Lecture & Presentation Archive
Listen to selected iSchool guest lectures or other special events over the net.
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2007 Spencer Shaw Lecture
Speaker: Walter Dean Meyers
Date: Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Video Stream (Part 1): [Windows Media Stream]
Video Stream (Part 2): [Windows Media Stream]
Video Stream (Part 3): [Windows Media Stream]
Video Stream (Part 4): [Windows Media Stream]
Video Stream (Part 5): [Windows Media Stream]
What is the Internet Doing to Community and Vice Versa
Speaker: Barry Wellman, Professor, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto
Date: Friday, December 8th, 2006
Video Stream (Main Presentation): [Windows Media Stream]
Video Stream (Q&A): [Windows Media Stream]
Does Topic Metadata Help with Web Search?
Date: April 5, 2006
Speaker: David Hawking
Sponsors: The Information School and the ASIS&T UW Student Chapter Date/Time: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Video Stream: [Windows Media Stream]
Helping With Homework and More: A Parent's Guide to Information Skills for Student Success
Speaker: Mike Eisenberg, Ph.D. and former Dean of the Information School
Sponsors: iParent, an organization of Information School students, in collaboration with UW Benefits & Work⁄Life.
Date: April 2006
Slideshow with Audio/Video: [external website] - requires Internet Explorer
Slideshow with Audio only: [external website] - requires Internet Explorer
Audio only: [Windows Media Stream]
The Thomson ISI Annual Samuel Lazerow Memorial Lecture:
Ontology-Based Searching in Unannotated Text Collections
Speaker: Kalervo Jarvelin, Professor, University of Tampere, Finland
Date: March 29, 2006
Video Stream: [Windows Media Stream]
Dean Eisenberg Farewell Reception and Roast
Date: January 27, 2006
Video Stream: [Windows Media Stream]
Dialogue on the impact of communication & information technology in global contexts
Speakers: Ibrahim Al Beayeyz, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia; Philip Howard, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication; and Jochen Scholl, Assistant Professor, The Information School
Sponsors: UW Information School and Department of Communication
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Video Stream: [Windows Media Stream]
The Thomson ISI Annual Samuel Lazerow Memorial Lecture:
Toward Human Computer Information Retrieval
Speaker: Gary Marchionini, Professor, School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina
Date: October 17, 2005
Video Stream: [Windows Media Stream]
Googlebombing - An MSNBC Interview
Speaker: Joe Janes, Associate Professor, Information School
Date: September 20, 2005
Video Stream: [Windows Media Stream]
2004 Curriculum Transformation Project
Speaker: Dr. James Banks
Date/Time: May 7th, 2004
Sponsors: Information School
Video Streams: [For Dial-up Users] [For DSL/Cable Users]
2003 Spencer Shaw Lecture
Speaker: Katherine Paterson
Date/Time: Wednesday Nov 19th 2003, 7pm-9pm
Sponsors: Information School, UW Bookstore and the UW Alumni Association
Video Streams: [For Dial-up Users] [For DSL/Cable Users]
Audio Archive
2007 Spencer Shaw Lecture
Speaker: Walter Dean Meyers
Date: Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Audio: Streaming
Information in Sports Presentation with Mike Eisenberg
Speaker: Mike Eisenberg, Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Information School
Sponsors: UWAA
Date: 4/26/2007
Presentation: [Slides/Audio]
Audio: [MP3 Audio file - 2.9MB]
Understanding Cultural Differences in the Use of Mobile Phones
Speaker: Dr. Sandy Hirsh, User Experience Research Lead for Windows Live Web Communications
Date: May 11th, 2007
Audio: [Windows Media Stream] - requires Internet Explorer
EdgeWrite: A Versatile Design for Text Entry and Control
Speaker: Jake Wobbrock, Ph.D. Candidate in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Date: April 19, 2006
Audio: Streaming
Milestones in the development of children as readers
Speaker: Lynne McKechnie, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario
Date: December 7, 2005
Audio: Streaming
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Digital Libraries for Children
Speaker: Dr. Alison Druin, College of Information Studies and, Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), University of Maryland
Date/Time: April 8, 2005
Audio: Streaming
A Conversation with Clifford Lynch
Speaker: Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information.
Date/Time: February 14, 2005
Audio: Download | Streaming (Real Audio)
Baby Storytime as Information Ground
Speaker: Dr. McKechnie, Associate Professor, Graduate Program of Library and Information Science, Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario in Canada
Sponsored by IBEC
Date/Time: Friday Apr 30th, 2004, 11:00am-12:30pm
Getting the most from the Public Library Association Conference Event
Presented by: Chance Hunt, Youth Services Manager at Seattle Public Library
Date: Feburary 3rd, 2004
Sponsored by: Student Chapter of ALA at UW (SALA)
Student Organization Panel - Speakers talk about different student groups
and opportunities for upcoming elections
Date: January 29th, 2004, 11am-12pm
Hosted by iSchool Student groups : ALISS, ASIS&T, SLA, SALA
Intellectual Freedom Panel
Speakers: Jennifer Shaw, Phillip Goggans, Janet Webster, Andrew Hamilton, John McKay
(more speaker info available here)
Moderated by Jerold Nelson, Assistant Professor Emeritus, UW Information School
Date/Time: Thursday Oct 30th, 2003, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Using Terminological Feedback for Web Search Refinement - a log-based study
Speaker: Peter Anick from Overture (formerly Alta Vista)
Hosted by Efthi Efthimiadis and ASIS&T-UW
Date/Time: Monday Oct 6th, 2003, 4pm-5pm