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The Impact of New and Emerging Technologies on Business, Work (& Life)

SLA Toronto Chapter
West Programming Subcommittee


Wednesday February 8, 2006

The Impact of New and Emerging Technologies on Business, Work (& Life)

Virtual seminar presented by Paul Gladen, Muzeview

http://www.sla.org/content/learn/learnmore/distance/2006cul/020806cul/index.cfm

The constant stream of new and emerging technologies creates both opportunities and challenges for any organization in determining how best to develop and grow its business.

This seminar provides Information Professionals with an appreciation of the latest developments in information, communication and enterprise technologies and their impact on business, work, and life. This will enable Information professionals to evaluate the changing needs of their users and also to consider the opportunity and potential of using new technologies to enhance the information services that they provide to those users.

The course will primarily focus on introducing a range of information, communications, and enterprise technologies providing a brief overview for each technology. The course will also provide a simple framework for helping participants develop the technology strategy for their information organization

Critical Learning Questions :
What are the key new and emerging technologies that are impacting business, work, and life?
What is the relevance and potential impact of these technologies on my business and roles?
How do I develop a technology strategy for the information organization?

Schedule
1:15 – Registration – informal networking
1:40 – discussion / roundtable / formal networking
2:00 - Seminar


Registration
To register, please submit your registration form electronically via the website http://www.sla.org/toronto/

OR

email Linda Pauloski (Linda_pauloski (at) dofasco (dot) ca) directly

RSVP by February 6, 2006

Cost
Coffee, etc. will be available at the meeting ($2.00) or bring your own.

SLA Toronto Chapter is funding the virtual seminar.

Contact for this meeting
Registration and information:

Linda Pauloski
phone: 905-548-7200 ext. 2794
email: linda_pauloski (at) dofasco (dot) ca

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Chemistry Blog Recommendations

A week or so ago, I asked for recommendations for chemistry blogs people thought worth reading from CHMINF-L. I was surprised by how few I received. Perhaps the holidays and end-of-term pressures kept people from replying. However, here is the summary:


From one person I received:

http://cultureofchemistry.blogspot.com/ - "Chemistry is not a world unto itself. It is woven firmly into the fabric of the rest of the world, and various fields, from literature to archeology, thread their way through the chemist's text."

http://www.pontotriplo.org/quickpicks/ - From my Aggregator: mainly Chemistry but also other branches of Science, Education and Technology



From a second this:

http://significant-figures.blogspot.com
http://www.sciencebase.com/SciObs.html
http://www.sciscoop.com
http://usefulchem.blogspot.com


That is all. Can I assume chemistry is not as prolific in the blogosphere as librarianship? If anyone knows of other recommended chemistry (organic and polymer in particular), send them along.

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