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Mar 14, 2013

Berkman Buzz: March 14, 2013

Using Twitter to fight the spread of errors, events vs. facts, the perils of "pre-dating," and more...in this week's Buzz.

Mar 8, 2013

Berkman Buzz: March 8, 2013

Yoruba buzz on Twitter, political censorship by Facebook, cloud computing and the Chromebook pixel, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Mar 1, 2013

Berkman Buzz: March 1, 2013

New open access mandate from the White House, "factivism," how Facebook is changing the college experience, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Feb 22, 2013

Berkman Buzz: February 22, 2013

Mentoring aspiring web developers, sexism in tech, iPads in the classroom, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Feb 15, 2013

Berkman Buzz: February 15, 2013

New open access bill in Congress, the state of American civics, the Chinese president's mystery fan blogger, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Feb 7, 2013

Berkman Buzz: February 7, 2013

Herdict contributes to Twitter transparency report; "humane microtargeting" online; Iran's mysterious space monkey; and more...in this week's Buzz.

Jan 31, 2013

Berkman Buzz: January 31, 2013

Gendergap statistics, open access, a look at Herdict's 2012 Vietnam data, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Jan 24, 2013

Berkman Buzz: January 24, 2013

The globalization of sumo, Copyright for Librarians, changing campus culture, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Jan 17, 2013

Berkman Buzz: January 17, 2013

Remembering Aaron Swartz, the new Network of Centers, a year of social change in Francophone countries, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Jan 10, 2013

Berkman Buzz: January 10, 2013

Herdict's year in numbers, Otey vs. CrowdFlower, hate speech in the French Twittersphere, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Jan 3, 2013

Berkman Buzz: January 3, 2013

Freedom in software, the future of libraries, the ITU's new DPI technical standard, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Dec 20, 2012

Berkman Buzz: December 20, 2012

DPLA launches joint digital exhibition with Europeana; Terry Fisher to teach new edX course on copyright; exploring ontology through library metadata, and more...in this week's…

Dec 13, 2012

Berkman Buzz: December 13, 2012

Teaching the village with educational tech, taking a 7-year reporting trip around the world, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Dec 6, 2012

Berkman Buzz: December 6, 2012

PRX launches Matter Ventures, why you should and shouldn't worry about the WCIT, the effect of kittens on profanity in online forums, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Nov 16, 2012

Berkman Buzz: November 16, 2012

Russia's new censorship bill, massive open online courses as networks, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Nov 9, 2012

Berkman Buzz: November 9, 2012

Our relationship with political polls, drone humanitarianism, the joy of writing code, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Nov 2, 2012

Berkman Buzz: November 2, 2012

Election guides from the CMLP and Islawmix, pushing the ebook publishing paradigm, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Oct 26, 2012

Berkman Buzz: October 26, 2012

A deeper dive into gender performance and healing in MMORPGs, Radiolab's "Yellow Rain" controversy, juror use of the Internet, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Oct 18, 2012

Berkman Buzz: October 18, 2012

Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, a new guide to university open-access policies, gender performance and healing in MMORPGs, and more...in this week's Buzz.

Oct 12, 2012

Berkman Buzz: October 12, 2012

Hosting a virtual book club, cyberbullying and the right to be forgotten, and more...in this week's Buzz.