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Defrag is the first conference focused solely on the internet-based tools that transform loads of information into layers of knowledge, and accelerate the “aha” moment. Defrag is about the space that lives in between knowledge management, “social” networking, collaboration and business intelligence. Defrag is not a version number. Rather it’s a gathering place for the growing community of implementers, users, builders and thinkers that are working on the next wave of software innovation. You MUST REGISTER at www.defragcon.com to attend! Use the code Norlin12 for $100 off the current price

BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Read all about BarCamp San Diego at http://barcamp.org/BarCampSanDiego BarCamp San Diego is also listed at Eventful http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-003684357-3 and Upcoming http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/173119/

Downloaded anything good lately? We're taking filesharing outside. Bring as many mix CDs as you like, get as many as your heart desires. Free Culture is not responsible for any spontaneous dance parties that may occur as a result of hot beats exchanged during this event. (Or maybe we are.)

First Life details: Who: Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins, Ph.D. Candidate, Ball State University When: March 26, 2007, 11AM-12PM Where: Room 205, UNC Undergrad Library Second Life details: Who: Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins, Ph.D. Candidate, Ball State University When: March 26, 2007, 11AM-12PM EDT. (8AM-9AM PDT) Where: Cybrary City Amphitheater (129,148,24) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/129/148/24 Sarah "intellagirl" Robbins is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at Ball State University. Her research includes studies of pedagogy in virtual environments (specifically Second Life) and visual and digital rhetoric. She has published findings from her Second Life research in the Elearning Guild 360 Report on Immersive Learning and in an anthology on writing and games to be published later this fall. Her Second Life class has been featured in The New York Times, USAToday and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Confirmed Speakers * Bruce Schneier, internationally renowned security technologist and author of Beyond Fear, Secrets and Lies, and Applied Cryptography. * Robert Ellis Smith, Publisher of The Privacy Journal * Melissa Ngo, Staff Counsel and Director of EPIC’s Identification and Surveillance Project * Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, the CATO Institute * Katherine Bryant, Vice President for Consumer Advocacy for Privacy at Choicepoint * Sen. Janet Cowell, State Senator, State of North Carolina * P. T. Wright, Acting Deputy Director, Department of Homeland Security Sponsors: Privacy and Technology Committee of the N.C. ACLU; Department of Computer Science, UNC-Chapel Hill; ibiblio.org, UNC-Chapel Hill; Electronic Privacy Information Center (epic.org); Information Science and Information Studies, Duke University; The School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill Free registration here: http://www.seclibforum.org/registration.htm More info: http://www.seclibforum.org/ Above with links: http://ibiblio.org/pjones/wordpress/?p=1969

Paul Jones, founder of sunsite.unc.edu and director of ibiblio.org, will present "Participatory Digital Libraries - Past and Futures; the ibiblio trends," in which he will talk about experiences and futures of Contribtor-run Digital Libraries and repositories, focusing on the ibiblio experience. This will be an update of his paper http://ibiblio.org/pjones/presskit/ACM-p45-jones.pdf Open (source)ing the doors for contributor-run digital libraries." Communications of the ACM. Volume 44 , Issue 5 (May 2001). Also you can hit his wiki and participate in the talk in advance. http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/ISIS_TechTuesdays_Talk_for_January_23 If you prefer the Japanese language version of the ACM paper, http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/presskit/p45-jones.jp.pdf

We're planning activities for the rest of the semester (flash mobs ftw), looking for leaders for next year, and listening to excellent Creative Commons-licensed music. Please try and make it out, especially if you'd be interested in leading our chapter into THE FUTURE.

Who: Bob Sutor, IBM Vice President for Open Source and Open Standards http://www.sutor.com/newsite/cv.php When: 3 pm Wednesday, March 14 Where: 116 Murphey Hall UNC-Chapel Hill http://www.unc.edu/tour/LEVEL_2/polk.htm What: a public talk by and conversation with Bob about IBM and Open Source and Open Standards More: Bob is involved in the Open Document Format standard, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument Eclipse, http://www.eclipse.org/ WebSphere, http://www-306.ibm.com/software/websphere/ Second Life, The IBM Open Patents Pledge and more. http://ibiblio.org/pjones/wordpress/?p=210 See his very active personal blog. http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/ Sponsors: ibiblio.org, School of Information and Library Science, IBM Centers for Advanced Studies

We'll be discussing plans for the rest of the semester and next year, some of which are nefarious and all of which are excellent. There will be neat schwag from the EFF and Creative Commons, and you will get to see me totally freak out about how Cory Doctorow is coming to our campus. A good time will be had by all!