
Join the 2nd International Conference on Museum Big Data - register free here. The conference main theme this year is MUSEUMS ON LOCKDOWN: UNLEASHING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVITY AND EXPERIMENTATION WITH BIG DATA. It is co-organised by UCL Qatar and The Cyprus Institute and will be held on 22-24 October 2020, Nicosia, Cyprus and online. … Continue reading 22-24 October for the newest academic and professional developments in museum big data!
A new report by Culture24 for Europeana explores the dimensions of digital transformation agenda and GLAMs
"It is not organisations that struggle to change, it is people." (p. 21) The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we live and work. It also put pressure on institutions which we would see as third places, such as all GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) to focus on transitioning from places to platforms. We already have … Continue reading A new report by Culture24 for Europeana explores the dimensions of digital transformation agenda and GLAMs
Check the #MBD2020 keynotes: from knowledge representations to post-CoVid-19 museums
The Second Museum Big Data conference which will take place onsite in Nicosia, Cyprus and online on 22-24 October 2020 is delighted to announce two great keynote speakers and topics. Meanwhile, there is still time to submit your abstract until 24 August 2020. Dr. Claudia Marinica will discuss Data Mining and Knowledge Representation Techniques for … Continue reading Check the #MBD2020 keynotes: from knowledge representations to post-CoVid-19 museums