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Patterns of information use and exchange: case studies of researchers in the life sciences | Research Information Network

sennoma — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:03:00 -0500

This report by the British Library and the Research Information Network (RIN) provides a unique insight into how information is used by researchers across life sciences. Undertaken by the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the UK Digital Curation Centre and the University of Edinburgh’s Information Services, the report concludes that ‘one-size-ﬁts-all’ information and data sharing policies are not achieving scientiﬁcally productive and cost-efﬁcient information use in life sciences. The report was developed using an innovative approach to capture the day-to-day patterns of information use in seven research teams from a wide range of disciplines, from botany to clinical neuroscience. The study undertaken over 11 months and involving 56 participants found that there is a signiﬁcant gap between how researchers behave and the policies and strategies of funders and service providers. This suggests that the attempts to implement such strategies have had only a limited impact. Key ﬁndings from the report include: * Researchers use informal and trusted sources of advice from colleagues, rather than institutional service teams, to help identify information sources and resources * The use of social networking tools for scientiﬁc research purposes is far more limited than expected * Data and information sharing activities are mainly driven by needs and beneﬁts perceived as most important by life scientists rather than ‘top-down’ policies and strategies * There are marked differences in the patterns of information use and exchange between research groups active in different areas of the life sciences, reinforcing the need to avoid standardised policy approaches Tagged by sennoma under scholarlycommunication, oa,

FeedZero.com - bayesian filtering for RSS feeds

sennoma — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:25:00 -0500

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Philosophers' Playground: The Year of Living Humorously: A Stand-Up Philosopher's Pilgrimage - Part VII

sennoma — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

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CureHunter | Semantic Health Search

sennoma — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:05:00 -0500

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Distributed Science, Part 2 : Common Knowledge

sennoma — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:58:00 -0500

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An Entirely Other Day: Birdhouse For Your Soul

sennoma — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:54:00 -0500

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If It's Hip, It's Here: India's House With Balls. A Modern Residence & Fish Farm.

sennoma — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:46:00 -0500

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Marten Elder

sennoma — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:40:00 -0500

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miscellaneous factZ - The online home of Rufus Pollock » Blog Archive » Open Notebook Social Science

sennoma — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:48:00 -0500

"The other day I posted up some work-in-progress on the subject of patterns of knowledge production. That material is still in a fairly preliminary state. However, my decision to release it it in this form was a conscious decision and part of an ongoing attempt on my part to practice a more open “release early, release often” approach to research. In doing this I’m drawing direct inspiration from the open source and open notebook (science) communities and seeking to engage in what might be termed open notebook social science!" Tagged by sennoma under oaos.examples,

What is the (Real) Cost of Open Access? - A Computer Scientist in a Business School

sennoma — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:38:00 -0500

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Open Source Science? Or Distributed Science? : Common Knowledge

sennoma — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:20:00 -0500

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Journal of Participatory Medicine

sennoma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:08:00 -0400

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Science & Sensibility » Can we improve research by crowd sourcing peer review?

sennoma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:06:00 -0400

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BIOLOGY MEETINGS, BIOLOGY CONFERENCES 2009, BIOLOGY MEETING WORLDWIDE

sennoma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:51:00 -0400

Welcome to Biology Meetings.Com - your first stop to find current, up to date links to major biology conferences, scientific meetings, biology seminars and biology meeting throughout the U.S. and the world! Some browsers do not support the graphical google map interface we are using to help find meetings. Tagged by sennoma under conferences, work,

Short communication: Online lab books for supervision of project students

sennoma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:01:00 -0400

Not really open, but it could be with the flip of a setting. Tagged by sennoma under opennotebookscience, ELN,

Matrix Analysis (SPARC)

sennoma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:54:00 -0400

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That consumption binge? It’s mostly health care

sennoma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:48:00 -0400

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Will Open Access inhibit innovation? « Myrmecos Blog

sennoma — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:47:00 -0400

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Words of Advice for NIH-Funded Authors

sennoma — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:55:00 -0400

• Does the manuscript apply under the NIH Public Access Policy? • Which NIH grant awards supported the manuscript? Use the NIH Grants Lookup Tool to confirm grant award numbers. • Which journal will the manuscript be submitted to? • Which method of submission does the journal fall under? See the NIH chart on submission methods. • If a Method C or D form of submission journal, which author will be assigned as the responsible author for the review and approval tasks? See the short video: Approving Submission of an Article to PubMed Central which outlines the process for authors in response to an email from NIHMS asking for approval of a submission done by a publisher or third party. • Which author will be responsible for making sure that the work has a PMCID within three months post publication of the manuscript, and notifying all authors and PIs associated with the manuscript of the most current means of documentation of compliance with the NIH Policy (“PMC Journal – In Process,” or NIHMS ID) until the PMCID is assigned? Tagged by sennoma under oa, oa.mandates,

The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery - Microsoft Research

sennoma — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:08:00 -0400

Increasingly, scientific breakthroughs will be powered by advanced computing capabilities that help researchers manipulate and explore massive datasets. The speed at which any given scientific discipline advances will depend on how well its researchers collaborate with one another, and with technologists, in areas of eScience such as databases, workflow management, visualization, and cloud computing technologies. In The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery, the collection of essays expands on the vision of pioneering computer scientist Jim Gray for a new, fourth paradigm of discovery based on data-intensive science and offers insights into how it can be fully realized. Tagged by sennoma under opendata, openscience,