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User Experience Design & Research — Conference Roundup

User Experience Design & Research — Conference Roundup Let’s give a GIANT thank you to everyone who helped us start off January with a productive and inspiring conference on user experience design. The New England library community is wasting no time in 2016! You can look forward to a series of posts providing slides and…

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Chris LaRoche: UX Fundamentals

Chris LaRoche: UX Fundamentals Chris LaRoche of MIT and UXPA Boston took on the important role of introducing #neasistUX attendees to the basics of user experience fundamentals. This info was so valuable that I immediately resolved to attend more UXPA Boston events — meetups, Saturday workshops, and their annual conference in May. Check out Chris’s…

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Anderson & English: Usability of Books in Browsers

Anderson & English: Usability of Books in Browsers Steven Anderson and Eben English of the Boston Public Library were facing a good problem. Thousands of new book objects being ingested into their collection, and they needed a browser-based, platform-agnostic interface to allow users to read content online. So, they found four open source tools and…

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UX & You: User Experience Design & Research

UX & You: User Experience Design & Research The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2016 Winter Event: UX & You: User Experience Design & Research Whether you are providing a service for free or for…

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Collection Development Workshop

Collection Development Workshop Our next meetup will be a collection development workshop led by Michael Leach, head of collection development at Harvard’s Cabot Science Library. Seating is limited for this one, so head over to our Meetup page to reserve your spot!

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May 26 Workshop on Timeline JS

May 26 Workshop on Timeline JS Learn how to create a visually-rich, interactive timeline at NEASIST’s May meetup!  We’re going to walk you through using TimelineJS, an open-source, web-based timeline creation tool developed by the Northwestern University Knight Lab.  It is customizable and flexible with options for various skill levels. When Tuesday, May 26, 2015, from…

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ASIS&T 2015 Travel Awards – Apply by May 29

ASIS&T 2015 Travel Awards – Apply by May 29 Apply by May 29 for a chance to go to the ASIS&T annual conference on us this year!  The topic for 2015 is Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community. About the Awards: Professional and Student The Association for Information Science & Technology,…

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January Meetup on Data Visualization

January Meetup on Data Visualization Did you attend our conference on data visualization on January 15? Whether you were able to join us or not, we hope you’ll stop by Andala Coffee House on January 22 to discuss applications of visualization techniques in academia and industry. This event is open to all.  You don’t need…

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June Meetup on Open Access

June Meetup on Open Access Join us for a presentation by Amanda Page, Project Coordinator for the Harvard Open Access Project at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Amanda will be touching on the Open Access climate right now, the history and success at HarvardOA outside of Harvard and Other Opens. The presentation will…

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