Research Trends, a bi-monthly newsletter providing insights into scientific trends based on bibliometric analysis

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

Research Trends, a bi-monthly newsletter providing objective, up-to-the-minute insights into scientific trends based on bibliometric analysis.

Worldwide, there has been increasing demand for quality research performance measurement and trend-related information by deans, faculty heads, researchers, funding bodies and ranking agencies.

In response to this demand Research Trends has been launched to share interesting insights into developments, approaches and tools in this area.

Research Trends is powered by Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources, with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

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How big can a research paper get?

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

In the era of globalization, science is leading the curve. A microcosm of this trend can be seen in the massive research article entitled ‘Precision electroweak measurements on the Z resonance’ published in Physics Reports in 2006 (1). Spanning 198 pages (in a dedicated double issue of the journal) and listing 405 references, this singular work of scholarship is attributed to 2,535 authors affiliated with 225 institutes in 33 countries, working within 7 collaborative research groups.From Research Trends

(1) Grünewald et al (2006) “Precision electroweak measurements on the Z resonance”, Physics Reports, Vol. 427, No. 5-6, pp. 257-454.

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Scholaepedia

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

http://scholarpedia.org/article/Main_Page

A free peer reviewed encyclopedia written by scholars from all around the world.

From Internet Resources Newsletter

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Internet Resources Newsletter: Issue 156 - November 2007

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

Partial Contents:

COMMENT

A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES

NICE WEB SITE:

Google Guide
http://www.googleguide.com/
Chipwrapper
http://www.chipwrapper.co.uk/

BLOGORAMA

...

GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME

http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn156/irn156.html

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Best Fifty Web Sites You Don't Know About

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

Interesting compilation of sites from About.com’s Wendy Boswell.

http://websearch.about.com/od/bestwebsites/qt/discovery.htm

From November issue of the Internet Resources Newsletter

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Building accessibility into Web design

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

Accessibility 101 This website by Shaun Anderson, of Scottish Web services company Hobo, is concerned with promoting the concept of building accessibility into Web design. The website’s homepage contains an overview of the concept and issues such as compliance with United Kingdom regulations. The Advice page contains 101 Practical Website Accessibility Tips. The Learn section contains links to articles and learning resources on external websites, added by and given a points rating by registered users of the site. The Tests section contains access to online independent web accessibility tests, allowing the user to have their own website checked for accessibility compliance. The Articles section contains features on good website management and development. The site also contains a blog and a directory of links. From Intute.ac.uk
http://accessibility101.org.uk/

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The Millennium Library

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

Millennium library

'The Millennium Library' aims to be a free online "interactive guide to English Literature from 1300 to the present day". This UK project was National Lottery -funded, and the website is a companion to the well-reviewed 'Everyman Millennium Library' (Granada Learning, 2005) which was contained on eight-CDs and aimed at schools and further education colleges. The website provides reliable "Reader's Notes" for around 500 selected key texts, a biographical "Who's Who" for around 1000 notable authors, and a glossary of literary terms. There is a useful, if somewhat eclectic, visual timeline which is presented in an intuitive and engaging manner. The website also contains a 3D interactive Quicktime model of Shakespeare's famous theatre, The Globe. The website has a basic search facility. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.millenniumlibrary.co.uk/

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Humtalks

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

Humtalks : smart people on cool topics
Humtalks is a beta website that seeks to aggregate and make searchable links to free online video lectures. The lectures are by notable contemporary thinkers, researchers and practitioners in the arts and humanities. At October 2007, the website offers access to around 150 video lectures and talks. Visitors who sign up with the website (apparently for free) have access to the ability "to maintain your own playlist of favorite videos, email links to this playlist to friends or colleagues, and (soon) have the option of uploading your own video clips to Humtalks." The service has been in beta (i.e.: in testing mode) since June 2007, but is already a useful resource.The website can be searched by keywords. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.humtalks.com/

