Daily Archives: March 14, 2009

Research support roles for the library

Posted on March 14, 2009 by pm286

A long and thoughtful post from Richard Akerman on how the library should support research. revisiting potential research-support roles for the library Three years ago, I wrote this list of potential research-support roles for a library in the digital environment: … Continue reading →

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Earth's proud empires

Posted on March 14, 2009 by pm286

Rich Apodaca commented: March 13, 2009 at 9:08 pm (Edit) Peter, IMHO being funded by Microsoft is neither inconsistent with advocating Open Data nor with advocating Open Source. Microsoft isn’t evil – it’s just increasingly irrelevant. The marketplace is currently … Continue reading →

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Open Data in Science

Posted on March 14, 2009 by pm286

I’m delighted to be part of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s new initiative on “Open Data in Science”. Here’s Jonathan Gray’s email: Hi all, We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Working Group on Open Data in Science. … Continue reading →

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