In the afternoon the first session I attended was “How is the writing of history changing?” The session began with a Ted Talk by Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel on Google’s n-gram viewer and what we can learn from 5 million books (500 billion words), a topic I’ve also played with here in the…
Tag: collaboration
THATCamp Switzerland (3)
In the first bootcamp session after lunch I attended a session led by Stefan Keller (University of Zurich) called “Knowledge Organization and Representation,” which was focused on various information management tools such as Zotero, Mendeley, and LitLink (new version launched officially today). Note to self: More than one person has told me I ought to…
THATCamp Switzerland
Today and tomorrow I’m at THATCamp Switzerland, fulfilling a promise I made a year ago in Basel when one of the chief organizers, Enrico Natale of the University of Lausanne asked me, “If we can realize a THATCamp Switzerland, will you come?” I said yes, and so here I am. As of this morning, 106…
When Students Assess Scholars
What happens when students assess the work of scholars in a public, i.e. online, forum? To what degree to student assessments have an impact on professional reputations, on promotion decisions, or on resource allocations? I’ve been mulling this question over for the past week because about a week ago I received a somewhat testy email…