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INTERNET RESOURCES NEWSLETTER

The free, monthly, newsletter for academics, students, engineers, scientists and social scientists.

Latest issue: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn176/irn176.html

Edited by:
Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk ),
Catherine Ure.and Marion Kennedy

Heriot-Watt University Library
ISSN: 1361-9381

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ISSUE 176- CONTENTS

1. COMMENT
Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS
Random quotes
News items of interest


2. A-Z NEW AND NOTABLE WEB SITES
Information and reviews of new and notable Web sites


3. NICE WEBSITE(S)
This month: Mendeley


4. BLOGORAMA AND TWITTERSPHERE
Selected interesting blogs, Twitter items, RSS feeds and news items


5. GET A LIFE! LEISURE TIME
After hours


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1. COMMENT
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Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS

Over 30,000 people subscribe to the free email version of this Newsletter. Very many thanks go to FUMSI http://www.fumsi.com/ who sponsor this newsletter. FUMSI publishes articles, tools, and a monthly magazine, to give you practical help with information skills.

To subscribe to the Internet Resources Newsletter, at no cost, go to http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/

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A pdf of a foldable A4 leaflet about this newsletter is available. This may be useful for libraries or others who want to spread the word about the newsletter. If you do - many thanks!

Random quotes

"Any idiot can start a journal on the web."
Alex Williamson, a former publishing director of the British Medical Journal, quoted in: Editor quits after journal accepts bogus science article, guardian.co.uk, 18 June, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jun/18/science-editor-resigns-hoax-article

"The university library of the future will be sparsely staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant consisting of little more than special collections and study areas."
Daniel Greenstein, Libraries of the Future, from: Inside Higher Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/24/libraries

News items of interest.
Peer-review system threat as research grants nosedive
The chances of securing a grant from the research councils have plummeted, with a Times Higher Education analysis showing that the overall success rate of applicants has hit an all-time low of 23 per cent.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407989&c=1
From: Times Higher Education

Eleven-word snippets can infringe copyright, rules ECJ
The copying and reproduction of just 11 words of a news article can be copyright infringement, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=10205
From: Out-Law.com

Knovel Introduces Transportation Engineering Collection
New subject area delivers information to help engineering firms define, scope and implement ‘shovel ready' projects
http://why.knovel.com/company/press/272-knovel-introduces-transportation-engineering-collection.html

Announcing Nature Communications - a multidisciplinary, online-only journal with an open-access option
In April 2010 Nature Publishing Group (NPG) will add a new title to its established suite of journals, increasing author choice as science communication and its business models continue to evolve. Nature Communications will publish high-quality peer-reviewed research across the biological, chemical and physical sciences, and will be the first online-only Nature-branded journal.
http://www.nature.com/press_releases/naturecommunications.html

For more news items in business information products we recommend VIP: http://www.vivavip.com/
For news from Heriot-Watt University Library, see the spineless? blog.
http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/


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2. A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES
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7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Computing
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EST0902.pdf
An article from Educause.

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Access by UK small and medium-sized enterprises to professional and academic information
http://www.publishingresearch.net/SMEaccess.htm
A report by Mark Ware, Mark Ware Consulting Ltd.

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AllMyFaves
http://edu.allmyfaves.com/
“AllMyFaves is the ultimate home page, offering an innovative visual exploration of the Internet.”

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ALT-C 2009
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/
Website for the ALT-C 2009 International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology, which was held at the University of Manchester, England, 8-10 September 2009.

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Analytical Methods.
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/AY/index.asp
A new journal from RSC Publishing that highlights new and improved methods for the practical application of analytical science.

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Awareness Watch Newsletter
http://zillman.blogspot.com/2009/08/awareness-watch-newsletter-v7n9.html
The September 2009 V7N9 Awareness Watch Newsletter is available. It is a freely available 80 page .pdf document. The report highlights some of the available competent resources on the Internet involved with Social Informatics.

