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ICT-WEB Alert

April 2013

  1. 280 Slides

    A nice web application that lets you create slide presentations.


  2. ArtPromote – art and culture online

    A searchable directory with thousands of annotated listings in over 200 categories of visual art, music, and literature.


  3. Big Science Read

    "The Big Science Read campaign invites you to explore, re-discover and get excited about science-themed books and hopes to stimulate public debate of current issues relating to scientific and technological advances. We've put together a suggested reading list of contemporary popular science and fiction titles to get you started and there are plenty more recommendations of seminal science reads and other resources to be found here."


  4. CISnet

    MIT Press CISnet brings together many of the MIT Press's recent and classic titles in computer and information science in a fully searchable online library.


  5. Copyright Toolkit

    There are many legal textbooks on the subject of intellectual property, or, more specifically, copyright. Briefing documents have also been produced which aim to make senior university managers and others in the field of education aware of the need to manage copyright so as to reduce institutional liability. This toolkit is not aimed specifically at these audiences. Instead, it provides practical, pragmatic advice, within an understanding of the legal framework, on how to license copyright works, who to approach, how best to approach them and how to negotiate the best deal.


  6. Digital.CSIC

    The Institutional Repository of the Spanish National Research Council


  7. eLearning Papers

    eLearning Papers adds a new dimension to the exchange of information on e-learning in Europe and stimulates research. As such, the articles provide views regarding the current situation and e-learning trends in different communities: schools, universities, companies, civil society and institutions. eLearning Papers provides all those interested with an opportunity to have their texts published throughout Europe. Through these articles, the journal promotes the use of ICT for lifelong learning in Europe.


  8. ISIG Video Archive

    LSE Information Systems and Innovation Group has relaunched its video library of visiting speakers, talks by about 50 leading academics in the social sciences and management. There is also an attached blog to discuss the content of the videos.


  9. JAIRO: Japanese Institutional Repositories Online

    JAIRO is a service providing the capability of cross-searching academic information stored in Japanese Institutional Repositories. content includes journal articles, theses and dissertations, learning materials, technical reports, departmental research bulletins, research reports, etc. More than 500,000 items are indexed.


  10. nzresearch.org.nz

    This website is a gateway to the open-access research documents produced at universities, polytechnics, and other research institutions throughout New Zealand.


  11. Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association: OASPA

    Our mission is to represent the interests of Open Access (OA) journal publishers globally in all scientific, technical and scholarly disciplines. This mission will be carried out through exchanging information, setting standards, advancing models, advocacy, education, and the promotion of innovation.


  12. PARSE.Insight

    PARSE.Insight is a two-year project co-funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme. It is concerned with the preservation of digital information in science, from primary data through analysis to the final publications resulting from the research. The problem is how to safeguard this valuable digital material over time, to ensure that it is accessible, usable and understandable in future. The rapid pace of change in information technology threatens media, file formats and software with obsolescence, and changing concepts and terminology also mean that, even if data can be read, it might not be correctly interpreted by future generations.


  13. Sandbag

    Real action on climate change.


  14. Student Diversity and Academic Writing Project

    Videos from the joint Lancaster/LSE project on Student Diversity and Adult Writing Project


  15. Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User

    Lots of useful tips.


  16. TechOnline India

    TechOnlineIndia.com, is a new web site from TechInsights, the publishers of EE Times, that targets the education and technical information needs of the rapidly growing electronics engineering design and development community in India.


  17. Visualblog

    "Visualblog is easily-managed web presence based on visual communication. It's easy to customize, quick to set-up, and it has an intuitive user interface and multi-author functionality. You can also setup a private blog to keep you and your colleagues up to date through a flow of photos and video."


  18. DTIC Advanced Search

    You can search various US defense-related resources in one simultaneous search.


  19. FreeForAll

    FreeForAll is an international collaboration of libraries whose mission is to provide underserved nations with health science journal articles for free.


  20. fResource

    "fResource is a unique online community for researchers and fundraisers from around the world to come together and share their knowledge about all things research related. Our aim is to help develop fundraising research as a discipline in it's own right as well as ensuring the vast array of information and resources can be accessed by everyone in the search for funding."


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