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Information relevant to ISGS staff

Open Access Legislation passes in Illinois

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Laura B.

On May 16, 2013, SB 1900, the Illinois Open Access to Research Articles Act, passed both the House and Senate. The synopsis of the bill and amendments follows. Synopsis As Introduced Creates the Open Access to Research Articles Act. Provides … Continue reading →

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University of Illinois Web Services launches secure messaging service

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Laura B.

Email+, available through the Web Services Toolbox, now offers a new feature for sending secure messages.  A secure message could be a login, password, any type of link that requires a user to authenticate in, or any other type of … Continue reading →

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New Tool: Metadata Access Tool for Climate and Health (MATCH)

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Laura B.

The Metadata Access Tool for Climate and Health (MATCH) is a publicly accessible, online tool for researchers that offers centralized access to metadata ‐ standardized contextual information ‐ about thousands of government-held datasets related to health, the environment, and climate-science. MATCH … Continue reading →

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Draft Rule for Hydraulic Fracturing

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Anne Huber

The Department of Interior has released an updated draft rule for hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands.

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The Energy Data Initiative

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Laura B.

The Energy Data Initiative is a Federal effort to “liberate” government data and voluntarily contributed non-government data as fuel to spur entrepreneurship, create value, and create jobs in the transition to a clean energy economy. As part of this initiative, … Continue reading →

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FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Anne Huber

A lecture series on fracking sponsored by the Center of the American West begins today with a conversation with Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. The programs will be archived and podcasts made available.

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SLAMMER: Seismic LAndslide Movement Modeled using Earthquake Records

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Anne Huber

The USGS recently released a new computer program to model seismic landslide movement called SLAMMER. This program is designed to facilitate conducting sliding-block analysis (also called permanent-deformation analysis) of slopes in order to estimate slope behavior during earthquakes. The program … Continue reading →

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The Science of What We Do (and Don’t) Know About Data Visualization

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Laura B.

Read the full story at HBR Blogs. Visualization is easy, right? After all, it’s just some colorful shapes and a few text labels. But things are more complex than they seem, largely due to the the ways we see and … Continue reading →

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Theses and Dissertations Available Through New Open Access Tool

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Laura B.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations is an index of over 1.5 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online. The full text of all papers … Continue reading →

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Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. A parallel world of pseudo-academia, with prestigiously titled conferences and journals that will print seemingly anything for a fee, has the scientific community alarmed. See also Nature’s special report on the … Continue reading →

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