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ICT-WEB Alert
January 2009
- TECHzingo
TECHzingo is constantly watching Slashdot.org, Digg.com, TheRegister.co.uk for new stories, extracts related "tags" and displays them in a cloud. The cloud below shows the current popular news tags. The bigger the tag, the more stories are about its topic. In one glimpse you can see what the news is about, watch the cloud change as real world events unfold and are then forgotten.
- Women's Studies: Core Books (ACRL/WSS)
Subject guide and core bibliography for women's studies, featuring 50 subject groupings in the browse index and a guided search function. "The
project assists Women's Studies librarians and collection development
librarians in building Women's Studies collections and can also serve as
a guide to instructional faculty in selecting available course
readings."
- 12Manage
12manage is a management portal that summarizes over 400 management methods and theories and explains over 1500 management terms, combining scientific rigor with practical relevance. The methods and theories are classified into 12 (partly overlapping) management disciplines, which are:
- Change & Organization
- Communication & Skills
- Decision-making & Valuation
- Ethics & Responsibility
- Finance & Investing
- Human Resources
- Knowledge & Intangibles
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Program & Project Management
- Strategy
- Supply Chain & Quality
These twelve management disciplines make up the main structure of 12manage. They are the "hubs" from where you can browse to methods and theories belonging to each management field. Each hub also features books, consultants, education, faq, forum, news, resources, and some collected wisdom for each management discipline. 12manage is available in 12 languages..
- CORDRA (content Object Repository Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture)
CORDRA (content Object Repository Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture): An open, standards-based model for how to design and implement software systems for the purposes of discovery, sharing and reuse of learning content through the establishment of interoperable federations of learning content repositories.
CORDRA is designed to be an enabling model to bridge the worlds of learning content management and delivery, and content repositories and digital libraries. CORDRA aims to identify and specify (not develop) appropriate technologies and existing interoperability standards that can be combined into a reference model used to enable a learning content infrastructure.
- DiVA
DiVA, the Digital Scientific Archive (Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet in Swedish) is a comprehensive description of a system developed at Uppsala University Library. A repository where the documents are archived is one part of the system. This is why we chose the name the Digital Scientific Archive.
The DiVA system has been developed within the framework of the DiVA project which started in September 2000. The system is in full operation since January 2003. A common portal for the participating universities of the project has also been developed within the same project. Sometimes it is called the DiVA Portal..
- Open Research Society: ORS
The Open Research Society (ORS) is a non-profit international organization dedicated to the promotion of the "open research" paradigm in scholarly publishing, research cooperation and dissemination of research results in the field of Information Technology in a broad sense.
The initial effort of the society will be that of contributing to the open access movement in scholarly communication with a community-based approach to scientific journals and research monographs.
ORS is open to any individual that is interested in the activities of the society. Membership in the Society is free. Fees will be only required to support specific open research initiatives, in which participation will take place by volunteering.
- Wikibooks - Free electronics schematics from around the world
Wikibooks is a Wikimedia project, set up on July 10, 2003. Since then, volunteers have written around 13,433 book modules in a multitude of books.
- AC/UNU Millennium project - Global challenges facing humanity: Challenges in science and technology
The Millennium Project of the American Council for the United Nations
University (AC/UNU) is a global initiative with research think tanks of
futurists, scholars, business planners and policy makers who work for
international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs and
universities. The purpose of the Millennium Project is to serve as an
international utility to assist in organizing the future research by
updating and improving humanity's thinking about the future and making
these thoughts and ideas available to geographically and institutionally
dispersed think tanks. It addresses various challenges facing the
humanity and the current challenge in science and technology is - how
can scientific and technological breakthroughs be accelerated to improve
the human condition? The website briefly describes the present scenario
wherein the scientists have been successful in creating microbial fuel
cells, visually imaging 60 nanometer objects, demonstrating quantum
entanglement of three macroscopic objects, identifying gene variants for
schizophrenia, depression, and other mental diseases, using implanted
chips in human brains, using surgical robots and so on. It further
addresses the enormous risks involved in the application of these new
technologies and scientific developments. It gives a regional
description of the status of science and technology and invites the
users to participate in an online survey. The results of the survey will
be included in 2009 State of the Future to be published in August 2009.
