The Western New Year is a scant six weeks old, Chinese New Year has only just started, and already the University community has been treated to two Information Futures Forum lectures by international guest speakers.
Missed the forums? No worries — you can ‘attend’ online instead. Videos of both the forums are now available on the Information Futures Commission’s main web site.
We started the forum series with Richard Katz, Vice-President of EDUCAUSE. Richard explored the disruptive effects of information and communication technologies on higher education — from how we communicate routinely with colleagues to questioning the fundamental notion of ‘the university.’
The second Information Futures Forum was presented by Professor Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa. Michael is a leading advocate of providing open access to scholarly information, and an expert on copyright law. I could not attend Michael Geist’s lecture, Unlocking Access – the case for Open Access publishing, so I’m looking forward to hearing what he had to say.
Huge thanks to Jon Peacocke, Ian Shiel, Ben Loveridge and the rest of the Digital Media Services team for their fabulous video recording and production work.