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Worldbank Opens Up

Just a very quick post.  The World bank has adopted an open access policy, created an Open Knowledge Repository, and adopted some creative commons licenses (Find out more).  This policy change helps to increase popular access to a high level … Continue reading

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Reflections on the First “21st Century Research @ Hunter College Libraries” Event

We recently concluded the inaugural event of out 21st Century Research@ Hunter College Libraries event. This event focusing on “Managing and Sharing your Digital Research”, was a remarkable success. The turnout (approximately 73% of reserved spaces were filled) and response … Continue reading

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Being Involved in Learning, Even Outside the Classroom

Colleges and Universities have all recognized the need for students to master these skills as an essential part of their education.  In order to help students navigate  the cacophony of  information in the contemporary world classroom faculty have appealed to … Continue reading

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RefWorks Workshop @ Wexler Library

Just thought I would post this here as well: Free RefWorks Workshop September 15, 2011 at 3PM–The semester is just getting started, start your research off on the right foot with RefWorks! RefWorks is a web based Citation Management tool … Continue reading

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Research Journal Prototype

Helping researchers improve their research  is a fundamental part of my job.  That mission can be taken on in multiple forms.  One of the ways in which I’ve approached the matter is to make a new product, this research journal … Continue reading

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