Technology Transfer, Basic Research, Early Career Researchers, Advanced Research, Local Language Electronic Scholarly Content

Career Clinic for Young Researchers

Submitted by Daan on Fri, 01/10/2010 - 15:02

Time:

Thu, 09/12/2010 - 10:00

Host:

Newcastle University

Language:

English Language

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URL:

http://mediazone.brighttalk.com/event/ReedElsevier/46d0671dd4-4354-login

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Introduction from Noelle Gracy, Elsevier

Professor Alan Johnson, Research Management Services International Pty Ltd, offers advice on resources which can help the early career researcher to advance their career

Riana Coetsee, International Research Funds & Capacity Development, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, offers her perspective on how an early career researcher can take successful steps forward

Researcher and Library: Mapping Needs to Solutions

Submitted by maxmulsch on Tue, 16/11/2010 - 13:31

Time:

Fri, 17/12/2010 - 15:00

Host:

Kyushu University

Language:

Japanese

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external

URL:

http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/.campaigns.europe.scawley.scholperspectives.japanese.form/bECU001/x11UPZ1F

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Revealing the benefits of creating a national license for access to a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed electronic resources

Submitted by mktadmin on Mon, 04/10/2010 - 09:58

Time:

Tue, 30/11/2010 - 11:00

Host:

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Language:

Spanish Language (English translations of presentations will be made available as post-webinar downloads)

External Registration?:

external

URL:

http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/.campaigns.europe.scawley.scholperspectives.spanish.form/bECU001/uCYFTH1F/xA3RPY1F

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Introduction from Erika Hernandez, Elsevier

Dra. Adriana Ortiz, UNAM, gives the librarian’s perspective on the benefits of creating a national license

Ana Heredia, Elsevier, gives the researcher’s perspective on the use and application of scholarly electronic resources

Ends with questions & answers session

Powering the Smart Economy in Ireland

Submitted by mktadmin on Thu, 22/04/2010 - 14:17

Time:

Thu, 03/06/2010 - 14:00

Host:

Science Foundation Ireland : Trinity College Dublin

Language:

English Language

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Joost Kollofel, Head of Government Segment, Elsevier, introduces the topic and presenters

Research literacy primer: Equipping early career researchers with the skills they require to create high quality papers

Submitted by mktadmin on Thu, 22/04/2010 - 13:17

Time:

Tue, 25/05/2010 - 13:00

Host:

Penn State University Library

Language:

English Language

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Noelle Gracy, Customer Engagement Manager, Elsevier, introduces the topic and presenters

Ellysa Stern Cahoy, Assistant Head, Library Learning Services at Penn State University, delivers an overview of successful techniques that can be used to upskill early career researchers.

Patricia Gael, a PhD candidate from Penn State University describes her experiences in getting research literacy instruction and support from both the library and their faculty.

Enriching research and teaching through ebook content

Submitted by mktadmin on Thu, 15/04/2010 - 22:29

Time:

Mon, 30/11/2009 - 09:00

Host:

The University of Hong Kong

Language:

English

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In summary:

Ebooks have tremendous benefits for research & teaching in universities where the library has responded to changing user needs & created a critical mass through a dynamic ebooks collection development strategy. The University of Hong Kong is a leader in this regard.

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Tools:

"Building an e-book collection from the researchers’ and learners’ perspectives: The University of Hong Kong case study"
Presenter: Gayle Chan, Head of Collection Development, The University of Hong Kong

A Life Science Lens: connecting to relevant sources

Submitted by mktadmin on Thu, 15/04/2010 - 22:20

Time:

Fri, 20/11/2009 - 09:00

Host:

Princeton University

Language:

English

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In summary:

We explore how new developments in biomedical ontologies and text mining technologies on the full text platform are helping life sciences researchers make breakthroughs by funneling outwards from the trusted peer reviewed full text to other trusted information types.

Presentations:

Tools:

"Addressing the life scientist’s information retrieval challenge."
Presenter: Steven Adams, Biological
& Life Sciences Librarian, Princeton University

Research without Borders: Interdisciplinary research

Submitted by mktadmin on Thu, 15/04/2010 - 22:13

Time:

Mon, 02/11/2009 - 09:00

Host:

University of Aberdeen

Language:

English

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In Summary

We explore how information retrieval tools are evolving to support search & discovery in an interdisciplinary field.

Presentations:

Tools

"A library menu of tools to aid interdisciplinary research & discovery."
Presenter: Chris Banks, University Librarian, University of Aberdeen

Search & discovery

"Content connections & locating experts in the study of Carbon Sequestration."
Presenter: Friso Veenstra, Diretor, Market Development, Upstream Oil & Gas, Elsevier