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Awareness Watch Newsletter: October issue
http://zillman.blogspot.com/2009/09/awareness-watch-newsletter-v7n10.html
The October 2009 issue (V7N10) of the Awareness Watch Newsletter is available. This month's featured report will be highlighting Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Resources.

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Bingle
http://bingle.pwnij.com/
Delivers search results from Bing and Google, side-by-side.

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Blogs.com
http://www.blogs.com/
Blogs.com is a new service from blogging company Six Apart that helps you discover the best in blogs. You can quickly and easily find blogs by category and topic or read daily blog roundups of some of the best blog content around the Web. Top 10 Lists from celebrity bloggers and influencers also help you discover new blogs, and everyone is invited to create their own Top 10 lists to share with the community.

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Canmore
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/
Search over 275,000 buildings, archaeological and maritime sites across Scotland.

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Cell Death & Differentiation
http://www.nature.com/cdd/index.html
A new open access journal, launching in January 2010.
Cell Death & Disease will explore the area of cell death from a translational medicine perspective. The journal is now accepting submissions.

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Chartered Institute of Marketing Information and Library Service
http://library.cim.co.uk/cimsearch.stm
The CIM catalogue is now available for searching.

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Communicating knowledge: how and why UK researchers publish and disseminate their findings
http://www.rin.ac.uk/communicating-knowledge
This report looks at how researchers publish and why, including the motivations that lead them to publish in different formats and the increase in collaboration and co-authorship. It also explores how researchers decide what to cite and the influence of research assessment on their behaviours and attitudes.

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Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity
http://www.oacompact.org/
The compact for open-access publishing equity supports equity of the business models by committing each university to "the timely establishment of durable mechanisms for underwriting reasonable publication charges for articles written by its faculty and published in fee-based open-access journals and for which other institutions would not be expected to provide funds."

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Confusing Words
http://www.confusingwords.com/
Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers.

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Congenital Cardiology Today
http://www.CongenitalCardiologyToday.com
The mission of Congenital Cardiology Today is to provide reliable and timely information on congenital / structural heart disease. Article topics include devices and procedures, patient therapy, drug therapy, supporting technologies, products and services, as well as training opportunities and news from hospitals and allied organizations which support their practice.

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Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments: CL:AIRE
http://www.claire.co.uk/
Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (CL:AIRE) is a respected independent not-for-profit organisation established in 1999 to stimulate the regeneration of contaminated land in the UK by raising awareness of, and confidence in, practical and sustainable remediation technologies.

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Content Online
http://www.contentonline.co.uk/default.aspx
Content Online is a leading supplier of BSi British Standards, Standards, Conference Papers and Journals to industries UK and Europe Wide including Construction, Engineering, Academic, Aerospace and Aviation, Government and Defence, Health & Safety and Environment, Food & Drink, Energy, Rail and Transport, Marine and many more.
Also available at this site is a useful list of links to freely available Standards and related information.

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Currentcodes.com
http://www.currentcodes.com/
Currentcodes.com has a full-time staff of trained individuals whose only job is to find new coupon codes and discount codes and verify the accuracy of the existing database.

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Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard
http://dash.harvard.edu/
A central, open access repository for the scholarly output of faculty and the broader research community at Harvard.

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Directionlessgov.com
http://www.directionlessgov.com/
A search engine to government documents.
Directionlessgov.com is the result of a small effort by members of the Democracy.org.uk Collective. Reviewed by Karen Blakeman here.

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DiscoverEd
http://discovered.creativecommons.org/
DiscoverEd is an experimental project from ccLearn which attempts to provide scalable search and discovery for educational resources on the web.

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Edu1world
http://www.edu1world.org/
An online professional networking site for higher education technology professionals and practitioners.

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EnablingOpenScholarship: EOS
http://www.openscholarship.org/
EnablingOpenScholarship (EOS) is an organisation for universities and research institutions worldwide. The organisation is both an information service and a forum for raising and discussing issues around the mission of modern universities and research institutions, particularly with regard to the creation, dissemination and preservation of research findings.

