My interest for the near future is focussing on "Answering information needs in the workflow" of our users. The subject has recently been adressed by the president of OCLC/PICA during the latest LIBER-conference in Groningen.
It is also the subject of a ICML9 presentation from:
* Eneida A. Mendonça
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
* David Kaufman
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
* Stephen B. Johnson
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
"We have a developed a multi-faceted framework which incorporates natural language processing, speech recognition, machine learning and information retrieval methods. The development work is richly informed by ethnographic studies of clinical practice, cognitive analysis of librarian search strategies, and real time capture of information needs using a range of input devices"
Looks like a lot of work, but i am curious enough to read the whole document.
click on: "Here's more" to read it!
Here a short overview of all new updates around the Journal apps we are supporting. Personally I am most excited about the anouncements of " docwise " making big steps to keep up with BrowZine & Read (Integration -"Open in"- with Dropbox, Evernote and more, save and email full text articles), but making a hug jump with unique features, like shareable Folders with docwise users ánd a RSS reader feature (boldly called Google Reader replacement!). Bring it on! BrowZine : just published the Android Version of their App to which the CMB UMCG now has a subscription. To be downloaded from Google Play Store or Amazon App Store the following publishers have been added Project MUSE Cambridge University Press American Marketing Association Academy of Management Royal Society of Chemistry Institute of Physics American Physical Society Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) American Geophysical Union International Society for Optics a...
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