Library and Information Science
Indiana University's Katy Börner began offering what is currently the university's only massive open online course this week, and just to underscore how globally connected education has become, this international leader in information visualization kicked off the class from Davos, Switzerland, where Börner is apparently the first person from IU to ever present at the World Economic Forum.
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Indiana University's Katy Börner, the Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science at the School of Library and Information Science and an international leader in information visualization, will offer a free massive open online course on the topic beginning Jan. 22.
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Kuali Foundation has announced the release of Kuali OLE 0.3, a milestone in open-source software development that addresses the functional needs of higher education research libraries for managing information resources. Kuali Open Library Environment is a robust, enterprise-wide, easy-to-use system for selecting, acquiring and describing library information resources that link with enterprise business processes and value-added external resources.
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Indiana University's Data to Insight Center (D2I) will share in an anticipated $8 million in funding from the National Science Foundation to advance the science of sustainability through the integration of social science, natural science and environmental data.
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Indiana University School of Library and Information Science faculty members will receive two of nine general awards to be presented during the 2011 annual meeting of the American Association for Information Science and Technology.
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Indiana University Bloomington School of Library and Information Science doctoral student Scott Weingart's research into what conditions yield the most rapid rates of scientific discovery and innovation will be supported through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
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