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Interface Newsletter

2009

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Interface, Fall 2009, School Of Information Sciences Oct 2009

Interface, Fall 2009, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

Interpreting climate change data and predicting what it could mean to life on earth and the environment that sustains it is an example of a major 21st Century challenge that a wide range of disciplines are working to address. Interdisciplinary efforts to tackle such concerns have been limited by a lack of collaborative tools for communicating and sharing information. The project DataONE (ONE being short for Observation Network for Earth) seeks to alleviate this difficulty by creating a mechanism and cyberinfrastructure through which communities of researchers worldwide can share data.


Interface, Spring 2009, School Of Information Sciences Apr 2009

Interface, Spring 2009, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

The Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is experiencing a resurgence this year as its new board of directors infuses the organization with new life, a refined mission and bylaws, and an outreach agenda that sets it on a course for national preeminence. Humanities Tennessee, a grant-making organization funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, already considers the CCYAL a well-established and effective regional advocate for children’s literature and the related intellectual capital, according to acting director Dr. Jinx Watson.