Eventually STM platforms will be opening up too

New Office for Scholarly Communication at Harvard

Stuart M. Shieber will be the director of this new office.

"According to [Robert] Darnton, [Director of the Harvard University Library (HUL).] "The Harvard University Library has long been engaged by the many questions of access to scholarship that face the University, and we have worked closely with Stuart Shieber and the Provost's Committee on Scholarly Communication in the formulation of a policy that ensures Harvard's leadership role in open-access endeavors. Stuart's appointment marks the launch of the Office for Scholarly Communication as a program of the Harvard University Library and brings HUL's engagement with scholarly communication to an entirely new level that is consonant with our mission to provide comprehensive access over time to the fullest possible range of scholarly materials."

Pickup the phone and call the customer

P&G CEO's A.G. Lafley's tips on growing your business in this challenging environment:

"The customer needs to be the center of the innovation equation. When Lafley took over as CEO in 2000, he said he saw too many managers on their cellphones, or buried in spreadsheets, in essence "showing customers their behind." via Scott D Anthony

Scispace: Social Networking Site for Scientist

Scispace was developed "between members of the NIEeS and the eMinerals and MaterialsGrid projects."

It's all about scientific communication and collaboration.

A fresh attempt in knowledge representation in life sciences

Wikiprofessional's Concept Web Initiative is a global collaboration to innovate how knowledge [knowlet] is represented and expanded on the Internet"

BBC is opening up

and making their data accessible to external parties. They are also doing some very interesting work utilizing ontology in Programmes.

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SecondLife and Scientific Learning

“Students are no longer prepared to learn using traditional techniques,” says Tracy Kennedy, a University of Toronto lecturer who studies educational uses of online virtual worlds."

and some reality check from Jean Claude Bradley from Drexel University

"There’s a misconception out there that all students are very tech-savvy, and that’s simply not true,” he says. “Second Life provides an additional way for students to explore class material, but it doesn’t appeal to everyone.” via ScienceNews

Harvard Law goes with "Open Access"

After arts and science faculty, Harvard Law becomes the first law school to go with open access.