Posts Tagged ‘Research’
Call for Applications: NLM/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Leadership Fellows Program
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the 2016-2017 year of the leadership program jointly sponsored with the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL). The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program is focused on preparing emerging leaders for the position of library director in academic health sciences libraries. The application deadline is July 22, 2016. The…
Read MoreIn Your Permanent Record
The words that brought chills to every student’s bones has a new meaning in these days of technology. This interesting information came to us from the American Libraries Magazine in their article, “Privacy and School Data.” What we traditionally think of in a student record – grades, transcripts, teacher notes, attendance, conduct – has changed.…
Read MoreNew Collaboration Enhances Medical Imaging with Semantic Technology
Mirada Medical, MAASTRO clinic, the Netherlands and SOHARD Software GmbH have won a European Eurostars grant to develop the next generation of automatic contouring and semantic database driven treatment planning support software. Health Care Business brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Mirada collaborates on machine learning and big data driven radiotherapy planning.” This…
Read MoreAcademia Graded on a Curve
Academia has long been known for cut-throat competition and high stakes maneuvers…well, maybe not. But seriously, how do you know a good researcher from a bad? Are there measures you can reference? This interesting information came from Geek Wire in their article, “Who’s hot in academia? Semantic Scholar dives more deeply into the data.” The classic…
Read MoreSemantic Technology Used in Maritime Research
After three years of research and development, the e-Compliance project, partly funded by the FP7 programme, has shared its results at the Maritime and Transport Infrastructure Conference in Latvia. This interesting information came to us from BYM Marine & Maritime Defence News in their article, “Compliance Brings Maritime Regulations into the 21st Century.” Routinely used…
Read MoreNew Journal Acquisition Broadens Research
SAGE Publishing has purchased the full journal portfolio of academic journals publisher, IP Publishing Ltd. SAGE Publishing brought this news to us in their release, “SAGE Publishing acquires journal portfolio from prominent humanities and social science publisher, IP Publishing.” Effective April 1, 2016, SAGE will be publishing the following five titles: Industry and Higher Education – a bi-monthly…
Read MoreArchiving History in the Making
It is always exciting (at least to me) to find interesting and unique uses of technology and digital archiving. This item certainly fits that definition. The Ukrainian Weekly brought this interesting story to our attention in their article, “Spiritual heritage documentation project identifies nearly 600 endangered churches.” In Edmonton, Alberta, the Sanctuary: the Spiritual Heritage Documentation Project has documented…
Read MorePlan Now for Learning Opportunity
Mark your calendars for an upcoming webinar titled, “The Growing Use of Research Information Management Systems.” The trends are shifting where institutions are taking advantage of researcher information management systems and current research information systems. There are many benefits to this. It improves collaboration across institutions or international boundaries and can track productivity or justify…
Read MorePeer Reviews’ Reach
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) are presenting the latest resource in their Learning Initiative Partnership (LIP) series. This paper, “The Transparency of Peer Review“, is available to all SLA members at no cost, and all SLA members are encouraged to take a moment to download the white…
Read MoreUrban Myths
It isn’t quite as bad as looking for a needle in a haystack, but close. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has launched a search to find the first recorded use in English of the word ‘numpty’, which means a foolish or stupid person. This odd but interesting information came from The Times of Oman in their article,…
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