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“OK, so this has nothing to do with any CrossRef projects- but there is an interesting new PRC report out by Mark Ware in which he explores how SMEs (small/medium-sized enterprises) make use of scholarly articles and whether the scholarly publishing industry is doing anything to make their lives easier.”
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“Over a year ago I made one of the biggest decisions of my life. I packed up all my worldly belongings and moved to San Diego to begin working full-time for a small biotech startup.”
Category: scholarly publishing
Video of Author Identity session at Science Online London 2009
links for 2009-08-18
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Researcher identification | GEN2PHEN Knowledge CentreLinks
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“Despite being extremely busy with final preparations for Science Online London, Victor Henning, Founder & Director of the company behind the popular academic research management tool Mendeley was kind enough to take a little time over the weekend to address a few questions I’d posed to him.”
links for 2009-07-03
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Insightful post on scientific literature. “This got me wondering – why do we consider peer reviewed research to be important? I’d actually suggest that peer review is of secondary importance, so I’ll discuss that later (if I remember). So, why do we need a scientific literature?”
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Technology Review: Blogs: TR Editors’ blog: Genetic Tests on the Horizon“The latest in genetic testing from the Consumer Genetics Conference.”
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Promising new medical textbook review site put out by HS. “Medical Textbooks Revealed: The Naked Truth, from the people who brought you Flesh and Bones is a website essentially written by medical students for medical students and aims to take the ‘irk’ out of the sometimes irksome task of choosing the right medical textbooks for you…who better to guide you through this maze than your peers and ensure you spend your precious cash in the very best way?”
links for 2009-07-02
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An interesting essay on disruption and some lessons to be learned from newspapers. I don’t entirely agree with the prescription Michael offers though.