Why do we need scientific advice for cities based on urban research? Why is it not only a local, but also a global matter? Scientific advice for cities cannot be seen as a local issue, particularly because sustainable development is a global matter itself and needs a common approach.
COCI, the OpenCitations Index of Crossref open DOI-to-DOI citations **Author(s) **Ivan Heibi – ivan.heibi2@unibo.it Digital Humanities Advanced Research Centre (DHARC), Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Silvio Peroni – silvio.peroni@unibo.it Digital Humanities Advanced Research Centre (DHARC), Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna,
Warum ein FIS an der Universität Münster (WWU)? Es ist nun mittlerweile mehr als 10 Jahre her, dass an der WWU die Überlegungen gereift sind: Wir brauchen ein Forschungsinformationssystem (FIS). Ende 2008 wurde ein entsprechendes Einführungsprojekt ins Leben gerufen mit dem Ziel, Informationen über die vielfältigen Forschungsaktivitäten und -ergebnisse an einer Stelle verfügbar und sowohl für die interne wie externe Berichterstattung als auch
‘Hello, I am here to help!’ For several afternoons as an undergraduate student in New Delhi, I would take a bus to a bustling market and settle into a small office for the Childline counseling service. I was trained as a volunteer responder and counselor for children in distress. All afternoon, the phone would ring. It would usually be a child suffering from exam stress or anxiety and a few tips would go a long way.
The Web was created as a coordination and cooperation tool for scientists. Subsequently, it had a revolutionary impact on almost all aspects of our life. The rise of a “network society” did in the end, however, only had a minor effect on the forms of organising among the scientific community. Its paradigm of scientific communication and cooperation between a scholar and a publisher dates back to the early 17th century.
Global rankings have decisively shifted the nature of the conversation around higher education to emphasise universities’ performance in knowledge economies. How did that happen and why are rankings becoming increasingly important? The emergence of global rankings coincided with the acceleration of globalisation at the turn of the millennium. This is because higher education is a global game.
Die community-gestützte Open-Source-Software VIVO gibt es seit etwa 15 Jahren. Ursprünglich wurde sie an der Cornell University entwickelt. Über die Zeit hat sich ein großes Netzwerk von VIVO-einsetzenden Institutionen entwickelt. Weltweit sind zur Zeit 165 Anwender registriert – wobei dort längst nicht alle aktiven VIVO-Implementierungen erfasst sind.
Museums, libraries and archives play a pivotal role in the preservation of human knowledge. They also see themselves as custodians of cultural and natural heritage. The task of natural history collections is twofold: on the one hand, they preserve our knowledge about nature, on the other, they hold records of the history of human exploration and conquest of the earth.
How can a research organization systematically spark innovation in science? The Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG) borrowed its name from the famous Austrian physicist, mathematician, and natural philosopher Ludwig Boltzmann. We are greatly indebted to him for his way of looking at the world and science itself.
In diesem Jahr findet der 7. Bibliotheks Kongress in Leipzig statt, der zugleich der 108. Deutsche Bibliothekartag ist. Die Veranstaltungsformate variieren von “klassischen” Vorträgen über Fishbolws bis hin zu interaktive Hands-On Labs. Dabei werden alle denkbaren Themen für öffentliche als auch wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken angesprochen. Parallel findet eine Messe statt, bei der sich viele Aussteller zu den verschiedensten Themen präsentieren.