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Friday, May 07, 2004 |
Another way to fill OA archives. Michael Leach started a good thread on the DSpace-General list
by asking whether anyone had written an authoring module for DSpace
that would let the author click a button in order to submit a finished
preprint to given journal (whose submission specs were already coded
into the system) --and click another button in order to deposit the
preprint in the institutional or disciplinary repository. Leach works
for the Harvard Science Libraries and suggests that if others have not
already written the code, then Harvard might give it a try. [Open Access News]
8:22:28 AM Google It!.
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Intranets and Knowledge Sharing. KM Column: Intranets and Knowledge Sharing
Nice article that summarizes some key points for organizations wanting
to provide a suitable environment to facilitate knowledge capture and
sharing.
The article looks at a number of ways in which an
organization's intranet can become a "dynamic and living environment
for knowledge-based activities".
"Five key approaches are covered:
- communities of practice and intranets
- staff directories and expertise finders
- collaborative environments
- intranet-based knowledge tools
- using the intranet to drive cultural change"
via elearningpost [e-Learning Eclectic]
8:20:02 AM Google It!.
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Sony Preps EyeToy: Chat for E3
"Sony announced another set of software for its web cam peripheral
(and plans to show it at E3), called EyeToy: Chat. The idea is to turn
the Playstation 2 into a big communications portal, with the ability to
support up to 256 users simultaneously in text mode (IRC with a PS2
controller. Fun.), voice chat with up to 16, and one-on-one video
chats, as well as 30-second video messages that can be sent even when
the recipient is offline. There will also be a handful of simple games
(checkers, for instance) to play with other people, as well as a fairly
rigorous registration process via Playstation Net to try to minimize
the opportunities for baby-killing psychos to chat up children." [Gizmodo] [The Shifted Librarian]
8:14:28 AM Google It!.
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How the Word Gets Around.
How does a meme travel through the blogosphere? The Memespread Project
seeded an idea and watched it grow, learning a lot about information
transmission along the way. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News]
8:12:21 AM Google It!.
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OCW's worldwide reach. OpenCourseWare spreading worldwide,
MIT Tech Talk, May 5, 2004. MIT released a survey of their
OpenCourseWare (OCW) system users. "Among those using OCW are an
educational technology instructor in Bangalore, India, a home-schooling
parent in rural Kentucky, a university professor in Lagos, Nigeria, and
a student at the University of Mississippi." The survey revealed
several other phenomena, including course material translations into
Spanish and Portuguese; a Chinese initiative to translate all the MIT
courses, China Open Resources for Education (CORE); modules in Vietnam;
and increasing interest from American universities to adopt similar
models to OCW. The article quotes one user in the UK: " "There can be
no greater hope for humankind than the belief that wisdom generated
through increased learning will ultimately lead to a better world. With
OCW, MIT has taken an ethical stand against the belief that knowledge
should only be accessible to those who can pay for it or are in
proximity to it." (Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian) [Open Access News]
8:04:21 AM Google It!.
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© Copyright 2004 Bruce Landon.
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