This new guide has been produced by the International Centre for Guidance Studies, and aims to provide the information needed for researchers to make an informed decision about using social media and select from the vast range of tools that are availab…
Social media is an important technological trend that has big implications for how researchers (and people in general) communicate and collaborate.…
The Research Information Network (RIN) and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) are hosting the event to examine the use of Web 2.0 tools and open science practises by UK researchers. …
This project looks at the extent of adoption of different web 2.0 tools in different subject fields and disciplines, and the different types of researchers who are using them.…
I have been doing some background reading on open access and was alerted to a new initiative by PLoS, entitled PLos Currents an”experimental” site for posting preprints of papers on hot topics. The first ?Current?…
Quick postscript to my posting from last month on the enduring web: a useful note from the 21 July workshop on web archiving has been published in the latest issue of Ariadne.…
Web archives need to become a seamless part of the experience of using the web; they are the web’s corporate memory.…
I attended NMK’s user-centred design course yesterday led by Jane Austin, which gave a very good overview on focusing on your users as the key element to be considered when designing and constructing a new website.…
I?ve bitten the bullet and joined Twitter, after being inspired by an excellent training course run by the Strategic Content Alliance and the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) about Improving your online presence.…
An interesting article by Tom Wilde published in Search Engine Land discusses how Web 3.0 is changing the way content is provided on the web and what challenges this might have for publishers.…
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