Title: Beyond Authority

Abstract:  Many of our basic assumptions about how ideas and information ought to be organized spring from limitations on the physical that simply don’t apply in the digital, connected world. As we unlearn the old lessons and invent new principles of organization, the nature and role of authority is itself changing. While we will always need authenticated information, it is assuming a new role in our culture, thus altering the institutions and businesses the provide it. As with any important cultural transformation, the new role may seem dangerous or even silly, but the change is nonetheless both profound and liberating.  In this talk, David Weinberger will argue that the authority of knowledge is becoming social, politicized, fallible, and more truly reflective of human needs and human nature.

1:45pm - 2:30pm: Communication and Information Behavior in the New Information Order

Speaker: Lee Rainie, Founding Director, The Pew Internet and American Life Project [Slides]

Title:  Communication and Information Behavior in the New Information Order

Abstract:  Lee Rainie will discuss the ways that digital technologies have changed people’s relationship to information and their relationship with each other. He will explore the latest findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project and look at the way different people use technology in different ways.

2:30pm - 3:00pm: Break and Networking Opportunity

Sponsored by The J. Paul Getty Trust

3:00pm - 4:30pm: The Emerging Culture of the New Information Order

Through out human history each generation has had its own information needs, resolving those needs within the limitations of the technology available to them. And each significant information technology breakthrough -- the printing presss, the computer and now the Web -- has brought about a cultural change in how people communicate and share information. Come and learn about the new culture that is being shaped across all market sectors via virtual communities, collaborative initiatives, and  the change in user expectations wrought by technological change.

Panel Participants:

• Chris Willis, Vice President, Social Media, Footnote.com [Slides]
  
  Title:   Emerging Culture of the New Information Order: The Awesome Power of Participation and How to Harness It.
  
  Abstract:  How can you start building the tools that will make your content better, smarter and more findable on the Web? Can a balance between accuracy, authority and chaos be found? Chris Willis will detail examples, pitfalls and strategies to help you tap into the “wisdom of the crowds.”

• Bryan Alexander, Director, Research, National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education [Slides]
  
  Title: Academia and/or Web 2.0
  
  Abstract:  American higher education has responded to the rapid rise of Web 2.0 in complex ways, ranging from opposition to quiet adoption.  Some faculty, IT departments, and librarians resist Web 2.0 for professional or institutional reasons, including security, sustainability, and content control.  In contrast other academics offer local instances of these technologies.  Some academics head off-campus to host their content, participating actively in global, social media.  Academic uses have expanded in amount and format, including class content wikis, public intellectual blogging, profcasting and blogging study abroad.  Older pedagogies translate into the new media, while new pedagogies emerge.  Information literacy has become more complex and divided over social media issues.  Meanwhile traditional-age students inhabit a Web 2.0 social world, often quite separate from the classroom and library experience.  We examine these trends, and extrapolate from them into the near future.
  
  
• Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Drexel University  [Slides]
  
  Title:  Open Notebook Science
  
  Abstract: This talk will describe the practice of Open Notebook Science, a form of Open Science where a laboratory’s experiments are made immediately publicly available. The UsefulChem project, involving the synthesis and testing of novel anti-malarial agents, will be highlighted as an example of ONS.  The use of blogs, wikis, mailing lists and other social software will be detailed. The application of cheminformatics tools will be demonstrated to move towards automation of  the scientific process in novel ways.  Openness in research meshes well with openness in teaching.  Real data from the laboratory can be used in assignments to practice concepts learned in class. 

5:00pm - 6:00pm: NFAIS Assembly Meeting (open to all NFAIS members), Grand Ballroom, Concourse Level

6:30pm - 8:00pm: Welcome Reception , Rose Garden and Promenade, Park Hyatt Philadelphia

Sponsored by Mark Logic and by Nerac

A great opportunity to relax, meet old friends and new acquaintances, and identify business contacts to be made over the next few days.

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