Richard Akerman
About: Technology planner at CISTI, Canada's National Science Library and Publisher.
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Unfortunately I won't be able to make DLF Spring 2008. Here are my notes from DLF Fall 2007
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CISTI jobs: Collection Librarian
--Collection Librarian Ottawa - Ontario LS-3 These are two (2) continuing positions. Your Challenge The Collection Librarian negotiates license agree...
next generation open library system
--I'm so used to bookmarking stuff into my FriendFeed these days I have to remind myself my blog is also a communications vehicle... I'd be remiss in...
citizen science: camera in space
--Some amazing images from a $1000 consumer camera sent 30+ km up into space on a sounding balloon as part of a Oklahoma State University project. (C...
Libraries in E-Science - Christine Borgman
--A digital video of Christine L. Borgman's "Role of Libraries in E-Science" presentation at EAHIL 2008 is available. Her presentation slides are als...
implementing SOA at CISTI
--My colleague Stephen Anthony has posted his author version of his peer-reviewed article for The Serials Librarian, "Implementing Service Oriented A...
Facebook Blog Networks
--It's your blog, except in a closed social network, except the blog page itself is public, so you might as well claim the public page, which I am do...
Knol - Google losing view of web?
--I think Google has climbed up so high on their knoll that they have lost perspective on what makes the web work. Let's see what they have to say ab...
the reality miners
--Much in the news these days about using sensors in various ways to track and connect people. Northeastern did a study on the movements of cellphone...
Knol - thinking about authority
--A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic. http://knol.google.com/ So by its own assertion, right at the top of the Knol page, Knol...
probably the 1000th Knol post you've seen today
--Because, as they say, self-plagiarism is style[1], I will quote myself As for Knols, anyone who thinks Google's initiative is about anything other ...
official press release about NRC repository
--CISTI has released its official PR on the upcoming repository. NRC Publications Archive: Extending the reach and increasing the impact of NRC resea...
NSERC Michael Smith Awards for Science Promotion
--The Michael Smith Awards for Science Promotion focus on people and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general publ...
the public library is for: the public
--This could very easily descend into an anti-business or urban planning rant, so let's go pointform: the city is for its citizens the public library...
NISO Next Gen Discovery presentations up
--A question in my FriendFeed prompted me to check if the presentations are up for NISO Discovery Forum 2008 and they are (well, most of them). http:...
STM publishers imprisoned in their own walled gardens?
--The latest Outsell Insight (about OA issues but itself, very much for-pay), by Daniel Pollock, has some rather controversial things to say about sc...
Mandatory IR deposit as of 2009 for National Research Council Canada
--From an internal email (with permission) [The NRC Senior Executive Committee] SEC has established a policy making it mandatory, starting in January...
South Park on Internet monetization
--I forgot to include this with my recent monetization post while the Internet is new and exciting for creative people, it hasn’t matured as a distri...
South Park on Internet monetization
--I forgot to include this with my recent monetization post while the Internet is new and exciting for creative people, it hasn’t matured as a distri...
South Park on Internet monetization
--I forgot to include this with my recent monetization post while the Internet is new and exciting for creative people, it hasn???t matured as a dist...
Access 2008 preliminary programme up
--http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/program/ open source, mashups, browser extensions, next gen catalogues/opacs and such via Library Boy
Access 2008 preliminary programme up
--http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/program/ open source, mashups, browser extensions, next gen catalogues/opacs and such via Library Boy
Access 2008 preliminary programme up
--http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/program/ open source, mashups, browser extensions, next gen catalogues/opacs and such via Library Boy
the difficulty of monetizing Web 2.0 eyeballs
--I've written in the past that you can monetize attention Attention is transformed primarily into money through ads and other affiliate linking arra...
the difficulty of monetizing Web 2.0 eyeballs
--I've written in the past that you can monetize attention Attention is transformed primarily into money through ads and other affiliate linking...
the difficulty of monetizing Web 2.0 eyeballs
--I've written in the past that you can monetize attention Attention is transformed primarily into money through ads and other affiliate linking...
Mashed Libraries UK 2008
--Owen Stephens, inspired by Mashed Museum, is proposing Mashed Libraries UK 2008. the idea is to have a reasonably informal event at which we try to...
Mashed Libraries UK 2008
--Owen Stephens, inspired by Mashed Museum, is proposing Mashed Libraries UK 2008. the idea is to have a reasonably informal event at which we try to...
