Author: Daisy Dominguez Published: August 5th, 2010
Motivated by James Neal’s tweet and the general e-SALALM vibe at SALALM 55, here by popular demand are some more presentations. This post is being edited as more people send their presentations. Thanks to all who have shared theirs already!
Panel 1: Envisioning and Shaping the Future of Latin American and Area Studies Collections and Research
Author: Melissa Gasparotto Published: July 26th, 2010
As usual, SALALM has me frantically jotting down ideas and resources as they get shared by colleagues on panels. Because there are so many excellent concurrent panels, I wanted to share some of these for those of you who may not have been able to attend yesterday’s first (of many, I hope!) Pecha Kucha.
Daisy Dominguez presented on her experiences with Twitter. If you tweet, use #Salalm55 to tweet about the Conference. She invites you to connect with her at @daisilla
Martha Kelehan mentioned a number of resources to help you create data visualizations: GapMinder Google Motion Charts VUE (concept mapping software)
Daniel Schoorl also mentioned a number of ways to visualize data in his presentation on the Statistical Abstract of Latin America Many Eyes GeoCommons Ushahidi Social Explorer
In Orchid Mazurkiewicz’s presentation on federated searching and Latin American Studies, she reminded us of a resource that many of us learned about at Berlin’s conference: Cibera
And Luis Gonzalez talked about two databases/resource pages that he has been maintaining and expanding over the years: Researching Brazil Researching Mexico
Pecha Kucha has just finished, and I, for one, have three pages of notes to follow up on! Owing to wifi failure, I was seen without my computer surgically attached to my fingers; I even proved that I do still know how to write. However, I still managed to learn a lot from each presentation and hope that we have started a new SALALM tradition.
