Thursday, June 14, 2007

Just in case anyone is interested...

I just received this through the SJSU SLIS listserv. I thought I'd post it here in case anyone is interested in attending:

Date:  Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Time: 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Event: Lecture/Discussion - "The Power of Web 2.0, Collective
Intelligence,
and Online Communities"

Description: What is Web 2.0? What implications do innovative ideas
like
collective intelligence, crowdsourcing and online communities hold for
the
Internet and beyond? Professor David Silver from the Media Studies
Department at the University of San Francisco will explore this
pervasive
phenomenon that has flooded the virtual information landscape in recent
years through social networking resources such as Wikipedia, YouTube,
Facebook and Flickr.

Place: San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
Main
Branch, Latino/Hispanic Community Room
San Francisco, CA 94102

Events Phone Number: (415) 557-4277

Contact: Jerry Dear - jdear@sfpl.org, 415-437-4844


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