Mashed Libraries UK 2008
--Owen Stephens, inspired by Mashed Museum, is proposing Mashed Libraries UK 2008. the idea is to have a reasonably informal event at which we try to...
science conference in World of Warcraft
--John Bohannon has quite a lengthy article on the logistics of organizing the first science conference in World of Warcraft. Slaying Monsters for Sc...
science conference in World of Warcraft
--John Bohannon has quite a lengthy article on the logistics of organizing the first science conference in World of Warcraft. Slaying Monsters for Sc...
science conference in World of Warcraft
--John Bohannon has quite a lengthy article on the logistics of organizing the first science conference in World of Warcraft. Slaying Monsters for Sc...
in which net searching gets doubly disrupted
--Internet searching is by no means a stable space. Remember simple old Google? Type in keyword, get a link? Well now it's type in keyword, get ...
in which net searching gets doubly disrupted
--Internet searching is by no means a stable space. Remember simple old Google? Type in keyword, get a link? Well now it's type in keyword, get sugge...
in which net searching gets doubly disrupted
--Internet searching is by no means a stable space. Remember simple old Google? Type in keyword, get a link? Well now it's type in keyword, get ...
focus, attention, searching divides: where are you looking?
--I wonder if, by analogy to the digital divide, we also have a whole set of other divides, related to focus, attention and searching. That is, altho...
focus, attention, searching divides: where are you looking?
--I wonder if, by analogy to the digital divide, we also have a whole set of other divides, related to focus, attention and searching. That is, altho...
focus, attention, searching divides: where are you looking?
--I wonder if, by analogy to the digital divide, we also have a whole set of other divides, related to focus, attention and searching. That is, altho...
FriendFeed
--As I've mentioned before when discussing lifestreaming, FriendFeed is a way to aggregate all the various pieces of your life together in one p...
FriendFeed
--As I've mentioned before when discussing lifestreaming, FriendFeed is a way to aggregate all the various pieces of your life together in one p...
Nature Network gives you a hub
--Nature Network now provides the ability for people to specify their city, and they say that "If enough people from your area join, specify the...
Nature Network gives you a hub
--Nature Network now provides the ability for people to specify their city, and they say that "If enough people from your area join, specify the...
Upload a video about the Internet for OECD meeting on future of Internet Economy
--Angel Gurría, the OECD Secretary General, invites Internet users to upload a short video on a dedicated YouTube video channel answering the followi...
Upload a video about the Internet for OECD meeting on future of Internet Economy
--Angel Gurr??a, the OECD Secretary General, invites Internet users to upload a short video on a dedicated YouTube video channel answering the follow...
tracking your carbon
--Data helps decisions. Humans are visual. There are a couple services that will help you visualise your carbon emissions: TheCarbonAccount aims to s...
tracking your carbon
--Data helps decisions. Humans are visual. There are a couple services that will help you visualise your carbon emissions: TheCarbonAccount aims to s...
Canadian microsat to look for near-earth asteroids
--Canada is preparing to launch the first space mission ever to search for asteroids between Earth and the sun -- the type of asteroid most likely to...
Canadian microsat to look for near-earth asteroids
--Canada is preparing to launch the first space mission ever to search for asteroids between Earth and the sun -- the type of asteroid most likely to...
tagcloud on your cellphone
--All About Symbian showing the new tag cloud in the Photos app on the Nokia N96.
tagcloud on your cellphone
--All About Symbian showing the new tag cloud in the Photos app on the Nokia N96.
2008 Canadian BioTalent
--Teenage scientists are gathering this week at the Canada Science and Technology Museum for the Eastern Ontario regional competition in biotechnolog...
2008 Canadian BioTalent
--Teenage scientists are gathering this week at the Canada Science and Technology Museum for the Eastern Ontario regional competition in biotechnolog...
the de-zoned BL struggles with its popularity
--Would that we all had such problems with our reading rooms. in 1998 the library moved to a modern red-brick building on Euston Road, and four years...
the de-zoned BL struggles with its popularity
--Would that we all had such problems with our reading rooms. in 1998 the library moved to a modern red-brick building on Euston Road, and four years...
One Big Library Unconference - Toronto - June 27 2008
--John Dupuis announces the One Big Library Unconference http://onebiglibrary.yorku.ca/ E-mail: onebig@yorku.ca When: Friday 27 June 2008, 9:00 am to...
