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Last night I dreamt I went to Mendeley again

Posted on 22 April 2013 by Frank Norman

Two weeks ago I was down in Bournemouth at the UKSG conference – a great gathering of library and publishing people.  As usual I took my running kit along and unusually I actually used them instead of just thinking about running. I usually enjoy running by the sea, with the sun and the sea breeze. I went out on the Monday morning, and it was Continue reading →

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A vision for a better future – using new tools of openness and transparency to improve the scientific process

Posted on 22 April 2013 by Stephen

This is a guest post by Pete Binfield and Jason Hoyt, co-founders of the open access journal PeerJ. I don’t make a habit of running posts from private companies here at Reciprocal Space but have been impressed by the innovative model of open access publishing that PeerJ represents and was glad to be able to provide them with a forum to expoun Continue reading →

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Keep on running

Posted on 21 April 2013 by rpg

Broadstairs
What’s that bright light in the sky?

We need Winter, because without it we would not appreciate Spring so much.

Darling buds

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Women of the Wall: fighting inequality and discrimination at every opportunity

Posted on 20 April 2013 by Steve Caplan

Two of the most heated topics that are avidly discussed by OT members in recent blogs are gender equality and anti-Semitism—both worthy of serious consideration—and not mutually exclusive.

As those who know me will attest, I am not a big fan of organized religion—or for that matter of religion itself. Not to offend anyone, but to my rational way of Continue reading →

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Practice, Practice, Practice: Getting that Talk Right

Posted on 18 April 2013 by Athene Donald

As my last post noted, my mind is inclined to go for a walk during seminars if I’m not careful. Recently these wanderings provoked me to consider all the pitfalls of seminar-giving – by young and old alike. Experience doesn’t necessarily bring wisdom and the best-laid plans can go astray for all kinds of reasons. Nevertheless, the advice to those j Continue reading →

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Street Science in Paris

Posted on 18 April 2013 by Philip Strange

I recently returned from a week’s holiday in Paris. It’s a beautiful place for just walking and looking and while we were there, spring finally arrived. On our last day, we were invited to a rehearsal of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the young Venezuelan conductor, Diego Matheuz. It was fascinating to watch a big orchestra work Continue reading →

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Funerals

Posted on 18 April 2013 by Henry Gee

Unless you have spent the past week in a box buried 37 miles beneath the surface of Mars, you’ll have been aware that yesterday was the funeral of Baroness Thatcher, who was the Prime Minister of Britain between 1979 and 1990.

The funeral was an elaborate state occasion (though for reasons I cannot grasp it wasn’t officially a ‘St Continue reading →

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Bragging Rights Central archive, Apr 2013 – Sep 13

Posted on 14 April 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I still haven’t quite got back into the regular BRC update habit, but rest assured I have systems in place to make sure I don’t miss any of your awesome comments or posts!

Date listed is the date of archiving, not the date of the comment or post.

Comment(s) of the week:

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The medium is the message

Posted on 14 April 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I saw the most amazing TED talk the other day, about Nikola Tesla. Now, we all know that Tesla was a fascinating, awesome dude (especially as played by David Bowie IMHO), but in the case of this video it was the presentation method that blew me away.

I can’t get the video to embed for the life of me, so here’s a link. It’s only 6 Continue reading →

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Feeling Feverish

Posted on 13 April 2013 by Athene Donald

Last week I was hit by some nebulous virus (I assume) that left me feverish and under the weather without actually confining me to bed. My brain turned to mush and even answering simple emails felt a challenge, a situation rendered more serious by the fact I’d just come back from a week away from my computer so the email mountain was particularly l Continue reading →

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