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Energy Citations Database
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/
The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides free access to over 2.6 million science research citations with continued growth through regular updates. There are over 221,000 electronic documents, primarily from 1943 forward, available via the database. Citations and documents are made publicly available by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ECD includes scientific and technical research results in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, and computer science. It includes bibliographic citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.

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Energy Efficiency & Technology
http://eetweb.com/
A new media resource designed to serve engineers seeking to boost energy efficiency in products and processes to bring clean, reliable, and affordable energy technologies to the marketplace.

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Environment Industry Magazine
http://enviromedia.ltd.uk/
“Environment Industry Magazine has been developed to redefine publishing in the environmental sector.”

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EUGRIS
http://www.eugris.info/
EUGRIS is a web portal offering information and services on topics related to soil and water.

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European Life-Science Infrastructure for Biological Information: ELIXIR
http://www.elixir-europe.org/page.php?page=home
The mission of ELIXIR is to construct and operate a sustainable infrastructure for biological information in Europe to support life science research and its translation to medicine and the environment, the bio-industries and society.

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European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion
http://www.ercoftac.org/
ERCOFTAC is a scientific association of research, education and industry groups in the technology of flow, turbulence and combustion.

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Eurozine
http://www.eurozine.com/
“Eurozine is a network of European cultural journals, linking up more than 75 partner journals and just as many associated magazines and institutions from nearly all European countries. Eurozine is also a netmagazine which publishes outstanding articles from its partner journals with additional translations into one of the major European languages.“

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Futurity
http://futurity.org/
Futurity highlights the latest discoveries from leading universities in the United States and Canada.

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GeoImpress
http://www.geoimpress.com/
Find pictures by location using Google maps.

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Geology.com
http://geology.com/
Geology news and events.

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Get Connected
http://www.getconnected.org.uk/
Provides a free, confidential helpline that gives you the support and information you need to decide what you want to do next. You might need to be put in touch with somewhere safe to stay for night, need to be referred to an organisation that deals with eating disorders, or you might just want a listening ear.

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Go2web20
http://www.go2web20.net/
A large Web 2.0 directory with details of many of the new & hot services that are born daily into the web.

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Going Global 4 – the international education conference
http://www.britishcouncil.org/goingglobal-gg4-themes
Going Global 4 - The UK's International Education Conference, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Central London, 24-26 March, 2010.

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Google Fast Flip
http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/
Visual news scanning.

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Harper’s Index
http://www.harpers.org/index/
Search 25 years of Harper's Magazine.

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HerdictWeb
http://www.herdict.org/web/
Herdict Web aggregates reports of inaccessible sites, allowing users to compare data to see if inaccessibility is a shared problem.

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ICT Results
http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/
ICT Results is an editorial service created for the European Commission to showcase EU-funded ICT research and activities.

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International Digital Publishing Forum: IDPF
http://www.idpf.org/
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry.

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International Journal of Collaborative Engineering
http://www.inderscience.com/ijce
A new journal. IJCE promotes and fosters scholarly discussion on the emerging subject of collaborative decision making in the engineering discipline. Collaborative engineering studies the interactive process of engineering collaboration, whereby multiple interested stakeholders resolve conflicts, bargain for individual or collective advantages, agree upon courses of action, and/or attempt to craft joint outcomes which serve their mutual interests.

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International Journal of Global Warming
http://www.inderscience.com/ijgw
A new journal. The primary mission of IJGW is to bring all disciplines together for both local and global solutions to combat global warming and its consequences. IJGW focuses around nine main pillars: better remediation, better avoidance, better efficiency, better cost effectiveness, better design, better resource utilisation, better environmental quality, better energy security, and better sustainable development. It also address issues related to global changes as a direct and/or indirect result of climate modification and strategies for adaptation to such changes.

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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/
A peer-reviewed resource.

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Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
http://www.istl.org/09-summer/index.html
The Summer 2009 issue is available, including articles on Chemical Information in Scirus and BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine); What Does It Mean to Be a Science Librarian 2.0?; Managing Biological Journal Citations; etc.