The global challenges in the other areas can be accessed from the
homepage of the Millennium Project website.
- Best freeware downloads
This site provides links and information about several freeware for computer system maintenance. The freeware are listed under categories
like backup tools, defragmenters, compressors, restoration and security tools, email tools, text and graphic editors, web authoring tools etc. The site also provides tips for system optimization and security.
- DataSheet4U.com
DataSheet4U.com is a free electronic engineering tool that enables the user to locate product datasheets from hundreds of electronic components. It provides access to several datasheets, electronic component datasheets as pdf and links to "more than 800,000 PDF IC" datasheets.
- Flash animations for physics
Many complex concepts in physics are difficult to explain. Animation provides a way of explaining and demonstrating such complex concepts.
This web page has 84 Flash animations. These are grouped under the following categories: chaos, classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, micrometer caliper, nuclear physics, optics, oscilloscope, quantum mechanics, relativity, sound waves, vectors and waves. The selected animation will appear in a separate window. The animations can be downloaded from the website. In addition, the website provides access to a tutorial on using Flash to do physics animations and this is also available for download.
- MATLAB central file exchange
The MATLAB central file exchange contains thousands of files contributed by users and developers of MATLAB, Simulink and related products.
Categories include aerospace, automotive, biotechnology,pharmaceuticals, medicine, chemistry, physics, communications, controls and systems modeling, earth sciences, financial modeling and analysis, image processing, mathematics, optimization, signal processing etc. The site contents will be useful for researchers, teachers and students.
- Nanotechnology Whitepaper library
This website is by NanoBusiness Alliance, an industry association working towards the advancement of nanotechnology and microsystems. To
meet the research and educational information needs of those working in this field, it has developed Nanotechnology White Paper Library with a collection of links to more than 500 nanotechnology white papers, presentations and reports. Access to most of these is free but some
require registration. The registration is free and the registered users can download the whitepapers, case studies, webcasts and receive email alerts as well.
- OAses - The open access toolbar
OAses, a toolbar for Internet Explorer, is designed to make Internet searching easier for students, academicians and scientists. OAses searches many open access resources, free databases, and search engines. The toolbar is free to download and use, easy to install and it does not require registration. The interface has both search and browse options. It runs on Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP, Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher.
OAses currently allows the user to search the following resources:
- OAIster - An information retrieval resource from University of Michigan to search collections of freely available, academically-oriented web resources.
- Directory of Open Access Journals- Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
- Creative Commons- A resource with photos, music, text and other works available free for use
- Project Gutenberg- The largest collection of free electronic books
- FindArticles - A resource for journal articles from more than 900 publications, dating from 1998 through to the present
- PubMed Central - Free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature by U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The search engines namely Google, Yahoo, MSN and Vivisimo Clusty, a metasearch engine, can also be searched. The site provides FAQs, download links and installation instructions.
- Problem solving with Computational Infrastructure for Operations
Research (COIN)
"Operations research is the field of mathematical optimization devoted to finding an optimal allocation of limited resources by choosing an
alternative that maximizes payoff, or minimizes cost, from among those that satisfy the given constraints. Problems like these are pervasive, but the use of optimization techniques to solve them is not". The real value of the mathematical models is in generating problem-solving techniques that apply to the models, such as search strategies, constraint generation and approximation algorithms. Based on these and other similar techniques, the researchers at IBM have developed Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research (COIN). This is an open source project for optimization software and it helps developers build robust optimization solutions on a standard base.
- Softpedia - Free downloads encyclopedia
This website offers free software downloads in the categories such as antivirus, authoring, CD/DVD, compression, desktop enhancements, drivers, file managers, IPOD, Internet, linux and mac software, mobile phone, multimedia, network, scientific and CAD programs, security and system tools, office suites, programming and some miscellaneous tools. The site also provides reviews, news and articles.
