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Author Archives: bwestra@uoregon.edu
Growing Knowledge – The evolution of research
The British Library has an exhibit on the evolution of scientific research. Highlighted on the site are short (~ 4 min) videos about new methods of doing research and data-driven science, the role of the research library in support of … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Computer Science, Cyberinfrastructure, Digital Libraries, Informatics, Open Science
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Input on Strategies to Encourage Broad Data Sharing in Environmental Health Sciences Research
The NIEHS is seeking input on ways to encourage broader data sharing among researchers in the field of environmental health sciences who are conducting clinical or epidemiologic studies. Input is being sought from the environmental health science extramural research community … Continue reading
Interdisciplinary Computing and Open Science
The Science Libraries will be hosting two sessions by Microsoft Research on May 24, to explore “Interdisciplinary Computing and Open Science”. Sessions will be from 10:30 – noon, and 1:30 – 3 pm, in room B90. Please register for the … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Conferences/Training, Cyberinfrastructure, Ecology, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Grants, Informatics, Museums, Nanoscience, Neuroscience, Open Science, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Standards
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Cloud computing increasingly attractive to universities, says JISC
JISC News release 16.5.2011 Cloud computing increasingly attractive to universities, says JISC There is a “compelling case for using the cloud for research”, JISC’s innovation director for digital infrastructure argued last week. Speaking at an ‘inside government’ forum on cloud … Continue reading
Think Quarterly – a Google publication for UK biz partners
Interesting reading from a Google publication directed toward their UK clients. Check out some of the articles highlighted below this quote from the Think Quarterly home page. Like most companies, Google regularly communicates with our business customers via email newsletters, … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Business, Computer Science, Social Computing, Usability
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FigShare Beta
FigShare allows you to share all of your data, negative results and unpublished figures. In doing this, other researchers will not duplicate the work, but instead may publish with your previously wasted figures, or offer collaboration opportunities and feedback on … Continue reading
Will Computers Crash Genomics?
Science: Will Computers Crash Genomics? Should research focus on data analysis as much as or more than on data generation? The capacity to process and analyze data has not kept up to speed with the volume of data produced through … Continue reading
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Tagged All Sciences, Biology, Cyberinfrastructure, Genomics, Informatics
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What researchers want for research data support – A SURF Foundation Report
The full report can be found on the SURF Foundation site. via SURF Foundation publications page: A review of literature describing what researchers want with regard to storage of and access to research data This publication reviews recent literature describing … Continue reading