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JISC Advance
http://www.jiscadvance.ac.uk/
Consisting of eight advisory and complementary services, JISC Advance will coordinate and develop upon the provision of excellence within the education and learning sectors, providing inspiration and advice to support the innovative use of technology.
The organisation will co-ordinate JISC Digital Media, JISC infoNet, JISC Legal, JISCMail, JISC Netskills, JISC Procureweb, JISC TechDis and the JISC Regional Support Centre UK, by centralising funding and business development opportunties.

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Jorum Newsletter
http://www.jorum.ac.uk/docs/pdf/septemberNewsletter.pdf
The September issue is available. Jorum is the national repository for sharing online learning materials across UK universities and colleges.

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KTI-International
http://www.kti-international.com/
KTI-International is a new, independent company that aims to provide high quality knowledge, focusing on key technologies that will motivate and inspire people individually and within organisations to be innovative and reach their full potential.

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LangId
http://langid.net/
LangId is a free web service that allows you to identify in which language was written any text you need to analyze.

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Learning Without Frontiers
http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com/
“Learning Without Frontiers aggregates global thought leaders, innovators and practitioners from the education, entertainment and technology sectors to explore entirely new ways of improving learning at a transformational level.”

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Library and Information Science Research Coalition
http://lisresearch.org/
The broad mission of the LIS Research Coalition is to facilitate a co-ordinated and strategic approach to LIS research across the UK. The Coalition aims to bring together information about LIS research opportunities and results; encourage dialogue between research funders; promote LIS practitioner research and the translation of research outcomes into practice; articulate a strategic approach to LIS research; and promote the development of research capacity in LIS.

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London Parish Records
http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/lma/default.aspx
Now you can research family records going right back to the reign of Henry VIII.

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Mobile Learning Network: MoLeNET
http://www.molenet.org.uk/
“MoLeNET is certainly the UK’s, and probably the world’s, largest and most diverse implementation of mobile learning. 115 colleges and 29 schools are, or have been, involved in MoLeNET. Approximately 10,000 learners were involved in 2007/08 and around 20,000 learners will have been involved by the end of the 2008/09 academic year together with more than 4,000 staff.”

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mysheriff
http://www.mysheriff.co.uk
Free Business Directory UK

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National Archives' education services
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/
New website.

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Nereus
http://www.nereus4economics.info/
Nereus is a network of leading European economics information providers.

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Nereus non-commercial databases
http://nereus.uvt.nl/
Search the Nereus non-commercial databases for economics research.

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New Frontiers in Spatial Concepts
http://ejournal.uvka.de/spatialconcepts/
New OA journal.
The Journal of New Frontiers in Spatial Concepts: Sociohistorical, Sociotechnical and Transcultural Analysis is an interdisciplinary publication platform for scientists of humanities, social, cultural and technical sciences.

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NICOLE
http://www.nicole.org/
NICOLE is a leading forum on contaminated land management in Europe, promoting co-operation between industry, academia and service providers on the development and application of sustainable technologies.

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OER Commons
http://www.oercommons.org/
In a brave new world of learning, Open Educational Resources (OER) content is made free to use or share, and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing, so that both teachers and learners can share what they know.

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Oil and Gas Community
http://www.oilandgascommunity.com/
A new social networking site for anyone working in oil and gas.
People can post requests for help and information on the forums. Join groups of like minded people, create events, chat instantly with other members, share information through blogs and build a profile advertising their company.

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Oil and Gas People
http://www.oilandgaspeople.com/
Oil And Gas People aims to fundamentally change the recruitment process by providing an accurate snap-shot of the current Oil and Gas workforce and its availability.

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Online Educa Berlin 2009
http://www.online-educa.com/
The world’s largest global e-learning event, Berlin, December 2 - 4, 2009.