One Big Library Unconference - Toronto - June 27 2008
--John Dupuis announces the One Big Library Unconference http://onebiglibrary.yorku.ca/ E-mail: onebig@yorku.ca When: Friday 27 June 2008, 9:00 am to...
the end of cognitive zoning
--Lots of buzz around Shirky's cognitive surplus post. To me the idea is very similar to my assertion that peer production happens mostly in the...
the end of cognitive zoning
--Lots of buzz around Shirky's cognitive surplus post. To me the idea is very similar to my assertion that peer production happens mostly in the...
availability, discovery, and delivery - redux
--Availability does not equal accessibility: researchers??? top concern about scholarly communication is that they cannot access all the content they...
availability, discovery, and delivery - redux
--Availability does not equal accessibility: researchers’ top concern about scholarly communication is that they cannot access all the content they w...
Facebook Mini-Feed wants to be your Life-Feed
--Facebook launched some "lifestream" integration features on April 15, 2008 The option to import stories from other sites can be found via...
Facebook Mini-Feed wants to be your Life-Feed
--Facebook launched some "lifestream" integration features on April 15, 2008 The option to import stories from other sites can be found via...
Yahoo - the SearchMonkey cometh
--Well, as long as it isn't a flying monkey, ok. Enter the Yahoo Open Strategy (YOS). ... There???s a massive, latent social network within Yaho...
Yahoo - the SearchMonkey cometh
--Well, as long as it isn't a flying monkey, ok. Enter the Yahoo Open Strategy (YOS). ... There’s a massive, latent social network within Yahoo,...
Globe on Lifestreaming
--Today's Globe and Mail has a good article on lifestreaming, the article is a reasonable combination of skepticism and information. For every b...
Free Public WiFi - the wirus SSID that went round the world
--So you're out and about, time to upload some photos, check for a hotspot Hooray, Free Public WiFi. Everywhere you go - airports, coffee shops,...
CBC Spark Wiki + library tech
--CBC's radio show Spark has a wiki. we're really pleased to announce the Spark Wiki. We hope it will complement this blog and the radio sh...
Second Nature: Science and Science Fiction
--Title: How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction Drives Science Speakers: Prof Mark Brake and Rev. Neil Hook, Glamorgan University Date: Mon 28th Apri...
the social shotgun: blasting your updates everywhere
--In the library world we would probably call this something like "federated updating". With the proliferation of different targets, partic...
Celebridée – Ottawa - May 2 to 19, 2008 - Chris Anderson, Salman Rushdie, Kunstler...
--As part of the tulip festival, a collection of thinkers and music and stuff. In 2008, Celebridée will come into full bloom in the Tulip Festival Mi...
Vlickr - Flickr adds video
--The rumours are true and “soon” is now. We’re thrilled to introduce video on Flickr. If you’re a pro member, you can now share videos up to 90 glor...
Unlimited Librarians
--Unlimited is a relatively new (4th issue) Canadian business magazine, if you scroll down to the second story in their Now See Hear section you&apos...
OR08 - the presentation layer is destroying our data
--I have lots of raw notes, but I'll wait to see whether the presentations show up at the Open Repositories 2008 conference repository (for some...
NISO intros new site. Old links: kablooie.
--You remember that NISO event I attended all of um, 4 days ago? http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/discovery08/ Kablooie. Gone with no redire...
meta: test of ShareThis
--Just a test to see what's going on with the ShareThis widget. http://sharethis.com/typepad Hmm... it takes quite a while, it finally pulls in ...
EA/SOA are about business process, not technology
--I would claim that, by the time I left, the technical team within which I worked had a better overview of the business processes of the university ...
Microsoft Summit on Repository Interop - notes
--April 1, 2008 - I had read the posting by Savas (probably via Lorcan), so it was great to have an opportunity to hear about Microsoft's thinki...
microformats links
--I had a question at the NISO event about how to track developments in microformats, so this set of links is perhaps timely: Microformats University...
The Two Laws of Robotic Librarians
--In my NISO presentation I proposed a couple new library laws. For some background, here's some info from Wikipedia Ranganathan's Five Law...
where in the world are users generating?
--In my NISO presentation I made a rather imperfect metaphorical point, which is that there is too much darkness (in the sense of "too little ac...
OCLC stuff - NISO Discovery Forum
--Very raw notes. Basically OCLC continues to build out services based on their data holdings, are adding services where organisations can provide ad...
