This Wednesday, April 14, is Northeastern’s sixth annual Teaching with Technology mini-conference from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. beginning in the Curry Center Ballroom. The keynote speaker will be Don Marinelli, Professor of Drama and Arts Management at Carnegie Mellon. Dr. Marinelli is Executive Producer of the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center, a joint initiative between the College of Fine Arts (CFA) and the School of Computer Science.
Teaching with Technology Day is sponsored by Northeastern’s EdTech Center, Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Information Services, and University Libraries.
For questions, contact Alicia Russell at 617-373-3157, or by email at a.russell@neu.edu.
Residents of eastern Massachusetts may be eligible to extend the deadline to file to May 11 . The extension is intended to ease the burden on those among us who are still coping with the effects of flooding. (Read more here.)
In addition to its academic departments, Northeastern University hosts multiple interdisciplinary research centers and institutes. These centers are the source of a great deal of original research. Many of them have chosen to place their publications and presentations in IRis, the Libraries’ digital archive that collects, manages, preserves, and shares the intellectual output and historical record of Northeastern University.
One such center is Sport in Society, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. This center conducts research and offers programming and outreach with a mission of using the power and appeal of sport to foster diversity, prevent violence, and improve the health of local and global communities.
Browse in IRis and you can find out about the fascinating array of subjects being studied by Sport in Society and many of Northeastern’s other research centers.
Distinguished librarians Amira Aaron and Patrick M. Yott are joining Northeastern University Libraries in April 2010. These hires are part of the Library’s ambitious vision to advance scholarly communications and expand the University’s digital initiatives, building on its institutional repository and digitization of special collections.
Amira Aaron will begin April 1st as the Library’s Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources. In this role she will oversee and direct the development of the Library’s collections and information resources including digital initiatives and technical services. She will also be a member of the senior administrative group, which develops and implements the mission, goals, budget, and broad policy directions of the library. Amira will bring to Northeastern over thirty years of experience in information resources, systems, and technical services. Most recently she was the Director of Information Resources at Brandeis University and prior to that she was Manager for Digital Content & Access Services at Harvard University. Amira holds a Master’s degree in library science from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor’s degree from Boston University.
Patrick M. Yott will join Northeastern on April 15 as Digital Library Manager. In this role he will build the institution’s digital library program, providing vision and leadership in the creation and delivery of digital content. Patrick developed and led Brown University Library’s Center for Digital Initiatives and directed its Digital Technologies division. Prior to his time at Brown, he was Director of Digital Services Integration at the University of Virginia. Patrick holds Master’s degrees in both library science and education from Rutgers University and a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of New Hampshire.
Both Amira and Patrick have extensive experience presenting, publishing, and advancing the library profession at the national level.
