Dr. Cal Lee, Assistant Professor in SILS, presents a lecture on digital curation, the risks of not planning for preservation, digital archaeology, data exercise, emulation versus transformation, the ...

Bringing Digital Libraries into View on an Individual's Information Horizon

A panel of speakers discuss the popularity and value of blogs. New technologies for continual blogging and archival are discussed. Social software in general is examined. The social repercussions of ...

A Panel of speakers with library related backgrounds discuss the future of the Library and Information Science professions. Each speaker discuses library/Information science skills and how they apply ...

Jose-Marie Griffiths, Dean of UNC SILS, discusses her studies on the measurement and value of library and information services in public libraries. Methods used in her studies to measure variables ...

Dr. Diane Kelly, Assistant Professor in SILS discusses her research in information retrieval. Empirical studies of relevance feedback and inforamtion seeking are described. Teaching of research ...

A kinescope of the John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon presidential debate.

Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the 'Futurama' exhibit in GM's 'Highways and Horizons' pavilion at the World's Fair, ...