Building SkyNet for Science - presentation for NISO Discovery Tools Forum
--My presentation is available at http://www.slideshare.net/scilib/building-skynet-for-science-discovering-new-frontiers-using-embedded-knowledge/ A ...
Economist on social networking walled gardens
--The Economist has a piece on social networking, the main points are that technology tends to move back and forth between closed and open periods, a...
TeacherTube studycast: Rock meets Lichen
--One of my friends is a middle school teacher who tries to find ways to usefully integrate technology with his teaching. This is an animation his st...
Trouble with Medical Journals?
--Peter Mansbridge, a Canadian newsanchor, interviews Richard Smith, former BMJ editor, author of The Trouble with Medical Journals. 30 minute Window...
Facebook adds cliques: yay!
--I've been wanting for a long time to be able to share information in Facebook in a very granular way. They have finally enabled it, but the se...
Open Repositories 2008
--Through an unexpected series of events I find myself going to Open Repositories 2008 http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ The lineup looks great including ...
NLA announces Library Labs
--The [National Library of Australia] has recently opened this "Library Labs" wiki space: https://wiki.nla.gov.au/display/LABS/Home The aim...
Google Book Search API
--The Google Book Search Book Viewability API enables developers to: Link to Books in Google Book Search using ISBNs, LCCNs, and OCLC numbers Know wh...
Google Book Search API
--The Google Book Search Book Viewability API enables developers to: Link to Books in Google Book Search using ISBNs, LCCNs, and OCLC numbers Know wh...
Semantically-enriched search results coming from Yahoo
--In an upcoming talk I will be continuing a theme I started at Allen Press, calling for more semantic enrichment of scientific information online (I...
9th International Bielefeld Conference
--Happened to be checking the conference website and I see that, although it's one year off from its previous 2-year cycle, the International Bi...
9th International Bielefeld Conference
--Happened to be checking the conference website and I see that, although it's one year off from its previous 2-year cycle, the International Bi...
context and location awareness
--A lot of buzz about the next generation of technology providing better information and services by being aware of the context in which the device i...
context and location awareness
--A lot of buzz about the next generation of technology providing better information and services by being aware of the context in which the device i...
Elsevier Patient Research beta
--Elsevier has launched a beta pilot that supports patients and their family members looking for medical information; providing access to individual ...
Elsevier Patient Research beta
--Elsevier has launched a beta pilot that supports patients and their family members looking for medical information; providing access to individual ...
Chapters invites you to their content acquisition community
--Chapters-Indigo is the major bookstore chain in Canada. What do they provide for booklovers online? Chapters Indigo Community, "Acceptable Use...
Chapters invites you to their content acquisition community
--Chapters-Indigo is the major bookstore chain in Canada. What do they provide for booklovers online? Chapters Indigo Community, "Acceptable Use...
Science Policies and Science Portals - registration open
--Registration is now open for IFLA 2008 Satellite meeting Science Policies and Science Portals Canada, Montreal, Polytechnique Montreal - Friday Aug...
Science Policies and Science Portals - registration open
--Registration is now open for IFLA 2008 Satellite meeting Science Policies and Science Portals Canada, Montreal, Polytechnique Montreal - Friday Aug...
Researchers - Create Change Canada
--http://www.createchangecanada.ca/ is a Canadian adaptation of the US http://www.createchange.org/ It provides information about the new modes of co...
Researchers - Create Change Canada
--http://www.createchangecanada.ca/ is a Canadian adaptation of the US http://www.createchange.org/ It provides information about the new modes of co...
audiobook DRM on the way out
--Some of the largest book publishers in the world are stripping away the anticopying software on digital downloads of audio books. ... Random House ...
audiobook DRM on the way out
--Some of the largest book publishers in the world are stripping away the anticopying software on digital downloads of audio books. ... Random House ...
cyberolfactorcartography
--Carleton University cybercartographer Fraser Taylor and his colleagues have already developed multimedia maps and atlases that use sound, music, ph...
cyberolfactorcartography
--Carleton University cybercartographer Fraser Taylor and his colleagues have already developed multimedia maps and atlases that use sound, music, ph...
Adobe adds AIR to cloud
--AIR is intended to help software developers create applications that exist in part on a user’s PC or smartphone and in part on servers reachable th...
Adobe adds AIR to cloud
--AIR is intended to help software developers create applications that exist in part on a user???s PC or smartphone and in part on servers reachable ...
the paperless home?
--The New York Times article Pushing Paper Out the Door has been circulating around at work and it actually did inspire me to think about better pape...
the paperless home?
