Faculty of Information Quarterly

The Faculty of Information Quarterly is a new journal produced by the students at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information Studies.

The primary mission of F/IQ is “to create an intellectual space for the Information community to analyse and critically assess the divergent topics that comprise our field of study and practice. To define and direct the iSchool Movement through scholarly and professional communications, as a means to fostering collective identity among students, faculty and practitioners of the field.”

F/IQ is published four times a year, October, January, April and July, and supports an open access policy.

The First Student Issue covers a variety of engaging issues including: graphic novels, net neutrality and information policy, and a look at semiotics and folksonomies.

Looking forward to Superconferencing

I’m looking forward to the OLA Super Conference.  This year’s theme is, “you live, you learn”. This will be my fifth conference, and I’m sure it won’t disappoint. I always walk away inspired (and sometimes envious!) by all the amazing things happening in other libraries.

Whether this is your first or hundredth conference, be sure to check out Stephen Abram’s timeless Conference Tips list. You can also connect with other attendees and bloggers via the conference blog.

Where will I be during the conference?  Check out my preliminary schedule.

See you there!

MaintainIT Project free webinars

I get really excited over free webinars, especially those from the MaintainIT Project.  Two seminars worth signing up for in November:

• Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools and Libraries
  11/3/2008 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Register: http://tinyurl.com/64b2qs
• Discussing Technology with Library Shareholders
  11/6/2008 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Register: http://tinyurl.com/5vgmr8

Picked up from the Blogging Section of SLA-IT.