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PLoS ONE: Five Years, Many Milestones

2011-12-21T00:02:00.005+01:00

PLOS One, Public Library of Science for(Every)One internet portal publikovanja onlajn, drugim recima casopis online, proslavio je petu godišnjicu postojanja i uspešnog rada. Za vrlo kratko vreme. samo pet godina postojanja uspeo je da svojim kvalitetom obezbedi mesto među najrenomiranijim časopisima sveta i danas se nalazi na listi visoko rangiranih časopisa na Thompson Reuters Master Journal Listi, sa impakt faktorom preko 4.
Mnogim naučnicima je to jedan od najvažnijih parametara koji presuđuje da bi trebalo objaviti baš u PLOS One. Drugima je svakako inovacija koju je PLOS uveo a to je ARTICLE LEVEL METRICS - praćenje koliko puta je publikovan rad viđen downloadovan koliko puta citiran u indeksnim bazama.

PLoS ONE: Five Years, Many Milestones

Prenecemo post sa bloga PLOS One o ovom događaju.

Where Have We Come From?

The journal launched on 20th December 2006 and the occasion was marked by a minor earthquake in the vicinity of our offices. The tremors might have been a first clue to the seismic changes that would soon occur in the publishing landscape.

The journal was formally conceived by the PLoS Founders in May 2005 (although it had been anticipated by them several years earlier in PLoS’s history). At the time, it was named PLoS Reports but, in the months before launch, it was renamed PLoS ONE to reflect the journal’s concept as being the one potential home for all science.

PLoS ONE represented the biggest step to date in PLoS’s attempt to reinvent the prevailing system of science communication that had existed since the 17th century. The idea was simple: to reduce the time it takes to publish papers by providing a single location that would guarantee acceptance to any research that had been conducted and reported adequately (as determined by objective editorial criteria). The ‘impact’ of the paper would then be decided by the readers (after publication), not by editors and reviewers before publication. In doing so, the journal consciously sought to separate the act of deciding whether or not a paper should be published (a decision which clearly needs to be made ‘pre-publication’), from any evaluation of the significance or importance of that article (a determination which is best made ‘post-publication’).

The growth of the PLoS ONE exceeded even the most optimistic predictions. In the first full year of publication it published 1,230 articles (making it larger in volume than all but about 100 journals) and, within 4 years, it became the largest peer-reviewed journal in the world. To date, PLoS ONE has published more than 28,700 articles and in 2011 alone it will publish almost 14,000 articles (meaning that approximately 1 in 60 of all articles indexed by PubMed for 2011 will have been published in PLoS ONE).

Although simple, the approach was radical and innovative (as demonstrated by the awards it went on to receive from the ALPSP (pdf) and SPARC). According to Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC, since it opened its door to submissions in August 2006, PLoS ONE has become a “game changer” in the publishing industry.

One particular innovation that helped define PLoS ONE has been the provision of ‘Article Level Metrics’ on every published manuscript (something which is actually provided on all PLoS articles). With ALMs, in addition to ‘traditional’ metrics such as citations, authors could now see detailed information about the total views and downloads of their paper, as well as information about blog coverage, social bookmarks and so on. This program was introduced in 2009 at least in part to represent an alternative means of measuring an article’s merits post-publication and it continues to be developed by us and by others.

In addition to wide readership and high citation rates, articles published by PLoS ONE have always generated significant media coverage, for example appearing in The New York Times Science section 6 weeks running and even inspiring a Google Doodle on one occasion. Research on antiviral therapeutics, a possible fourth domain of life, and a group of articles that shares an inventory of species distribution and diversity in key global ocean areas are just a few of the most recent examples of the cutting edge research that has been covered by media outlets from around the world.

To what can we attribute this success? First of all, PLoS ONE came from the Public Library of Science – a well-established, not-for-profit publisher that had already proven itself as a trusted venue for high quality peer-reviewed publications (PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, and the PLoS Community Journals) – clearly PLoS ONE would not have been as successful without the support and brand recognition that those journals provided. Secondly, it seemed that Academics are increasingly realizing that the ‘game’ of submitting to a top journal and working down a ‘rejection ladder’ until a journal accepts the paper is a waste of everyone’s time and resources, and that PLoS ONE circumvents that process. And thirdly, it feels like an idea whose ‘time has come’ – as the movement towards Open Access to all journal content grows, it seems inevitable that a publishing model such as PLoS ONE will emerge as one of the most effective ways to publish scientific content.

Of course, none of the reasons listed above would have mattered at all, were it not for the many thousands of Academic Editors, peer reviewers and staff members who have provided their time and energy for the journal. In particular, the journal would not exist without our authors – a vital stakeholder group who have been supportive since day one. To date, we have published the work of over 100,000 authors and we regularly receive outstanding feedback from them via our Annual Author Surveys.