--The New York Times article Pushing Paper Out the Door has been circulating around at work and it actually did inspire me to think about better pape...
your unique author-ity
--There are many ways to generate lists of one's publications, Martin Fenner lists a few in An easy online list of all your publications Mention...
your unique author-ity
--There are many ways to generate lists of one's publications, Martin Fenner lists a few in An easy online list of all your publications Mention...
standard geotagging logo?
--Bruce McKenzie of bioneural.net proposes a standard icon to indicate geotagged information, postings etc. In A web standard icon for geotagging, he...
standard geotagging logo?
--Bruce McKenzie of bioneural.net proposes a standard icon to indicate geotagged information, postings etc. In A web standard icon for geotagging, he...
Google Health Records
--Associated Press reporting Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service th...
Google Health Records
--Associated Press reporting Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service th...
The Web Revolution - May 2008 - Toronto - not free
--Chris Anderson will present his new book, FREE. The conference, not so much free: $590 if you register before April 15, $790 after. Interactive Mar...
The Web Revolution - May 2008 - Toronto - not free
--Chris Anderson will present his new book, FREE. The conference, not so much free: $590 if you register before April 15, $790 after. Interactive Mar...
transcript - Senate Committee on S&T Strategy
--The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (of Canada) met on January 30 and 31, 2008 to consider the federal governme...
transcript - Senate Committee on S&T Strategy
--The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (of Canada) met on January 30 and 31, 2008 to consider the federal governme...
the Nature of Canadian science
--In an editorial today, Nature expressed concerns about the position of science and science advice within the Canadian government When the Canadian ...
the Nature of Canadian science
--In an editorial today, Nature expressed concerns about the position of science and science advice within the Canadian government When the Canadian ...
Next Generation Discovery - NISO Forum - March 2008
--Next Generation Discovery: New Tools, Aging Standards March 27-28, 2008 Chapel Hill, NC Discovering scholarly information and data is essential for...
Next Generation Discovery - NISO Forum - March 2008
--Next Generation Discovery: New Tools, Aging Standards March 27-28, 2008 Chapel Hill, NC Discovering scholarly information and data is essential for...
Canadian health records going online
--Ontario's Privacy Commissioner even keeps her electronic health record, called MyChart, on a memory stick, a device the size of a pack of gum ...
Canadian health records going online
--Ontario's Privacy Commissioner even keeps her electronic health record, called MyChart, on a memory stick, a device the size of a pack of gum ...
Monbiot in Second Life, round 2
--Speaker: George Monbiot Topic: Global warming and what to do about it Date: Thurs 21st Feb, 2008 Time: 5pm GMT, 9am SLT (Pacific) Nature Network - ...
Monbiot in Second Life, round 2
--Speaker: George Monbiot Topic: Global warming and what to do about it Date: Thurs 21st Feb, 2008 Time: 5pm GMT, 9am SLT (Pacific) Nature Network - ...
Bora interviews Christina Pikas
--What is your Real Life job? What does it mean to be a Science Librarian? ... the questions I get are either really tough or the scientist or engine...
Bora interviews Christina Pikas
--What is your Real Life job? What does it mean to be a Science Librarian? ... the questions I get are either really tough or the scientist or engine...
an end to health care waiting - CIHR Caf?? Scientifique
--I thought Caf?? Scientifique was just a clever name from CIHR (we do this sometimes in the Federal Government to get around bilingualism issues) bu...
an end to health care waiting - CIHR Café Scientifique
--I thought Café Scientifique was just a clever name from CIHR (we do this sometimes in the Federal Government to get around bilingualism issues) but...
Amazon S3 outage
--Early this morning, at 3:30am PST, we started seeing elevated levels of authenticated requests from multiple users in one of our locations. While w...
Amazon S3 outage
--Early this morning, at 3:30am PST, we started seeing elevated levels of authenticated requests from multiple users in one of our locations. While w...
Science Friday in Second Life
--From to thanks to Ira Flatow doing Science Friday on the radio and in Second Life. http://www.sciencefriday.com/ the SL audio stream maxed out, I&a...
Science Friday in Second Life
--From to thanks to Ira Flatow doing Science Friday on the radio and in Second Life. http://www.sciencefriday.com/ the SL audio stream maxed out, I&a...
when recommendations go bad
--Seems like a "related category" filter might be in order... "Would you like some pepper with that wifi, sir?" Previously: Janua...
when recommendations go bad
--Seems like a "related category" filter might be in order... "Would you like some pepper with that wifi, sir?" Previously: Janua...
