Archive for April, 2010
Effort Will Help Libraries Put Academic Papers in Data ‘Cloud’
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Effort Will Help Libraries Put Academic Papers in Data ‘Cloud’
Leaders of the movement to build universitywide collections of research papers are hoping that cloud computing—a kind of off-site storage for data—will give a new spark to their efforts.
For several years, some librarians have been pushing to build so-called “institutional repositories,” free online collections of papers [...]
Study Finds Copyright Concerns Affect Communications Research
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Study Finds Copyright Concerns Affect Communications Research
A new survey has found that many communications scholars lack confidence in their knowledge of copyright laws in relation to their research.
On Thursday, American University’s Center for Social Media and the International Communication Association released a survey of ICA members titled “Clipping Our Own Wings: Copyright and Creativity in
Google Starts Grant Program for Scholars of Digitized Books
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Google Starts Grant Program for Scholars of Digitized Books
Even as a lawsuit over Google’s book-digitization project remains up in the air, the search giant has quietly started reaching out to universities in search of humanities scholars who are ready to roll up their sleeves and hit the virtual stacks.
The company is creating a “collaborative research [...]
Energy-Use Web Site Shows a Campus Where to Conserve
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Energy-Use Web Site Shows a Campus Where to Conserve
Many colleges, though not enough, closely monitor their power consumption in order to save money and reduce their environmental impact. But few go as far as the University of California at San Diego, which this week debuted a Web site that makes detailed, real-time data about campus [...]
Seton Hill to Offer iPads to Full-Time Students
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Seton Hill to Offer iPads to Full-Time Students
Seton Hill University, a liberal-arts institution in Pennsylvania with more than 2,100 students, announced a program on Tuesday that offers an iPad to every full-time student.
Distribution will begin in the fall. Incoming freshmen will also receive a 13-inch MacBook laptop, which Seton Hill will replaced after two years; [...]