Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Diversity in the U.S. Government: Let’s Look at the Economists
A report from the Brookings Institution finds, at least in the case of economists, the U.S. government is roughly at the same place as academe when it comes to diversity.
Report Aims to Solidify Importance of Humanities, Social Science To Canada
“In times of crisis, the humanities and social sciences inform and guide our response — raising awareness of the issues, analyzing options and helping shape public policy,” according to a new report by Canada’s Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Ithaka Report Asks How Universities Can Better Support Big Data Research
A new report on supporting the big data infrastructure needs of universities offers a variety of real-world recommendations for improving the research environment.
Deborah Lupton Looks at Why More People Don’t Exit Facebook
Given the issues that swirling around Facebook – and here’s a handy list of 16 of them – you might wonder why […]
Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?
The the latest Questions & Unanswers About Social Innovation seminar series put on by the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation examined if the business model of academic publishing helps or hinders scholarly progress.
Wikipedia as Science Communication: A Step-by-Step Guide
Wikipedia provides one of the most straightforward and effective means to share knowledge and to leverage research findings towards societal impact. So here’s how to use it.
Native American Heritage Month Page Offers Curated Research
Native American Heritage Month, which falls every November, is a time to honor and celebrate traditions, cultures, and histories, while acknowledging the important […]
Librarian Survey Focuses on Embedding ‘In Life of the User’
The report ” Librarian Futures: Charting Librarian–Patron Behaviors and Relationships in the Networked Digital Age,” follows from a survey of 4,000 librarians and patrons and synthesizes those survey results with usage data from Lean Library, data from a range of librarian and library stakeholder interviews, and contributions from partners scite, Springshare, OpenAthens and OCLC.
