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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Science
A New Era of Scientific Publishing
This. Why is Science Behind a Paywall? We are in the middle of the most dramatic and significant change in publishing since the proliferation of the printing press. One area that has been resistant to change has been peer-reviewed scientific … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, History, Libraries, Open Access, Periodicals, Publishing, Science
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NASA Educator Resource Centers
With NASA in the news so much lately(1, 2, 3, 4), it seems a good reminder that the organization has nearly 70 Educator Resource Centers across the country. These are fantastic resources to tap for information relevant to a wide … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Government, Libraries, Medical, News, Science, Space
Tagged Education, Educator Resource Center, Kennedy Space Center, Libraries, Medical, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Science, Space
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Annenberg Media Streaming Video
The Annenberg Media website at learner.org is a resource that offers on-demand streaming video for “schools, colleges, libraries, public broadcasting stations, public access channels, and other community agencies”. These are top-notch programs, several which I recognize as having been used … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Language, Libraries, Online Services, Politics, Science, Video, Web Design
Tagged Annenberg Media, Education, History, Libraries, Microsoft Windows, streaming video
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NIH and Public Access
There is a bill being voted upon by the U.S. Senate on October 15th which will potentially open up a great deal of research being done with National Institute of Health (NIH) funding. The bill will mandate that the public … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Government, Medical, News, Open Access, Politics, Science
Tagged library staff member, National Institute of Health, Peter Suber, Rick Mason, Senate, Senator, United States, United States Senate
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Scitalks
Scitalks is an online collection of science videos, or as they put it, “Smart people on cool topics”. Many of their videos feature notable researchers, and the topics range from experiments, to demonstrations, to lectures. Don’t miss the classic Protein … Continue reading
WorldWideScience.org
WorldWideScience.org is a federated search tool for science resources sponsored by The British Library, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information, and eight other participating countries. It searches 15 science portals and combines the results for … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Libraries, Online Databases, Science
Tagged British Library, federated search tool, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scienti, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientif, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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