Archive for October, 2012

Collaborate, Innovate and Re-shape Science

marblar_logoThe RSC is collaborating with Marblar to help re-shape Science.

Marblar highlights overlooked technology, and encourages scientists to collaborate and create new possibilities for the technology.

In conjunction with Marblar, the RSC is sponsoring a set of competitions based around pieces of research published in our journals, which we believe have potential to attract new ideas and hopefully novel applications. This is an innovative opportunity to elevate your research by engaging with a global network of diverse minds to discuss ideas, problem-solve and get your research noticed. Get involved today.

Marblar seeks to encourage fun in science, where discoveries are posted as ‘’challenges’’ and problem solvers can earn points and cash prizes by contributing exciting ideas.

Collaborate, Innovate and Re-shape Science… Check out Marblar’s website and get involved.

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RSC Endorses KBART

Improving metadata assists discoverability.

As part of our commitment to support librarians, the Royal Society of Chemistry is delighted to endorse Phase I recommendations of the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group, a joint NISO/UKSG initiative that is exploring data problems within the OpenURL supply chain.

KBART’s Phase I Recommended Practice, published in January 2010, contains practical recommendations for the timely exchange of accurate metadata between content providers and knowledge base developers.

More information is available via the NISO and UKSG Press Release. Our endorsement is thanks to the hard work of Juliet Palmer, Customer Service Executive – Technical Support, in producing and updating the KBART file which is available on the RSC’s Librarians’ Portal.

For more information contact technicalsupport@rsc.org.

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