Globalization and Scientific Research: Trying to Catch Black Cats in Dark Rooms?
(scienceblog.com): This paper deals with the critical and ambiguous situation in the modern official science. It tries to uncover the fundamental roots of this situation and invites all those who feel themselves committed and involved to think about possible ways to escape a serious collapse of scientific research all over… Read More
Science and Web 2.0: Talking About Science vs. Doing Science
(scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org): Tools for communication are the low-hanging fruit, the obvious things to build based on Web 2.0 ventures that have worked in other areas, but so far they’ve failed to capture the interest of most scientists. Tools for doing science are much harder to envision and build. But these sorts… Read More
IMS Health Announces Stockholder Approval of Merger Agreement with Affiliates of TPG and CPP Investment Board
(imshealth.com): IMS Health, a leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, has announced that its stockholders approved the proposal to adopt the merger agreement providing for its acquisition by entities created by certain affiliates of TPG Capital, L.P. (“TPG”) and the CPP Investment Board (“CPPIB”). According… Read More
‘Climategate’ was PR disaster that could bring healthy reform of peer review
(guardian.co.uk): In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to prevent access to climate data; and to keep research from… Read More
Libraries study popularity of e-books
(thelantern.com): E-books have many advantages when compared to traditional paper books. For example, they do no take up any shelf space and can be accessed through the internet anywhere at any time. Ohio State libraries are conducting a study on the popularity of electronic books among library patrons. The overarching… Read More
Sciencefeed Launches Friendfeed-Like Platform For Scientists
(techcrunch.com): Sciencefeed is launching as a realtime micro blogging platform designed specifically for scientists. Sciencefeed allows users to post short microblogs on scientific headlines, new findings, controversy, conferences and ideas related to science. You can follow users; respond to other member’s entries, and comment on various topics in realtime. You… Read More
Digital revolution a threat to publishing industry
(adelaidenow.com): Since the birth of the Gutenberg printing press in 1450, words on paper have defined our civilisation. The printing press was indeed a revolution and spawned the Renaissance, the scientific revolution, the mass media and democracy as we know it. Yet this year, the e-book revolution is a-rumbling, and… Read More
Libraries cope with staff cuts, sporadic closures
(honoluluadvertiser.com): A hiring freeze and a 20 percent budget cut are the chief challenges facing the Hawai'i State Public Library in the economic downturn, and now the system is so lean that often there's not enough staff to keep a library open. Almost weekly the library system sends out announcements… Read More
IEEE Upgrades Its Xplore Digital Library
(infotoday.com): This year is already shaping up to be the year of the platform upgrade, as one web resource after another undergoes extensive redesign and re-engineering to enhance features and functionality. The latest upgrade announcement comes from IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engine), the largest technical professional association, which… Read More
Repositories in the Cloud? Why on Earth Not?
(ajax.sys-con): These frequently under-populated aggregations of academic papers produced by ‘research active’ employees of a particular university appear aligned almost exclusively to vaguely expressed institutional imperatives, and seem largely unrelated to either the selfish aspirations of the contributing authors or the tangible relationships they painstakingly construct with others across their… Read More
