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libraries of the future – FriendFeed

Posted on March 21, 2009 by pm286

In looking at the library of the future, we must be aware of what the web will develop without any regard to what academia and academic Librarians think is the right way to do things. Most new initiatives fail. I … Continue reading →

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librarians of the future – part II

Posted on March 21, 2009 by pm286

Continuing my very personal selection of “digital librarians” and “digital libraries”. I stress that these are people and organizations that make a real difference to me as a scientist. This could be directly by providing material I use, making major … Continue reading →

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librarians of the future – your feedback

Posted on March 20, 2009 by pm286

I’ve had two pieces of feeback. Dorothea Salo scripsit: Provocative statements [ …] I neither endorse nor decry these [PMR’s views]. I merely want to call attention to the fact that Peter Murray-Rust is one of the people we serve, … Continue reading →

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librarians of the future – part I

Posted on March 19, 2009 by pm286

In collecting my thoughts for “the library of the future” (The JISC + The Bodleian) in Oxford on April 2 I’m thinking of those people or organizations that I look to for a combination of resources, philosophy, advocacy that support … Continue reading →

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The library of the future – Guardian of Scholarship?

Posted on March 19, 2009 by pm286

I am still working out my message for JISC on April 2nd on “The library of the future”. I’ve had suggestions that I should re-ask this as ““What are librarians for?”” (Dorothea Salo) and “what can a library do?” (Chris). … Continue reading →

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Please send us your Vistas

Posted on March 19, 2009 by pm286

I recently got an invitation to speak (anonymized as I don’t want to fall out) which included: “I would very much appreciate a copy of your presentation in advance of the event in Windows XP format as the venue is … Continue reading →

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Journal of Cheminformatics and Blue Obelisk

Posted on March 17, 2009 by pm286

Christoph Steinbeck has posted to the Blue Obelisk List: I’m delighted to announce that the first open access journal of our field, the Journal of Cheminformatics, is now live and has published its first articles. Journal of Cheminformatics is a … Continue reading →

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Closed Data at Chemical Abstracts leads to Bad Science

Posted on March 17, 2009 by pm286

I had decided to take a mellow tone on re-starting this blog and I was feeling full of the joys of spring when I read a paper I simply have to criticize. The issues go beyond chemistry and non-chemists can … Continue reading →

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The librarian of the future – Caveat Bibliotheca

Posted on March 16, 2009 by pm286

Dorothea – a mover and shaker in the librarian world has gently chided me on my approach to “the library of the future”. She has a point but I’m not sure what to do… Peter, could I suggest a slight … Continue reading →

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How can we publish semantic chemical documents?

Posted on March 16, 2009 by pm286

Tobias Kind has submitted a very thoughtful comment (in reply to Approaches to compound documents – ORE, PDF, DOCX) which deserves printing and commenting. TK: Hello Peter, thanks for your thoughts. The more I read the more complex and frustrating … Continue reading →

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