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July 21, 2009
I am reliably informed that there will be a server upgrade going on tonight, so ScienceBlogs will be down for the count until it is complete. While I'm gone, have a look at the goings-on around Jupiter, and think about what that means in an e-research context. I'll be back with my thoughts!
July 21, 2009
Cliff Lynch on institutional repositories. I don't agree with quite all of it (institutional repositories are here to stay? really? in this budget environment? sez who?), but an hour with Cliff Lynch is always an hour well spent, and I'm completely and unabashedly with him on his cautions about IRs…
July 19, 2009
Borgman, Christine L. Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet. MIT Press, 2007. Worldcat page, Powell's page (no, I get no kickback). This calm, clear volume provides a thorough grounding in the practices of academic researchers around their publications and…
July 18, 2009
Lively welcome here at ScienceBlogs, I must say. Two posts, a soft launch, and eighteen comments already! The comments have turned up a question deserving of further discussion. On my first post, commenter Jim Lund said: E-research? Why make a distinction? Today there's only e-research and…
July 17, 2009
That would be the question, wouldn't it. Unfortunately, such fundamental definitions are never simple to create, and even less simple to agree upon. A little history may help explain how we got into this parlous uncertain state, but it may not get us out of it. The short version of the history (…
July 17, 2009
I'm very pleased to welcome you all to The Book of Trogool, a brand-new blog about e-research. My name is Dorothea Salo, I'm an academic librarian, and I am fascinated with the changes that computers have wrought in the academic-research enterprise. I hope to explore those changes, and particularly…