How scientists and other researchers can use Internet technologies to disseminate and share information around the world will be the subject of a School of Information iForum lecture series Tuesday.
William Anderson, a former Xerox researcher, co-founded Praxis101, a consulting practice that deals with user-centered information products.
Mary Rice-Lively, associate dean of the School of Information, said Anderson will explore what the Web 2.0 trend means for the collection and sharing of data. He will examine new ways that information specialists, such as School of Information graduates, can help scientists share and store data.
Rice-Lively cited Web sites like Flickr and del.icio.us as examples of the collaborative principles of Web 2.0. The talk will apply these principles to an academic setting.
"The world of information has grown from something that is contained in a library to something that is all-inclusive," Rice-Lively said.
Rosental Alves, Knight Chair in Journalism in the College of Communication, said Web 2.0 recalls the origins of the creation of the Web - where interconnection is at the center. Everything on the Internet is becoming more community- and network-based, he said.
Rice-Lively said Anderson moved to Austin within the last year and that the talk is an opportunity for him to reconnect with an academic community.
The lecture will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 556 of the George I. Sánchez Building. The event is free and open to the public.
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