Descriptor Spring 2015

Descriptor News / Descriptor Spring 2015

Letter from the Editor, Spring 2015

Welcome to the Spring issue of ALASC’s newsletter, the iSchool Descriptor! This issue is another mix of student and faculty voices. You will read a book review about the advantages of online collaboration among scientists, including information scientists. You will learn from a research paper covering LGBTQ youth online information communities. You will consider a different perspective on marketing one’s…

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May 2, 2015
Descriptor News / Descriptor Spring 2015

A Book Review on Michael Nielsen’s Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science

A Book Review on Michael Nielsen's Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science by Anne Campagnet-Reed   As an MLIS candidate, I have been doing a lot of reading about the new community of Internet-based collaboration and the role of social media in enhancing and accelerating knowledge acquisition. One book I am enjoying right now is Reinventing Discovery by…

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May 2, 2015
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