In the early days, some critics felt that the journal risked becoming a “vanity press”, and that any journal that aimed to publish “anything publishable” would naturally become a venue for poor quality papers. What we saw instead were carefully reviewed papers that only made it into press if they met our objective criteria for sound science and reporting. This came about with virtually no pressure from within – indeed, one might say that the secret to our success is that we have allowed our independent Academic Editors full autonomy to decide what is ‘good enough’ to be published, and they have done so by applying the standards and norms of academia to our unique publication criteria. By combining this approach with a series of strict checks and balances at the point of submission, and a separation of the financial from the editorial aspects of the journal, we have proven to the scientific community that we are serious about our goal of changing the status quo of scientific communication, and that we intend to do so in a high quality, transparent, and ethical manner.

Of course, our success has not gone unnoticed and, in the past year or so, a slew of PLoS ONE ‘clones’ have been launched by other publishers (some of whom had been quite skeptical of the PLoS ONE model in years gone past). Although we welcomed Nature Publishing Group to the party with a somewhat tongue in cheek post (and with a request to improve their copyright license), it is a fact that we genuinely welcome these new entrants. We believe that more PLoS ONE clones are a good thing that will accelerate the move towards full Open Access, and away from the current system whereby articles are reviewed by a chain of journals for the sole purpose of stratifying them according to their perceived ‘impact’. We expect that more clones will launch in the coming years and, provided they employ full ‘CC BY’ copyright licenses, we will continue to encourage them.

Where are we going?

What does the future hold for PLoS ONE? Well, firstly we will continue to develop our systems to accommodate the kind of growth we have seen so far. This includes a root to branch overhaul of our publication platform (which will take some time to realize, but which is already underway); an improved submission and peer review system; and increasing numbers of Academic Editors and reviewers. Secondly, we plan to improve our Article Level Metrics to a point where they will provide genuinely valuable context about individual articles and hopefully be more widely used and understood by decision makers such as tenure committees and funding bodies. Thirdly, we will be developing new and powerful ways to navigate our platform. And finally, we intend to continue experimenting and pushing the boundaries of academic publishing – PLoS ONE has already proven to be be a phenomenon in the Academic Publishing world, but we feel it has tremendous potential to further change the way that scientific research is communicated!

We would like to use the occasion of our 5th birthday to thank everyone who has believed in PLoS ONE and given their time and energy to make it the success that it is today.

EUROPEANA - Towards a new Europeana Data Exchange Agreement

2011-09-30T02:08:00.003+02:00

Towards a new Europeana Data Exchange Agreement

Europeana supports open re-use of the metadata provided by our content providers and aggregators

The Data Exchange Agreement

The Europeana Foundation has now officially adopted The Europeana Data Exchange Agreement. The official version replaces the previous Data Provider and Data Aggregator Agreement.
The Agreement is the result of a year-long consultation process with the network of content providers and aggregators
We have also written Usage Guidelines for metadata. These are non-binding, but they set out the responsibilities that people who want to re-use the data should be aware of
Data Exchange Transition Schedule

Why support open metadata re-use?

It brings tangible benefits for heritage organisations:

Increases traffic to your site
Allows the Europeana APIs to be widely used
Provides income-generating opportunities, e.g. for image licensing
Enriches your data for your own use
Increases usability and knowledge generation through Linked Open Data applications
Enables the development of innovative services and new revenue streams

Our metadata principles

Europeana has set out fundamental principles for its dealings with your metadata. These include:

Europeana is committed to consultation with the network of data providers
Europeana does not intend to make direct commercial use of providers' metadata
The contribution of data to Europeana does not prevent you from selling metadata to a third party
Data Providers are not required to provide Europeana with complete metadata for digital objects
Providing metadata relating to some works in your collections does not create the obligation to provide metadata about complete collections
Thumbnails and previews will only be used by Europeana. Unless explicitly specified they cannot be reused by third parties

Strategic outlook

Jill Cousins' presentation* describes how the new agreement relates to the Comité des Sages New Renaissance Report and Europeana's Strategic Plan 2011-2015. It outlines what restrictions the current Agreement imposes that need to be overcome.
Your Metadata and Europeana gives a useful overview of our plans and explains the strategic need for an open metadata licence.
Validity of the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication with regards to the German Copyright Law. An expert analysis.

Related Europeana initiatives

We have recently released the Europeana API and search widget. APIs are ways of showing Europeana data through third-party sites. We currently limit the use of APIs to network partners because of the non-commercial restriction in the current Agreement. We need an open metadata licence to allow the API to be embedded in educational websites and academic blogs that use Google ads or are linked to commercial services.