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OpenNet Initiative
http://opennet.net/
“The OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of four leading academic institutions: the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto; Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; the Advanced Network Research Group at the Cambridge Security Programme, University of Cambridge; and the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University.
Our aim is to investigate, expose and analyze Internet filtering and surveillance practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion. We intend to uncover the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of these practices, and thus help to inform better public policy and advocacy work in this area.”

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Osmosoft
http://www.osmosoft.com/
Osmosoft is the open source innovation arm of BT.

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Push.co.uk
http://www.push.co.uk/
The independent guide to UK universities, student life, gap years, open days, student finance and all things studentish.

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Recession Resources
http://www.recessionresources.co.uk/
“This website is designed to give you everything you need to avoid all of that pain and beat the recession.”

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Reinventing academic publishing online. Part II: A socio-technical vision
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2642/2287
An article by Brian Whitworth and Rob Friedman, in First Monday.

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Report on the pilot exercise to develop bibliometric indicators for the Research Excellence Framework
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/09_39/
This report presents the work undertaken to develop the bibliometrics element of the Research Excellence Framework, the key part of which has been a pilot exercise to develop bibliometric indicators.

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Royal Institute for International Relations: EGMONT
http://www.egmontinstitute.be/
The Royal Institute for International Relations, EGMONT (in former days IRRI-KIIB), founded in 1947 by eminent Belgian political leaders, is an independent think-tank based in Brussels. Its interdisciplinary research is conducted in a spirit of total academic freedom.

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Scottish Contaminated Land Forum
http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/sclf/
The aims of SCLF are to encourage and promote the effective and sustainable rehabilitation of contaminated land in Scotland and elsewhere ... and to thereby positively contribute to the future growth of the Scottish economy and the quality of life of its people and communities.

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Scottish Visual Arts Group: SVAG
http://scurl.ac.uk/about/svag.html
Providing Information to the Scottish Arts Community

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Self Archiving
http://www.self-archiving.me/
The green route to Open Access.

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Small Business Management Knowledge Base
http://www.bizmove.com/small-business-management/
A free resource of business management. Guides, worksheets and checklists that cover practically every aspect of small business management.

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Small Business Pro
http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/
In-depth articles to help budding entrepreneurs start new businesses
“If you've ever dreamt of leaving the corporate world of commerce by going self employed and starting your own small business then use the ideas, help, advice and information on this site to startup as a sole trader or form a limited company and turn your dreams into a successful business.”

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Social media strategy: How I Became an Expert in Three Days
http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/4219
An article in FUMSI, by Ann Danylkiw.

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Sound & Vision Magazine
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/
Information for consumers of home theater, audio, video and multimedia products.

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Standards Engineering Society
http://www.ses-standards.org/index.cfm
The Society for Standards Users and Professionals.
SES is unique in that it is the only organization in North America committed exclusively to furthering public awareness and knowledge of standards and standardization. SES provides a neutral forum where standards users and developers can come together to address mutual issues, opportunities, and interests in ways that work to the benefit of everyone involved with, or affected by, standards.

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Sustainable Innovation 09
www.cfsd.org.uk/events/tspd14
Sustainable Innovation 09, Towards a Low Carbon Innovation Revolution, 14th International Conference, 26th - 27th October 2009, Farnham Castle, Farnham, Surrey, UK.

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Tech-Ease
http://etc.usf.edu/te_win/index.html
Quick answers to real classroom technology questions.
This collection is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse

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Third&Seventh
http://www.thirdseventh.com/
Architecture through the cinematographic lens. The visual fusion between the third and the seventh arts.

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Top 25 Health & Medical Search Engines
http://onlinenursepractitionerprograms.com/2009/top-25-health-medical-search-engines/
Top 25 health and medical search engines that contain tools designed for both consumers and health professionals.

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wePapers
http://www.wepapers.com/
Find and share documents & papers (even whole courses!), create study groups.


