Posts Tagged ‘Research’
Working Together for Open Access
Springer has announced a partnership with IMISCOE, the largest network of excellence on migration and diversity in the world. This partnership will allow for the publication of their open access journal Comparative Migration Studies and their book series IMISCOE Research Series. Springer shared this news in their release titled, “Springer partners with IMISCOE on open access…
Read MoreProviding Access to Those Who Need It Most
INASP is a registered UK charity that works to support global research communication through innovation, networking and capacity strengthening, focusing on the needs of developing and emerging countries. They work with publishers to enable affordable and sustainable access to online resources to developing countries and with national library consortia or equivalent to help them meet the information…
Read MorePlatform Considerations
Mark your calendars for another educational opportunity brought to you by the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS). The Platforms that Perform: Taking Your Content to the Next Level educational workshop is scheduled for June 18, 2015 in Washington D.C. It will feature a distinguished group of speakers who will discuss their experiences and lessons learned in evaluating…
Read MoreRecreating History
There has been much destruction and devastation at the hands of ISIS fighters. Lives have been lost and worlds upturned. There has also been destruction brought down on history. Horrific destruction of the Mosul Museum in northern Iraq by ISIS fighters was broadcast in a video, and this wasn’t the first time for this museum. The destruction is nearly absolute.
Read MorePassive Searching for KM Taxonomy Resources
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” (Michael Althsuler)
In past blogs we’ve already looked at several ways to actively search the open web for taxonomy, thesaurus, and ontology resources. Today we’ll consider a few tools that enable passive – “set it and forget it” – searching. In these passive search methods, the searching doesn’t require the user’s continuous and direct attention. This search strategy allows you to turn your attention elsewhere while the tool trawls the web for content that is of interest to you. Let’s consider…
Read MoreSystematics Conference Offered
The Systematics Association is hosting a Young Systematists’ Forum 2014 in London, UK on November 21, 2014. Being committed to furthering all aspects of Systematic biology, the Systematics Association is organizing a program of international conferences on key themes in Systematics, including a series of major biennial conferences. The association also supports a variety of training courses in systematics and awards grants in support of systematics research.
Read MoreSeeking Understanding of Change Through a Taxonomy
Despite the title, the RICHES Project has nothing to do with money in the sense of cash, investments, or gold. The Renewal, Innovation and Change: Heritage and European Society (RICHES) project came about because of digital technologies. A new approach and perspective for institutions and artists who are using new technologies and digital facilities to redefine cultural heritage.
Read MoreScience and Fiction
Science and science fiction continues to cross paths as technology continues to advance. Warp drive and transporters are not that far away, at least in the world of light years.
Read MoreThe Ins and Outs of Researcher and Contributor Data
Making content findable to users, researchers, professionals, academics, etc., is a common goal. The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) launched its registry in October 2012 for this exact reason. Now they are on track to reach 1 million registrations at their 2-year anniversary this month. With over 150 members, almost half from academic or government research institutes, and one-quarter from the publishing sector, they are enabling research data exchange interoperability through integration of identifiers into research data systems and workflows.
Read MoreThe End of an Era
The future of the more than 130-year old Oxford English Dictionary (OED) may be moving to cyberspace. The sheer number of English words put into use since the 20-volume, second edition was published in 1989 could make version 3.0 too big and too expensive to print. The next edition is expected to be at least twice the size of the last. Because of this, it may be published digitally only.
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