Libraries Working Together for Best Practices
Two university libraries join together to start a new open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to library-led scholarly communication initiatives, online publishing and digital projects.
New Grant Funds Digital Research Center
Emory University is soon to have a coffeehouse-like environment in which students can work in cross-discipline collaboration and allow researcher access to the library’s vast experts on all things library. This will differ from other digital research centers because of the cross-discipline collaboration potential.
Ontology Competition
Rearden Commerce has announced its sponsorship of a category of The World Championship for Automated Theorem Proving (ATP), Large Theory division. The competition showcases the latest advancements in logical reasoning.
The Importance of Linked Data
In its purest form, linked data can be found at the research desk in any library. Access to sources and pertinent information connected to but beyond your initial inquiry, can make your results more inclusive and dynamic.
Research Classification Needs Clear Taxonomies
Funding models and how they influence research endeavours haven’t always been the topic of cocktail parties, let alone gatherings of professional researchers. However there is considerable discrepancy in the models deployed across the continents and one author at least, thinks it should be discussed.
Call for Classification and Ontology Papers
Classification and Ontology is the third biennial conference in a series of UDC Seminars organized by the Universal Decimal Classification Consortium (UDC Consortium) and hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands).
Repositioning Information Science
One of the sessions I attended while at the 2010 meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in Pittsburgh recently was presented by Michael Buckland, Fidelia Ibekwe-Sanjuan, and Kiersten Latham. This interesting session was actually three coordinated presentations that individually and together questioned the accepted view of information science as an emerging, scientific discipline closely tied with information technology and, mainly, textual data.
Glossaries, Taxonomies and Guides – Just Another Day at Work
Taxonomist Mary Chitty has compiled a comprehensive Biopharmaceutical Glossary website complete with taxonomies and guides.
Elsevier Acquires Collexis, Enhancing Their Research Capabilities
Elsevier's acquisition of Collexis beefs up their research capabilities.