[MCN-L] Project Gutenberg

2011-09-11 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, passed away last week. Project Gutenberg is one of the Internet's great resources-the first digital library, with thousands of public domain ebooks, and created entirely by volunteers. Its founder, Michael Hart, passed away this week, after

[MCN-L] FW: cultural analytics

2011-09-11 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Don't know what to think / do about this, but it's just so cool I have to pass it on. Amalyah Keshet http://www.wolframdatasummit.org/2011/attendee/abstracts/#Manovich ... at the Wolfram Data conference (last week), here's an intriguing presentation: How to Compare One Million Images?

[MCN-L] Register for ASIST SIG-CR Workshop: Classification, Collections, and Curation, Oct. 12, New Orleans

2011-09-11 Thread Melanie Feinberg
We invite you to register for the ASIST SIG-CR workshop 2011. We anticipate an exciting and invigorating program; details follow. Sincerely, Joseph T. Tennis and Melanie Feinberg, Co-Chairs 2011 ASIST SIG-CR Workshop: Classification, Collections, and Curation Wednesday, Oct. 12, 8:30 to 5:00