Conduit offers Toolbar cut-up : select the Apps YOU want

Without having to install a single Conduit toolbar, you now can select the Apps (toolbar-items cut-up from excisting Toolbars or seperate Apps not belonging to any Toolbar) and construct you own "toolbar".
Starting place is the Conduit App Marketplace

Let's say for instance that I do not want the complete Webicina Toolbar, but just one or two parts.
I would search the App Marketplace for Webicina and See what parts are available as seperate Apps .
You would find 4 Apps:

• Medical Professionals (the menu item with PerSSonalized Search)
• Empowered Patients (the menu-item with Discover Webicina Search)
• PeRSSonalized Medicine (the menu-item with PeRSSonalized PUBMED Search)
• Search PeRSSonalized Here  (the widget/gadget with PeRSSonalized Search & links)

NOTE: When going to apps.conduit.com you add the Apps to your browser, so you will only see the Apps that the browser with which you browse supports. Currently, the Beta version of the Chrome support of APPs only supports Gadgets. They are working on adding other APps (Menu Buttons, RSS readers and HTML Apps) for Chrome in the near future.

Just click the link of Medical Professionals and see what happens .

Confirm you want it: The app you're about to install requires Conduit Engine. Once you've installed Conduit Engine on your computer, you'll be able to instantly add apps from all over the Web with no additional installation. It will simply add one icon below your Bookmark toolbar with the functionality of that App. In case of the Webicina App you will get:-  direct link to Webicina Medical Professionals Section-  direct search in the search widget "Search PeRSSonalized" here -  direct link to all professional web 2.0 sections of Webicina-  step by step guides &-  Suggest a Site form 
   In the image you see the Webicina icon, plus a few relevant other Apps that can be found in the Conduit App Marketplace:-  PUBMED Search & Databases (from the Pubmed Toolbar-  Find Articles App by UConn Libraries -  All Top Search Engines in One Box
-  Free Ebooks Search 
-  Wikipedia Search 

  The Apps can be managed via Right-Mouse Click menu.
This way Apps (or Toolbar elements) can be selected and shared, giving the user more control over his/her browser (toolbar) space.
 

TEDxMaastricht" Fueling the next revolution in Medicine & Health"

http://www.tedxmaastricht.nl/

"TEDxMaastricht “Fueling the next revolution in Medicine & Health” will feature an incredible array of speakers. It will open your eyes to a new way of thinking and articulating something you might or might not already know, but it will make it unforgettable."
Date: April 4th, 2011


TEDxMaastricht Fueling the next revolution in Medicine & Health from tedx Maastricht on Vimeo.

ICT Strategic Plan 2010-2014 University of Groningen & the Library

The ICT -term  Plan 2010-2014 of the University of Groningen is a Blueprint for IT spending over the next five years in the field of ICT and innovations. The plan is compiled by the university’s ICT Strategy Committee. The plan includes five areas within which ICT is applied research, education, scientific information, organization and infrastructure.

ICT-term Plan 2010 – 2014 [PDF] (in Dutch)

About PurpleSearch:

• p.22:  (translated) The ICT-strategic committee proposes to give an  impuls to the development of the searchtool PurpleSearch for the coming planning period ….
• p.22: (translated) Search Purple adequately supports users in finding information using various Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 technologies.
  The application provides Google-like manner direct search and guides the process with adding useful suggestions (recommanderfunctie). In addition,Purple Search can provide facilities such as rapid calculation of impact factors, the addition of abstracts,
  abstracts, book reviews, etc. Ultimately, Purple Search will act as a personalized search tool with capabilities of personal alert….
• p.23: (translated) Recommendation 16: The committee recommends the further development of Purple Search 1.5 additional FTE manpower to finance over 2 years, ie k € 225
  (Aanbeveling 16:
  De commissie beveelt aan voor de verdere ontwikkeling van PurpleSearch 1,5 fte extra menskracht te financieren, gedurende 2 jaar, dat wil zeggen k€ 225.)

This is good news for the further development of PurpleSearch.

The blog PURPLESEARCH.wordpress.com will report on the process and on relevant issues on the topic of search tools..
Interested?
Contact us for a demo account, at


Other plans related to the Library:

• create more "Learning Grids" in the University Library Building, simular to the small Grid in the Central Medical Library, originated from University of Warwick Learning Grid.
• development of the Open Course Ware project, makes it important to think and work on copyright more.
  Nice initiative: "Network of Information Centers for copyrights"Watch the Movie: Author rights, your rights
• but also on (mobile) distribution of content within the University, maybe even use iTunes U (for Universities, like TU Delft and OpenUniversity
• run a project on Ranking of Universities and it's scientific output
  ( RUG Page on Ranking | webometrics | TopUniversities | 

Other major investments in the plan that the commission proposes: 

• keep investing in the supercomputer BlueGene and the Linux cluster, 
• do invest more in storage and processing large amounts of data, 
• show at least four hundred courses on the OpenCourse Ware WWW services, 
• do more to video lectures, 
• build a good Service Oriented Architecture for administrative systems.

Launch of "Medical Library Lab" at CMB UMCG website

Today I put the pages online that form the so-called "Medical Library Lab" of the Central Medical Library of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG).

It is the first draft of a set of pages that will change frequently. 

The intension is to offer an up-to-date overview of available tools, tips & trics created by the library for end-user to enhance their own desktop, browser, network or mobile.

