zaterdag 28 juni 2008

Europese portal voor wetenschappelijke publicaties
Vandaag lanceert DRIVER (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research) D-NET v.1.0. Dit is een nieuw, uniek open-source softwarepakket dat een gereedschapskist aanbied waarmee Open Access publicaties uit verschillende bronnen bijeen gebracht kunnen worden. Diverse functionaliteiten voor zowel onderzoekers en lezers als beheerders van repositories en service providers zijn hierin toegepast. De ‘European Information Space’ is de portal gemaakt met de D-NET software en vormt hiermee de belangrijkste Europese portal voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek. (ScienceGuide, 27 juni 2008)

maandag 23 juni 2008

4 Ways to Quickly Create Excellent Presentations Online
ReadWriteWeb has a list of great services you can use to create presentations on the fly without downloading a thing. All you will need is an internet connection and a bit of creativity. (ReadWriteWeb, 21 juni 2008)
Drive-by Tips for Centralizing Your Content on the Internet
There are so many ways to manage information online, and many ways to centralize various types of information. The main decision is in deciding which data you want to centralize and aggregate so that you can choose the most appropriate method of pulling it all together. (Stepcase Lifehack, 16 juni 2008)
Three Little Tips for Capturing Info Bits Quickly
I consume a lot of information - all of it, digitally. In fact, I recently completed the transition a 100% media green state. I continue to use Gmail as a nerve center - my primary capture system. But sometimes, I want to flag something quickly to review later. Usually, these are tiny bits of info - notes or bookmarks - I need to capture very quickly. Here are three ways I do that. (Micro Persuasion, 21 juni 2008)