Monthly Archives: March 2012

Big Data is a Big Deal

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Laura B.

Below is the press release announcing the Big Data Research and Development Initiative. Today, the Obama Administration is announcing the “Big Data Research and Development Initiative.”  By improving our ability to extract knowledge and insights from large and complex collections … Continue reading →

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Illinois Research Data Initiative: Personal Digital Archiving

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Susan Braxton

As part of the Illinois Research Data Initiative (IRDI), Jeff Ubois, the founder and chair of the Personal Digital Archiving conferences, will be speaking on Personal Digital Archiving at 4 pm Thursday, April 12, in Room 126 LIS (501 E. … Continue reading →

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Plastics that mimic human skin, a technology from the 1930′s, and butterfly wings spur advances in environmental technology

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Environmental News Bits. The American Chemical Society is holding their spring meeting this week in San Diego. Among the papers presented are several of interest to ENB readers. Abstracts for all papers presented at the … Continue reading →

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Elsevier journal brings out special issue on new policy briefs on sustainability

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Laura B.

Elsevier has published a special issue of its journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.The issue publishes papers on the topics of several policy briefs that are on the agenda of the annual United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development: energy, … Continue reading →

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Green Goods and Services Summary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Laura B.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released Employment in Green Goods and Services 2010, which provides data on jobs are found in businesses that produce goods and provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources. In 2010: 3.1 … Continue reading →

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Biochemical Society journal – Bioscience Reports – to convert to full open access

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Laura B.

The Biochemical Society has announced that its peer-reviewed journal, Bioscience Reports, will be accepting submissions for Open Access from April 2, 2012, with the first full open access issue available from August 2012. All papers published from the August issue … Continue reading →

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New service at the Scholarly Commons: Survey Research Lab

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Laura B.

Experts from the Survey Research Laboratory (http://www.srl.uic.edu/) will be holding consultation hours in the Scholarly Commons (Room 306, Main Library) on Tuesdays from 1-4 for the remainder of the Spring 2012 semester. The services offered are: advice on how to … Continue reading →

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Using the WorldMap Platform

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Laura B.

Read the full post at ProfHacker. Last week I introduced the open source application QGIS, which gives all of us free access to powerful geographic software and liberates the more casual users among us from dependence on the commercial mapping … Continue reading →

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New ISTC publication available

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Laura B.

RR – 121  Identification of the Sediment-Associated Contaminants in the Illinois River Complex using Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) / Mehler, W.Tyler; Lydy, Michael J. — Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2012. Also available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/30012 Abstract: The difficulty … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘Marketing for Scientists: How to Shine in Tough Times’

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Laura B.

Read the full review at ProfHacker. The book is available for checkout or request from the Prairie Research Institute Library. First, let me be clear: I am extremely skeptical of academia how-to books. It seems as though they rarely have … Continue reading →

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