Medical Library "Lab" : your toolbox

In Your Browser

On Your Desktop

On your Mobile

In Your Network

On The Web

Your Personal Startpage

It is not completed yet, and we hope to get more feedback from users. Please have a look and send me your comments for improvements, additional stuff or just plain simple your opinion!

Corporate Web Presence SCAN UMCG

Please have a look at another practical use for a Netvibes Public Page.
Here is the first draft of the "Corporate Web Presence Scan" for the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG).
It was created to support the group inside the hospital that is preparing a sort of  a"Social Media Plan & Policy" for the hospital.
The Scan makes it very clear and visible what the Web Presence of the UMCG is. It can be followed day by day, and shows rss-feeds, and Saved Searches where no RSS was available or possible. Any suggestions for adding stuff?

The last Tab contains a tool that almost automatically creates a simular Web Presences Scan, called SocialMention

Most Played Albums in 2009 (and now for something completely different)

digicmb My Most played albums in 2009 

• Numero Uno (1!): Fever Ray / Fever Ray
   ♫ Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart | play via my Blip List |
   AMAZON | ITUNES
• No 2!!!: Them Crooked Vultures / Them Crooked Vultures
   ♫ Them Crooked Vultures – No one loves me and neither do I | play via my Blip List
   AMAZON | ITUNES
• No 3: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts / Brian Eno & David Byrne
   ♫ Brian Eno & David Byrne – Regiment | play via my Blip List
  | AMAZON | ITUNES
• No 4: Only By The Night / Kings of Leon
    Kings of Leon – Closer (HQ) | play via my Blip List
  VIA YOUTUBE | AMAZON | ITUNES
• No 5: It's Blitz! / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
   ♫ Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life |play via my Blip List
  AMAZON | ITUNES
• No 6: Cosmic Egg / Wolfmother
   ♫ Wolfmother – Back Round | play via my Blip List
  | AMAZON | ITUNES | GET RINGTONE
• No 7: "Now We Can See" / The Thermals
     The Thermals "Now We Can See" | play via my Blip List
  VIA YOUTUBE
• No 8: Invaders Must Die / The Prodigy (although I don't like the choosen title at all)
  ♫ PRODIGY, The – Omen | play via my Blip List
   | AMAZON | ITUNES | GET RINGTONE
• No 9: Derdang Derdang / Archie Bronson Outfit
   Archie Bronson Outfit – 'Cherry Lips' | play via my Blip List
  VIA YOUTUBE | AMAZON | ITUNES
• No 10: Sounds of the Universe Depeche Mode
   DEPECHE MODE – WRONG - THE CORRECTED VERSION (from DM new album Sounds of the Universe) | play via my Blip List
  VIA YOUTUBE | AMAZON | ITUNES

Virtual Research Networks : Towards Research 2.0

Here is my talk  on Virtual Research Networks, where I try to paint a picture around researchers not only disconnecting from the library, but in growning numbers even by-passing the library, using clever applications and web 2.0 technology. In general they use the general social network tools, like Facebook and Linkedin.
They also build their own networks with tools like Ning, ánd -most important- third parties (mostly commerical) develop tools intended to "capture" the researchers in their so-called "workflow" tools.

One possible way for libraries to respond, could be: work together with your key stakeholders in your organization on developing a "Virtual Research Environment" (VRE). Major player worldwide on this topic is JISC. I thank Frederique Van Till, Programme Manager, e-Research at JISC ,kindly for her time in talking to me about the VREs project.

Virtual Research Networks : Towards Research 2.0

View more presentations from Guus van den Brekel.

Impressions from EMTACL10

Before I will post on the EMTACL10 conference content-wise I will point out some material you can have a look at. All official presentations and Lightnings talks will be published on the EMTACL10 webiste, including all HD recorded sessions. Due to the large amount (and size) of the material it will take a while for it to be online.
Content created by participants (and non-participants) via:

• Twubs.com: http://twubs.com/emtacl10
• Or the Tweet archive created via Twapperkeeper by @Patrickd (935 tweets)
  http://www.twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/emtacl10
• The SocialMention portal: http://socialmention.com/search?q=emtacl10&t=all&btnG=Search
• The Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1189077@N24/
• Presentations (currently 11) uploaded on Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=emtacl10
• YouTube videos uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emtacl10&aq=f

The presentation with the highest impact on the audience was wihout a doubt by Ida Aalen. It was called:

"I've Got Google, Why Do I Need You?" 

A comment I picked up during lunch afterwards : "I feel completely incompetent as a librarian now ..."

While Ida is, without a doubt, a briljant student, she gets away -for now- with organizing study in her own way using Evernote, Google Docs, Wikipedia and Google (Scholar) Search and therefore practically "Bypassing The Library" . It is not a complete disconnection, because she still goes to the library for books, to borrow them. While reading them she types her summary at a speed of 600 characters per minute. She remembers everything, she claims. Not facts, but remembering reading about it, she is abled to "retrieve" the needed info ...... within 30 seconds. "Because I am not stupid, but I am impatient"

When the video recording of this talk go live, it is a must-see for librarian. Not that it is a new message, but it is brought to use so directly, vivid and clear to almost 180 librarians in the main conference room of EMTACL10.

I've Got Google, Why Do I Need You?

View more presentations from Ida Aalen.

Here is a short "tease"on Youtube: