For anyone within range of University of Maryland, College Park, who wants to warm up for our MCN 2009 session in Portland, "More for Less:the e-Book Revolution and Mobile Evolution".:
--------------------------- A MITH Digital Dialogue Tuesday, November 3, 12:30-1:45 MITH Conference Room, Mckeldin Library B0135 ?The Great Ebook Throwdown? with Ben Bederson, Nick Chen, and Matt Kirschenbaum Ebooks are suddenly everywhere again. Kindle, Nook, iPhone, Android . . . after 2000 years, the codex is getting an upgrade. But what kind of electronic books and electronic reading devices do we really want? This roundtable discussion led by Ben Bederson, Nick Chen, and Matt Kirschenbaum will feature as many electronic reading and electronic book devices as we can lay our hands on, including some prototypes being developed here at the University of Maryland. We'll hold them up, pass them around, turn them on, talk some trash, and, in the process, maybe gain just a little bit of insight into what we all want from our electronic book readers. Attendees are encouraged to bring along electronic?book and reading devices of their own. Benjamin B. Bederson is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and the previous director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and iSchool at the University of Maryland. His research is on mobile device interfaces, information visualization, interaction strategies, digital libraries, and accessibility issues such as voting system usability. ? He is also co-founder and Chief Scientist of Zumobi, a startup offering a mobile content platform based on that research. Nicholas Chen is a doctoral candidate in the department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland and is affiliated with the Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at UMD. He is advised by Professor Francois Guimbretiere in the Cornell University Information Science Department. His research is on electronic reading devices, pen-based user interfaces, and interactions for supporting simultaneous use of multiple devices. Previously, he performed the first-ever evaluation of a dual-display electronic reading device. Matthew G. Kirschenbaum is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland, Associate Director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), and Director of Digital Cultures and Creativity, a new ?living/learning? program in the Honors College. -- Matthew Kirschenbaum Associate Professor of English Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) Director, Digital Cultures and Creativity (DCC, a new Living/Learning Program in the Honors College) University of Maryland 301-405-8505 or 301-314-7111 (fax) http://mkirschenbaum.net
