ALA Washington Office submits testimony to House Education Committee on libraries’ role in improving literacy
Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Washington Office, today filed testimony for the official record of the House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education’s.... Read More
Search engines are source of learning
Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers. The researchers sought to discover the cognitive processes underlying…. Read More
Funding Audacious Science
The scientists interviewed for this series agree: It's hard to find funding to support risky science. But most of them have managed to find it anyway…. Read More
WIPO’s OA patent database expands
The World Intellectual Property Organization] has launched an enhanced online patent information service that will improve public access to information on patents filed and granted around the world. WIPO’s PATENTSCOPE®, which currently hosts Read More
How to sustain OA databases?
Thousands of researchers around the world access the Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR), which contains the most reliable and up-to-date genomic information available on the most widely used model organism in the plant kingdom. But now, to those users' horror…. Read More
Greenscam: Scientific Mass Manipulation in Action
Recently, a large number of internal documents from the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia were posted onto the internet by an anonymous source. One of the documents from this collection of information is a short pamphlet put out by the “communications agency” (i.e. free-market ministry of… Read More
ResearchGATE Offers New Publishing and Communication Tools for Scientists
(Animallab.com) Ijad Madisch launched ResearchGATE 18 months ago in hopes to help scientists connect and collaborate.Scientists from around the world are using the site to find research partners and other scientists who might be conducting similar types of work. With ResearchGATE, Madisch wants to give scientists an opportunity to reach… Read More
Will Microsoft pay publishers to block Google?
(Imediaconnections.com): News Corp. honcho Rupert Murdoch's plan to block all of the publisher's content from Google seemed more than a little harebrained, but the plan is picking up speed with reports that News Corp. and Microsoft are forming an anti-Google axis. Microsoft has been in discussions with News Corp. about… Read More
Access Through Metadata: Library Group Tackles the Challenge
(Digitalpreservation.gov): Perfect metadata is NOT required - good metadata IS useful. So say the resident metadata experts at the Library of Congress, who made this point very clearly at the recent National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program partners meeting. Consistent and rich metadata are needed in order to improve… Read More
Textbooks will be the next frontier for e-reader sellers
(StarTribune.com): As Sony's e-book devices vie with the Kindle to win over readers, the real showdown may come later, when a shift to electronic textbooks at schools threatens to eclipse the current market for the products. Within five years, textbooks will be the biggest market for e-book devices, dwarfing sales… Read More