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FORA.TV

Posted by Celia Walter | 31 Oct, 2007

FORA.TV

FORA.TV was founded by Brian Gruber. It aims to provide an online forum for free access to lectures, webcasts and video films from independent producers, nonprofit institutions, organisations and universities. Current partners include the Heritage Foundation; Chatham House; Cato Institution, Brookings Institution. It is possible to search for and view materials covering all aspects of the sciences, humanities and social sciences. There is a strong emphasis upon coverage of current affairs, international relations, business and politics. The site also contains a blog, and discussion forum. There is a separate section covering the American presidential election 2008. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. Materials generally date from 2006 onwards. It is possible to sign up to receive RSS feeds of new materials added. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.fora.tv

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Future of research libraries

Posted by Celia Walter | 30 Oct, 2007

Betsy Wilson’s Crystal Ball: New Directions for Libraries
Recorded: October 16, 2007, 08:30PM, Morrison Library

I am going to imagine the future of research libraries by taking a look back, gazing into the crystal ball, and suggesting four areas for strategic investment. The investment areas include: 1) collaboration and collective action; 2) culture of assessment; 3) the global research library; and 4) creating a workplace of choice.

Listen or watch online. Download as a podcast.

Source: UC Berkeley

UCT Xhosa blog: EMbo-MaXhosa2

Posted by Celia Walter | 30 Oct, 2007

We have a Xhosa blog. Hooray!!!! A historic moment. Congratulations to Siviwe Bangani, Khumbulele Faltein and my other Xhosa colleagues!!!

http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/embo-maxhosa2/

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Reading Jane Austen on a BlackBerry -- Reader, I Liked It

Posted by Celia Walter | 30 Oct, 2007

It is a truth too rarely acknowledged, that a commuter in possession of a sophisticated electronic device, must be in want of a good book.

Put another way, free of the influence of Jane Austen's famous first sentence, I just read "Pride and Prejudice" on my BlackBerry.

And, reader, I liked it. Against all my own prejudices, all my own pride in the history and tradition of the printed word, I liked it...

Permalink Chicago Tribune

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Useful web sites from Pandia

Posted by Celia Walter | 30 Oct, 2007

Download.com
If you are looking for some good software (paid, shareware or freeware) CNET has a good service over at Download.com. The main tool is the software search engine and directory, but there are also links to other CNET sub-sites, like blogs, reviews, news, and more.

The Download.com directory includes software for Windows, Mac, mobiles and something they call Webware (software as a online service).

If you are looking for inexpensive shareware, take a look at Shareware.com as well.

How Stuff Works
As kids we had these books that told us how a car motor works or why bats can fly in the night. How Stuff Works is a modern version for grown ups. It is amazing to see what they have been able to cover.

At the moment of writing the front page answers topics like “Do parallel universes really exist?”, “How Mosquitoes Work”, “How Quantum Suicide Works” (!!!), “How Winemaking Works” and so on.

Online Conversions
Americans are good at posting recipes on the Web, but their strange reluctance to adopt — for instance — the metric system poses a problem for us Europeans. Online

Conversions helps you convert nearly any measure: length, temperature, speed, volume, weight, cooking, area, fuel economy, currency, clothing and shoe sizes and much more.

Techmeme
If you are into search and Web technologies, like we are, it is extremely helpful to find sites that gather, sort and present the recent news for you. Techmeme is such a site. If you like Techmeme, you should probably also take a look at European Wikio.

From Pandia's Top 10 Useful Web Sites

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Worldwide Internet... 61 Billion Searches per Month

Posted by Celia Walter | 30 Oct, 2007

Worldwide Internet: Now Serving 61 Billion Searches per Month

By Enid Burns, Search Engine Watch, Oct 15, 2007

"Roughly 750 million people worldwide over the age 15 conducted a search on the Internet in August, according to data released by comScore's qSearch 2.0 service..."

Includes tables of internet usage stats from comScore, 2007.

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