The Agenda on Microhoo and the Compute Cloud
--The Agenda had their somewhat-usual technology suspects on talking about the Microsoft-Yahoo merger, with a majority of the show devoted to the ide...
conferences to maps: a demonstration
--For some reason, our lists of library conferences are, how shall we put it nicely? Geocoding challenged? Semantically unrich? The easiest way this ...
Ottawa *Camp
--There are various OttawaCamps http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/OttawaCamps specifically BarCamp (unconference), DemoCamp (lightweight, brief event where p...
LibraryThing 1200
--The 1200th book in my LibraryThing library is Brunelleschi's Dome. It's quite interesting so far.
ECDL 2008 in Denmark
--ECDL 2008 will be September 14-19, 2008 in Aarhus (??rhus) Denmark. Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard is General Chair. Important dates: Workshop submiss...
CNI Fall 2007 presentations, podcast
--Lots of interesting material from fall CNI. An audio interview with Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, Director of Development at the State and Universit...
Deloitte & NMC Tech Horizons
--Deloitte has released their Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Trends: Predictions 2008 (also available via URL www.deloitte.co.uk/pr...
future of academic libraries - presentations
--Presentations from "The Future of Academic Libraries - the Road ahead" seminar held earlier this week in Oslo are available, including Th...
Museums and the Web 2008 - Montreal, April 9-12
--Libraries and museums have some overlapping concerns when it comes to Internet outreach and getting collections online. Museums and the Web 2008 - ...
Ingenta - Publishing Technology Trends
--In December 2007, Ingenta held the first event in their new Publishing Technology Trends seminar series. Topics: "Authoritative? What's t...
getting HEP to scholarly infrastructure
--As an appropriate follow-on to my previous post thinking about domain-specific sites on the net, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, CERN DG-elect, shows us what a ...
whither the generalist library in a world of domain specialists?
--Peter Murray-Rust blogging about the Academic Publishing in Europe conference (APE 2008) Panel Discussion: What Matters? The Future Role of Librari...
SciBarCamp in Toronto - March 2008
--SciBarCamp is a gathering of scientists, artists, and technologists for a weekend of talks and discussions. It will take place at Hart House at the...
IFLA 2008 satellite conferences for science and medical libraries
--IFLA 2008 will be in Quebec City this year, but I have discovered there are quite a few associated satellite meetings in different venues. I don&ap...
JotSpot wikis disappear from the net
--If you want to know how synergistic the Microsoft-Yahoo merger would be (and if, somehow, you have forgotten the giant disaster that was the Time W...
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Scientific Researchers and Web 2.0: Social Not Working? on Nature Network London
The discussion forum of the group related to the BL Science team ( http://www.bl.uk/science/ ), enabled by Nature
Scientific Researchers and Web 2.0: Social 'NotWorking'? - BL :: Events - Talk Science
(URL is to event series, not permalink for this event) Wednesday 24 September 2008 Event time: 18.00 – 20.30 Timo Hannay is the Publishing Director of Nature.com # Is Web2.0 all about attitudes or technologies? # What can Web2.0 do for your research? # As a scientist, are there good reasons for getting involved beyond social ‘not working'? # Web3.0: another buzzword or a semantic revolution for science on the web?
Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows.
The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.
The use and misuse of bibliometric indices in evaluating scholarly performance - Inter Research » ESEP » v8 » n1
Quantifying the relative performance of individual scholars, groups of scholars, departments, institutions, provinces/states/regions and countries has become an integral part of decision-making over research policy, funding allocations, awarding of grants, faculty hirings, and claims for promotion and tenure. Bibliometric indices (based mainly upon citation counts), such as the h-index and the journal impact factor, are heavily relied upon in such assessments. There is a growing consensus, and a deep concern, that these indices — more-and-more often used as a replacement for the informed judgement of peers — are misunderstood and are, therefore, often misinterpreted and misused. The articles in this ESEP Theme Section present a range of perspectives on these issues. Alternative approaches, tools and metrics that will hopefully lead to a more balanced role for these instruments are presented.
Comparison of reference management software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia continues to surprise - a detailed comparison table of bibliographic reference software and sites, from 2collab to Zotero and everything inbetween.
The 2008 Microsoft eScience Workshop at IUPUI
December 7-9, 2008, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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