An open reading list for Open Data Day
March 4, 2022
Scholarship on information science, open knowledge, data science, and more.
Category: Information Science
Author Talk: The Perils and Pitfalls of Smart Technology
August 27, 2020
MIT Press Live! presents an author talk with Jathan Sadowski & Meredith Broussard.
Author Talk: Coding Democracy, by Maureen Webb
June 16, 2020
MIT Press Live! presents an author talk with Maureen Webb, author of Coding Democracy.
Five Minutes with Hamid Ekbia and Bonnie Nardi
August 7, 2017
The computerization of the economy—and everyday life—has transformed the division of labor between humans and machines, shifting many people into work that is hidden, poorly compensated, or accepted as part of being a “user” of digital technology. In Heteromation, And Other Stories Of Computing And Capitalism, Hamid Ekbia and Bonnie Nardi explore this phenomenon and its implications.
Five Minutes with David Sarokin and Jay Schulkin
October 12, 2016
Information is power. It drives commerce, protects nations, and forms the backbone of systems that range from health care to high finance. In Missed Information, David Sarokin and Jay Schulkin argue that better information and better access to it improves the quality of our decisions and makes for a more vibrant participatory society. The authors discuss their new book in this post.
National Library Week
April 15, 2016
We are celebrating National Library Week with reflections from R. David Lankes. He is the author of The Atlas of New Librarianship. His forthcoming book, The New Librarianship Field Guide, is a treatisie on how librarians can be essential positive change agents in their communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference.