[Asis-l] Thanks, Rong, for the info and here are two more items

[hleman at samhealth.org]

Hi, Rong. Thank you so much for the info. I didn't know any of that.  Duh, Hope.

Here are two more items that might be of interest to everyone. 

I follow the scientific social networking community Science 3.0  and they have a useful discussion here
http://www.science3point0.com/blog/2010/10/14/the-science-3-0-etherpad/ 

of the tool Etherpad,

http://etherpad.org/ 

which everyone who has not tried might like to play around with.

Also, there is a rather use blog in The Scholarly Kitchen about Amazon Singles:

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2010/10/14/information-brunching-amazon-singles-finds-space-between-essays-and-books/

This is useful reading for those of interested  in the future of the monograph.

Hope Leman, MLIS
Research Information Technologist
Center for Health Research and Quality
Samaritan Health Services
815 NW 9th Street Suite 203A
Corvallis, OR 97330
(541) 768-5712



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From: Rong Tang [rong.tang at simmons.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 5:23 AM
To: Hope Leman; asis-l at asis.org
Subject: RE: [Asis-l] Rather amusing search tool demonstrated at the LITA       National Forum

This was actually one of the products by flowing media. They have lots of programs on social data visualization, and seer is one of them. Founders of flowing media are Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg, and they both are now with Google.

http://flowingmedia.com/


Best,
Rong
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From: asis-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:asis-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of hleman at samhealth.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:18 PM
To: asis-l at asis.org
Subject: [Asis-l] Rather amusing search tool demonstrated at the LITA National Forum

Hi, all. This is strictly a bit of fluff, but it might actually be useful in some search situations. I saw this demonstrated in a lighting talk at the LITA National Forum earlier this month by Ann Perbohner, Dartmouth College. Try it out with the phrases, “Why do women…” and “Why do men…”

http://hint.fm/seer/

or “Republicans are…” and “Democrats are…”

Hope Leman, MLIS
Research Information Technologist
Center for Health Research and Quality
Samaritan Health Services
815 NW 9th Street Suite 203A
Corvallis, OR 97330
(541) 768-5712




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