We have published a guide to Linked Open Data and Europeana.

We are also running a Linked Open Data pilot, which is working with over 3 million metadata records from 20 partners including the Austrian National Library, the Danish Film Institute and the Swedish National Heritage Board. See related pages.

Why there is need for a new agreement between Europeana and the providers?

Is the new Data Exchange Agreement the same for data providers and for aggregators?

Why drop the non-commercial clause from the agreement?

How is attribution handled in the context of the Data Exchange Agreement?

Does Europeana plan to use data from its data providers for commercial purposes?

What does the Data Exchange Agreement foresee about previews (thumbnails, a/v snippets, etc.) and content?

Do I loose control over the data if my metadata becomes available under the new Data Exchange Agreement/CC0?

Why is it not possible to create licenses at record level so that some data submitted to Europeana can be excluded from an onward CC0 license?

Can I continue generating income with my metadata if it becomes available under the new Data Exchange Agreement/CC0?

What can others do with my metadata after it has been published by Europeana?

What is Linked Open Data?

Why does Europeana want to publish my data as Linked Open Data?

Are there any examples of LOD implementation in the cultural heritage sector?

What is Europeana doing with LOD?

What will happen when we move from the old agreement to the new?

What are the next steps in the process towards agreeing the new Data Exchage Agreement?

I am an aggregator/data provider and I deliver data to Europeana. I already have signed the existing aggregator/ data provider agreement. Do I need to sign the new one?

I am an EU-funded project and I deliver data to Europeana. Do I need to sign the Data Exchange Agreement?

My project is coming to an end before September and I don't have any kind of Agreement signed with Europeana. What do I need to do?

What happens to my metadata if I sign the Data Exchange Agreement?

What happens with my metadata if I don't sign the agreement?

Europeana asks me to deliver the data I feel comfortable with delivering. What are the different implementation scenarios?

Europeana asks providers to deliver what they feel comfortable with but at the same time makes more metadata fields mandatory. Isn't this an oxymoron?

In some domains it can be difficult to differentiate clearly between content and metadata, and as a result whatever data is given to Europeana is called, for purposes of this agreement, metadata. In the DEA it says explicitly anyway that Europeana is not aggregating content. So which is true?

Is Europeana going to update the agreement any time soon?

* note: large file size - 11.6mb

The Data Exchange Agreement and Use Guidelines are part of Europeana's Licensing Framework which was developed in the context of EuropeanaConnect.

Preuzeto sa sajta EUROPEANA http://www.version1.europeana.eu/web/europeana-project/newagreement

Popularni pretraživači POLYMETA

2011-08-23T12:46:00.004+02:00

Do sada je bilo reči o medicinskim pretraživačima, dakle o prikupljenoj medicinskim informacijama sa medicinskih websajtova.
Međutim literaturu koju pokriva određene oblasti medicine možemo naći i na popularnim portalima kao što su Google, Ask, Bing, Yahoo.
Ove medicinske informacije su namenjene široj populaciji ali i stručnjacima koji se bave izučavanjem medicinskih nauka i primenom istih u medicinskoj praksi. Za takve informacije kreiran je pretraživač PolyMeta Universal Search and Discovery Engine .

Medicinski pretraživači - SEARCH ENGINE

2011-08-23T12:23:00.005+02:00

Pored ScienceRoll pretraživača, možemo koristiti i druge kao što su MedlinePlus.
MedlinePlus je websajt National Institutes of Health za pacijente i podršku porodice . Osmišljen je i uređivan od National Library of Medicine, i pruža najnovije informacije iz oblasti medicine . Informacije sa ovog sajta se mogu naći, ma gde da se nalazimo, u slobodnoj formi, bez novčane naknade. Takođe možemo videti i poslednje vesti jer se MedlinePlus ažurira svakodnevno. Pored takvih informacija, tu su i klinički trajali video klipovi i medicinski terminološki rečnik.

Jedan od vrlo posećenih i korisnih pretraživača

2011-08-23T12:16:00.003+02:00

Sciencroll, website Berci Meska, ima jedan od najboljih pretraživača iz oblasti medicine. Skoro sve oblasti iz oblasti medicine sakupljene na jednom mestu objedinjene linkovima na kojima se mogu naći relevantne informacije.

