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The Science Network – A Social Network Parody

18 April 2011

You don’t get to 11 million papers without a few dodgy results.

So, what do you think? Did he or didn’t he invent PubMed?
[Via Jane G.]

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Google Books Settlement Paths Forward Diagram Released

4 March 2010
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Jonathan Band has developed a diagram charting the possible outcomes of the Google Books settlement. Designed by Tricia Donovan, the diagram is called, “GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement”, and has been released by the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and the Association of [...]

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The Public Domain Manifesto

5 February 2010
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“The Public Domain Manifesto” has been released by COMMUNIA, the European Thematic Network on the digital public domain. If you would like to show your support for this cause, after you have read “The Public Domain Manifesto”, you may sign it. You may choose whether or not you would like your signature displayed online. Below, [...]

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What is Your Digital Fingerprint?

4 February 2010
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As a result of Data Privacy Day last week, I have spent the past few days poking around online to see what data about myself I could discover that I didn’t know existed. Before I try to tame others’ data, perhaps I should try taming my own?
I searched under various versions of my name. Now, [...]

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Beginning a Series — Reviews of Open Data Sites

29 January 2010
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I will be reviewing English-language, government-sponsored open data sites as an off-shoot of my doctoral work. I will begin initially with the “key” government sites compiled by the authors of The Guardian’s DataBlog as one of their inaugural posts.
Last week I reviewed data.gov.uk, so I while I may add a bit more detail to [...]

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