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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Call to boycott Elsevier gaining steam
I have long been a critic of the academic publishing industry and the increasing costs for getting, mainly, publicly funded research out to peer-review and the wider scholarly community. And to be sure, there is more malaise in the total … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, digital, eresources, library, publishing, research, university
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Davos concerned about Eurozone
The Fool makes a summary report of Davos and its main issue, that of the Euro and Eurozone crisis. It is important to understand how serious the issue is that Davos has not only acknowledged it this year, but focused … Continue reading
For-profits HE dealt a blow in the UK
Well, a blow against for-profit HE was struck in the UK when David Cameron took a tactical decision to drop a bill in the next session to allow more competition in the UK HE space. Competition is good, but not … Continue reading
Performance of NoSQL vs SQL
Doing some work on looking at performance of NoSql engines versus traditional Cobb relational DBs, and found some actual benchmark data that is interesting and impressive. This approach is already critical in big data computation in scientific and commercial environments, … Continue reading
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Tagged analytics, big data, comp sci, data, Dev, nosql, performance
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Trade Magazine Hub and whitepapers
I found a very nice site that acts as a hub for an extensive number of industries, detailing trade magazines, white papers, downloads and podcasts by sector. It is webified so is searchable by keyword and can allow you to … Continue reading
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Tagged digital, hub, identity, information, security, subscription
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Several sites dark for SOPA protests
Today is the day that sites have banded together to raise awareness about SOPA and PIPA legislation. There are two bills, SOPA in the House and PROTECT IP ACT (PIPA) in the Senate. Important sites have gone dark, at least … Continue reading
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Tagged cencorship, development, internet, legislation, networks, policy, security, social media, SOPA
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Facebook kills educational project because it gains too much profile
Facebook are at it again. After a librarian at a major US university tried to apply some innovation on FB by recreating two historical students and allowing others to friend them and follow what they would have done in their … Continue reading
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Tagged education, eresources, facebook, fb, social, social media
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