Information Science
Around the Web: Cool linky stuff for science undergrads (6)
Posted by John Dupuis on June 19, 2013 I have a son who’s just finished his first year as a physics undergrad. As you can imagine, I occasionally pass along a link or two to him pointing to stuff on the web I think he might find particularly interesting or useful. Thinking on that fact, I surmised that perhaps other science students might…
The Canadian War on Science: National Research Council’s new focus ignores how science works
Posted by John Dupuis on June 17, 2013 I know I’ve already posted about the changes at the NRC, but this recent David Suzuki article frames the issue so perfectly that I thought I’d post about it again. The article is called National Research Council’s new focus ignores how science works. The core issue is that recently the Canadian Federal Government’s National Research…
Reading Diary: Primates: The fearless science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani
Posted by John Dupuis on June 12, 2013 First Second Books is one of my favourite publishers of graphic novels, in particular because they seem to like to do a lot of science-themed books. Jim Ottaviani’s book Feynman was one of my favourite graphic novels of the last few years. Perhaps not surprisingly, First Second published Feynman. The latest from the science graphic…
Affirmation Means Employment
Posted by Chad Orzel on June 11, 2013 
I saw a bunch of people yesterday tweeting approval of John Hawks’s complaint about academic timidity when it comes to blogging: The bottom line is: People need to decide if they want to be heard, or if they want to be validated. I have long been an associate editor at PLoS ONE, and once I…
Around the Web: CHORUS & Share, Traditional librarian angst and more
Posted by John Dupuis on June 11, 2013 Joining a CHORUS, Publishers Offer the OSTP a Proactive, Modern, and Cost-Saving Public Access Solution Publishers Propose Public-Private Partnership to Support Access to Research CHORUS: hoping for re-enclosure CHORUS: It’s actually spelled C-A-B-A-L Scientific Publishers Aim To Get Ahead Of Agency Repositories A CHORUS of boos: publishers offer their “solution” to public access All joined…
Google features WEIZAC on its blog
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on June 9, 2013 Google’s official blog has a post today on the first computer in Israel: WEIZAC, built at the Weizmann Institute in the 1950s. Prof. Aviezri Frenkel gives a charming description of the project, including the fireworks when the machine was first turned on, in the presence of the VIPS who had come to see the new…
Friday Fun: 25 Signs You’re Addicted To Books
Posted by John Dupuis on June 7, 2013 *cough* Anyways, here are a couple. Enjoy. 25 Signs You’re Addicted To Books “The first step is admitting it. The second step is to keep right on reading.” When you’re reading a good book, you forget to eat or sleep. Sometimes there is yelling. You’ve been traumatized by things that “only” happened in books you…
This Day was D-Day
Posted by Greg Laden on June 6, 2013 D-Day was today in 1944. My father was involved. Wikipedia is silly. Kids these days have no idea. There is, of course, a classic movie on the topic.
Around the Web: Catastrophism fails angsty librarians, Open Accessapolooza and more
Posted by John Dupuis on June 5, 2013 Don’t Panic: Why Catastrophism Fails Libraries Breaking Up with Libraries Resolved: All LIS students should not take that course Once a Librarian, Always a Librarian? Editorial: Libraries see opportunity in changing times Look to the present of libraries to see the future Results of the “Global Research Council” in Berlin Announced Wellcome Trust extends open…
Around the Web: Recognizing the political nature of science, TED woo and more
Posted by John Dupuis on May 31, 2013 Challenge, don’t worship, the chiefs and high priestesses of science: If we don’t recognise the politics of science, we will just get played by those who do Confronting The Woo-Woos Head-On… 45% Fewer Professional Working Musicians Since 2002 Academics and universities must continue to develop open access alternatives to break the monopoly of large publishers…