Ovaj pretraživač obuhvata informacije sa sajtova eMedicine, HealthFinder, Medgadget, Medline Plus, Medscape, WebMD, Webicina, NHS Direct, Heath On The Ne t, farmako sajtove DrugInfo, DrugFDA, i druge, ali i sajtove baza literature sa najnovijim dostignućima u medicini kao i uputstvima, protokolima kao što je Cohrane Library, WHO, Clinical Trials i druge. Potrebno je samo da ispred naziva sajta kliknemo u kvadratić kako bismo obeležili koje sajtove želimo da pregledamo. Ako pak želimo samo da pregledamo Cohrane library, možemo odabrati samo taj sajt.

KREIRANJE PRETRAŽIVAČA

2011-03-10T22:43:00.005+01:00

Kako kreirati pretrazivač?
Sve je više veb alata koji olakšavaju rad tokom pretraživanja naučne literature. Tako nam se sada pruđa mogućnost da sami kreiramo svoj pretrazivac, iz oblasti medicine.

Ako odemo na link za ovaj gadžet, naći ćemo model kreiranja pretraživača.
Možemo sami odrediti veličinu boju , dakle formu pretraživača, ali i odrediti sajtove koji su nam zanimljivi i koji bi sami prikupili literaturu prema zadatim ključnim rečima.

http://www.gmodules.com/ig/creator?hl=en&url=http://www.google.com/cse/api/004308201683882109473/cse/s7kc4_l-vry/gadget

Women can help prevent cancer - journal-news.net | News, sports, jobs, community information for Martinsburg - The Journal

2011-01-05T15:02:00.000+01:00

Women can help prevent cancer - journal-news.net | News, sports, jobs, community information for Martinsburg - The Journal

RANSON - January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and women may want to learn more about proper health practices to prevent the disease from creeping up on them as it has done to hundreds of other local women.

Cervical cancer occurs when abnormal cells in a woman's cervix turn into cancer cells, which usually takes several years to occur. The change is primarily prompted by a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, a sexually transmitted disease.

Many times, cervical cancer doesn't show any symptoms, or symptoms can be easily confused with the normal menstrual symptoms that women experience.

"(Cervical cancer) is easily treated if caught early," said Dr. James Murray, a physician at WVU Maternity & Women's Health Center in Ranson. "It's largely detected early with Pap smears. ... Pap smears are recommended for someone 21 years of age or at three years after their age of first intercourse - whichever comes first."

According to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition website, approximately 10,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year in the U.S., and it is the second most common type of cancer found in women. Cervical cancer-related deaths continue to decline by 2 percent each year due to the increasing use of Pap tests.

Most women whose cells progress to cervical cancer have never had a Pap test or have not had a Pap test in the last three to five years.

"The need for Pap smears cannot be stressed enough," Murray said. "The followup for abnormal cells (found in a Pap test) is a minor surgical procedure, freezing of the cervix or to simply repeat the Pap smear after the appropriate interval. ... (Treatment) depends on the abnormality, the type of abnormality and the age at which the patient got the abnormality."

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers today. If caught early, the five-year survival rate is almost 100 percent, says the NCCC website.

"It's so readily treated if caught at an early time, and no one should die of cervical cancer," Murray said. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

More information on WVU Maternity & Women's Health Center is available at www.wvumaternity.com.

More information on cervical cancer is available at www.nccc-online.org.

-Staff writer Megan Fisher can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 132, or mfisher@journal-news.net

preuzeto sa http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/553984/Women-can-help-prevent-cancer.html?nav=5006

2010-12-28T13:24:00.002+01:00

CANCEROLOGY je blog koji kao jedan vrlo informativni web alat i donosi mnoge informacije koje
tretiraju teme iz oblasti onkologije. Sakuplja sve korisne informacije i radove sa Medscape i mogu naći informacije za svakoga. Nalazi se na adresi http://www.cancerology.blogspot.com

TEDWomen: innovators, idea-generators, architects of change

2010-12-10T15:59:00.000+01:00

TEDWomen: innovators, idea-generators, architects of change

WEBICINA Free Medical Resources for Anyone!

2010-12-02T14:52:00.006+01:00

Webicina, internet portal Berci Meska, obuhvata najnovije evidence based radove iz oblasti medicine i bogaćenjem svojih izvora postaje sve popularniji. Zbog toga, kako i samo ime kaže , predstavlja medicinu na webu.
Svakodnevni priliv ideja, stvaranje Webicina tulbara, a zatim i pretraživača Search box , omogućava nam brzu pretragu radova iz najužih specijalnosti biomedicinskih nauka.
Dodavanjem novih oblasti na portal Webicine, autor ovog sajta ne prtestaje da nas zadivljuje svojim trudom. Saradnja sa kolegama bibliotekarima je takođe neophodna, ali i sa dobrovoljcima koji ovaj vebsajt već prevode na jezike drugih zemalja.
Do sada preveden je na više jezika što ukazuje na široku upotrebu sajta i njegovu sve veću raširenost među istraživačima.

