Naomi B. Knoble
There is a new bill that was introduced in Congress and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called the Research Works Act. I strongly oppose this bill and welcome others to form opinions and take action (e.g. contact your representative in Congress). Currently, all research in the U.S. funded through public dollars [...]
Through the ABCT Couples SIG listserv, I recently learned about the LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences Project. The purpose of the project is to measure and evaluate the impact of social science research on the public. An essential part of the project is helping social scientists disseminate their work through the use of social media [...]
Stanford is offering a number of free online classes. The Model Thinking course offered in January 2012 looks fantastic, however I registered for the Game Theory class which will begin in late February 2012. What online classes look interesting to you? What do you think about open classrooms?
Is closed copyright necessary in the digital age? Larry Lessig takes on this topic in his CERN lecture, “Copyright isn’t just hurting creativity, it’s killing science.” What do you think?
Futurity.org is a scholarly research aggregate that provides accessible summaries of research news from universities in the US, Canada, and UK. Current news is presented by topic, tags, and readers can browse by school. While scholarly articles are not always easily understood by most readers, Futurity’s editors provide clear explanations and links to the articles [...]
The Research Information Network, a policy research group in the UK, has focused their attention on research dissemination in the digital age. Of interest: If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0 — the executive report of their findings is available at the bottom of the page in PDF. [...]
The UC Berkeley Library offers a concise and compelling argument for the consideration of Open Access Publishing. Their brief cost analysis and review of the burden of the traditional publication process on universities brings into focus the state of scholarly publishing and the need for significant change. I agree with the description of this situation [...]
… I’m interested in accessibility for a few reasons. Increasing access to research and information is one part of the translational research process. It is also an extension of social justice efforts toward negotiating the privilege hierarchy between those who are active members of higher education and those who are not…