- Sol-Gel gateway
Sol-Gel gateway is an interdisciplinary resource for chemists, physicists, materials scientists, device technologists and industrial engineers. It promotes the exchange of information among these researchers. The site provides news, tutorials and education materials, technology briefs, patents, free news alert on subscription, a reference
desk with several reference resources, databases, technology roadmaps etc. It has a forum for posting the articles.
- Study skills online - An electronic guide to some of the best ways to study
Attending lectures, reading, performing experiments in the laboratory, preparing for the examinations are some basic activities that the students are always engaged in. It is important that the students put their best efforts in these. Equally important aspect to consider is how the students perform these activities and how they can improve their performances. This website helps the students to acquire the necessary skills for better academic performance. It offers tips and methods for various issues such as time management, lectures, reading, experiments, presentations, revision, examinations, getting a job and postgraduate research. Although the contents are primarily intended for university
students at USA and UK, the students elsewhere also would find this website useful.
- TutorialsWeb.com
The tutorials at this website are primarily aimed at working professionals in relevant fields. Currently, tutorials are available in the following areas: electronic assembly, satellite communications, computers and networking, RF test and measurements, software. Free tools and links to additional resources are also available.
- Windows memory diagnostic
The Windows Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on the computer for errors. The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of
memory tests. It assists in determining the problems caused by failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of the motherboard. Available at this website are user guides with necessary information on system requirements, instructions to run the tool and usage tips.
- Best Practices for Electronic Resources
The content, stability, and accessibility of electronic resources have vastly improved since the early days of electronic publishing. However, significant outstanding problems persist. After surveying the field, ELD.s Best Practices for Electronic Resources Task Force selected and focused on eleven of the most important issues. This list of issues, as well as the best practices addressing them, was unanimously endorsed by the membership of the Division, which includes academic engineering librarians from North American educational institutions of all sizes.
- Center for Computer Games Research IT University of Copenhagen
Computer games are an important part of contemporary culture. We need new research to understand the nature of games, their structure, their function and their impact.
- CLOCKSS - Controlled Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
CLOCKSS is a collaborative initiative by a group of organizations drawn from publishers, libraries and learned societies. This two-year project will test the LOCKSS technology and social model to support a 'large dark archive' that is both fail-safe and has an acceptable process for providing continuing access for orphaned materials.
- Community Dimensions of Learning Object Repositories (CD-LOR)
The CD-LOR project aims at identifying and analysing the factors that influence practical uptake and implementation of learning object (LO) repositories within a range of different learning communities. The project findings will be made available in a range of ways for the benefit of UK higher and further education.
- Incredible India
Government tourism promotional and information site. Includes information about
travel, tips, currency information, guidelines for travel companies.
- Mathematics Online
This site provides links to a large number of Open Access Lecture Notes and a smaller number of Open Access monographs. For historical reasons it concentrates mainly on analysis and associated subjects, but submissions in other fields are welcome.
- PapersInvited
PapersInvited was conceived and developed to assist researchers at all levels - scientists, professors, post-docs and students who are seeking publishing opportunities for their research papers. PapersInvited presents an exhaustive list of Calls for Papers issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines.
PapersInvited has become the preferred destination where conference organizers, journal publishers, researchers and academicians come together to issue and receive information resources that encourage presentation and publication of contemporary research.
- ResearchNow
ResearchNow is a database of scholarly information drawing its content from three primary sources:
The roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press journals All working papers, preprints and other "grey literature" content from institutional repositories hosted by bepress that have opted for inclusion, as well as subject-matter repository. Materials from the bepress Legal Repository and COBRA: Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive. materials posted directly to ResearchNow via the ResearchNow Upload Utility.
- Scholar Universe
Scholar Universe is the web's fastest growing collection of accurate, regularly updated, and richly linked profile content covering faculty members, published authors, professional researchers and their organizational affiliations.
content within Scholar Universe is made available directly to our Scholar members and to publishers, professional associations, and universities through content licensing and customized search and expertise management offerings.
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