Jonathan Grudin, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, delivered a lecture on his research into enterprise uses of emerging technology on Wednesday, October 1, as part of the iSchool’s Distinguished lecture series, co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley School of Information, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), and the UC Services [...]
Francesco Antinucci gave a special lecture entitled, “Communicating Cultural Heritage: The Role of New Media” at the School of Information Wednesday, September 24. You can find the audio here.
Abstract
Large museums try to make extensive use of new media to communicate with their public, but with only limited success. Apart from providing practical information [...]
NYU’s Helen Nissenbaum gave a lecture entitled, “Privacy in Context” at the School of Information yesterday as the last Distinguished Lecture of the semester. You can find audio of her talk here and photos here.
Abstract
Contemporary practices of gathering, analyzing, and disseminating personal information have placed impossible demands on the concept of privacy. The weight [...]
Today, the UC Berkeley School of Information hosted, as part of its distinguished lecture series, a debate between Andrew Keen and Paul Duguid, moderated by Geoff Nunberg (the event was co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media, Mass Communications at UC Berkeley, and the UC Berkeley Library).
The turnout was spectacular and the debate lively. [...]
Julie Cohen came and gave a talk at the UC Berkeley School of Information on February 15, 2008. Audio of her lecture is available here:
MP3 link
Julie E. Cohen is a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law
Center.
She teaches and writes about intellectual property law and privacy law, with
particular focus on copyright and on the [...]