Friday, 23 March 2012

World Water Day

There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 litres.

http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/

ARTStor Tavel Awards

http://www.artstor.org/news/n-html/travel-awards.shtml

Thanks to us, the natterjack still has plenty to talk about

Thanks to us, the natterjack still has plenty to talk about

Thursday, 1 March 2012

How to delete your Google Browsing History before new policy

"With just a week (article written on the 24th of Feb.)to go before Google changes to its new privacy policy that allows it to gather, store and use personal information, users have a last chance to delete their Google Browsing History, along with any damning information therein." 

So writes John Thomas Didymus in the Digital Journal. 

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320137#ixzz1nrPLNQmD



Research evaluation should be pragmatic, not a choice between peer review and metrics

Responding to the growing momentum of movements, such as DORA and CoARA, Giovanni Abramo argues for a more nuanced balance between the use o...