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3. NICE WEB SITE
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In the course of finding sites of interest for this Newsletter, we sometimes come across Web sites which we feel deserve slightly more than a passing mention. Each month we will pick out one or more such sites, and give them a short review. The sites will often be UK based, may be small or large, and be of interest or potential interest to academics. After lengthy discussions we have decided, with incredible creativity :-), to call these: Nice Web Sites. Details of previous Nice Web Sites are available in the Nice Web Site Archive.

Mendeley
http://www.mendeley.com/
You can find new research, collaborate with other researchers, organise your own research library, and much more, at Mendeley. I wrote a brief blog entry about it:
http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/mendeley-organise-share-and-discover-research-papers/ Mendeley is a very promising site, and worth checking out.

RM


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4. BLOGORAMA AND TWITTERSPHERE
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Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and news items, and Twitter items and feeds

You already know what blogs are, but for more information about RSS see the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol) or Webopedia http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RSS.html

The Internet Resources Newsletter has an RSS feed (essentially the Table of Contents for each issue): http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss

To add this RSS feed to any feedreader, go to: http://tinyurl.com/39sg5j

Informational Blog
http://wwwinformational.blogspot.com/
A blog about information, writing, commuinication and publishing

Rough Type
http://www.roughtype.com/

Open Book Alliance
http://www.openbookalliance.org/
"The Open Book Alliance will counter Google, the Association of American Publishers and the Authors' Guild's scheme to monopolize the access, distribution and pricing of the largest digital database of books in the world."

HUD feeds
http://www.hud.gov/rss/index.cfm
US Dept Housing and Urban Development

The Evolution of Blogging
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/13/the-evolution-of-blogging/
An article by Om Malik

PostRank
http://www.postrank.com/
Discover popular blogs, etc.

The Information Professional
http://michaelhopwood.wordpress.com/
Michael Hopwood

RSS Cloud
http://rsscloud.org/

Digital Marketing Blog
http://econsultancy.com/blog

Scottish Visual Arts Group blog
http://scottish-visual-arts-group.blogspot.com/

Top Ten Blog Lists
http://www.blogs.com/topten/

Futurity RSS feeds
http://futurity.org/futurity-rss-feeds/
News from leading research universities

Twitter
infobunny
http://twitter.com/infobunny
Can anybody really be as cool as Bunny?

Happn.in
http://happn.in/
Happn.in shows you what people are twittering about in your city.

GovTwit
http://govtwit.com/
The Government Twitter Directory

BSOL
http://twitter.com/BSI_BSOL

Woofer
http://woofertime.com/
For those who are too lomg-winded for Twitter, Woofer requires a minimum of 1400 characters.

BingTweets
http://bingtweets.com/
Fuses Twitter and Bing

SHRClub
http://twitter.com/SHRClub
Scottish Hill Rally Club

zillman
http://twitter.com/zillman
Marcus P Zillman

RiotFeeds
http://live.oneriot.com/riotfeeds/
"RiotFeeds are a new way to track the web's freshest buzz on your favorite topics using your Twitter account. By delivering today's most popular stories through a single source, RiotFeeds offer a simple alternative to scouring the web for the best new content: they do it for you."

1000 Twitter apps and service
http://botw.org/articles/twitter-apps-and-services.html
From Best of the Web

Twittonary
http://twittonary.com/
Twitter dictionary

HEFCE
http://twitter.com/hefce

Enquire Librarian ( AskALibrarianUK )
http://twitter.com/AskALibrarianUK

GMcKBlogs
http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs
Gerry McKiernan. See his bloggers profile at http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490

New ScienceNews
http://twitter.com/newscience

CILIPInfo
http://twitter.com/CILIPInfo
CILIP Info & Advice


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5. GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME
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Just Giving
http://www.justgiving.com/
"We process donations and reclaim Gift Aid for our member charities, and charge a small fee for our service".

Trip Extras
http://www.tripextras.com/
Book your Airport Parking, Airport Lounges, Airport Transfers, Currency Exchange, Travel Insurance, Car Hire, Airport Hotels and Flights at Trip Extras. Plus, city, country and airport guides.

Cycling to the Ashes
http://www.cyclingtotheashes.com/

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