Na ovom postu može se videti šta sve sadrži taj medicinski web portal.

Ali i...

PubMed IMAGES

2010-11-11T15:01:00.007+01:00

NLM i PubMed baza nam od skora omogućava da pronađemo preko milion slika iz izvora NCBI naučnih radova u punom tekstu.
Svaku sliku prtati tekst sa objašnjenjima. Ovakav alat, mogućnost da se pretražuju samo slike i tabele neophodan je u nauci.

Potrebno je samo da u pretraživač ukucate http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/images

i otvara vam se ova slika a onda možete zadati i željenu temu.

INIS baza

2010-10-26T13:51:00.006+02:00

Međunarodni informacioni sistem za nuklearne nauke (International nuclear information system-INIS)

Baza podataka INIS je vodeća svetska referentna baza podataka za naučnu literaturu o miroljubivom korišćenju nuklearne nauke i tehnologije. INIS pripada Međunarodnoj Agenciji za atomsku energiju (IAEA) sa sedištem u Beču koja je samostalna organizacija u okviru Ujedinjenih nacija i osnovan 1970. g., kao odgovor na zadatak IAEA da "podstiče razmenu naučnih i tehničkih informacija o miroljubivom korišćenju atomske energije "
IAEA upravlja INIS-om u saradnji sa preko120 država članica i više od 20 međunarodnih organizacija. Ova međunarodna saradnja na nivou vlada jedno je od obeležja INIS-a.

INIS Baza podataka

Sa više od 3 miliona bibliografskih zapisa, INIS-ova baza podataka je u centru INIS-ovog uspeha. Ona nudi onlajn pristup jedinstvenoj zbirci nekonvencionalne literature (NCL) u više od 200 000 tekstualnih dokumenata, kao što su naučni i tehnički izveštaji, zbornici sa konferencija, patenti i doktorske disertacije, koji nisu dostupni komercijalnim kanalima. Od skora pristup ovoj bazi je potpuno slobodan na: http://inisdb.iaea.org/

Njen široki predmetni dijapazon obuhvata:

• usluge nuklearnog inženjeringa i tehnologije;
• nuklearnu bezbednost i zaštitu od zračenja;
• zaštitu i neširenje opasnosti;
• primene nuklearnih tehnika i tehnika sa izotopima;
• nauke od značaja za nuklearna istraživanja i druge primene;
• nuklearna fizika nuklearnih i fizika visokih energija;
• radijaciona hemija;
• pravni aspekti;
• ekološki i ekonomski aspekti izvora nuklearne
i ne-nuklearne energije.
Jedinstveni višejezički tezaurus

INIS-ovi stručnjaci iz država članica i Agencije za atomsku energiju
su razvili jedinstveni višejezički tezaurus koji se koristi za indeksiranje i pretraživanje baze podataka INIS i koji je dostupan na arapskom, kineskom, engleskom, francuskom, nemačkom, ruskom i španskom jeziku.

Očuvanje nekonvencionalnih nuklearnih informacija

INIS-ova jedinstvena zbirka nekonvencionalne ili "sive" literature se digitalizuje i čini dostupnom korisnicima na Internetu preko INIS-ove baze podataka. Slično tome,
IAEA publikacije, strateški dokumenti i izveštaji u punom tekstu iz država članica takođe su dostupni u elektronskom formatu.
Izgradnja kapaciteta

Radi pomoći svojim državama članicama, posebno onim koje su zemlje u razvoju i nove u oblasti nuklearne energije, IAEA prenosi znanje i know – how u prikupljanju podataka i obradi informacija. Agencija takođe pomaže osnivanju INIS centara u ovim zemljama.

Poseban program obuke kadrova za nacionalne INIS centre obezbeđuje uzajamno razumevanje INIS pravila i standarda, kao i doprinose visokog kvaliteta
INIS-ovoj bazi podataka. Seminari obuke sa uputstvima za katalogizaciju, indeksiranje, pretraživanje, usavršavanje i promovisanje održavaju se u državama članicama i u sedištu IAEA u Beču. INIS-ov Program za učenje na daljinu takođe je podrška ovim naporima.

Kako se postaje korisnik

Korisnici Interneta širom sveta uživaju slobodan, otvoren i neograničen pristup INIS-u http://inisdb.iaea.org/. Pristup pomoću CD-ROM-a/DVD-a na raspolaganju je putem pretplate. Ostale ponuđene usluge uključuju isporuku dokumenata NCL-a (Nekonvencionalne literature).

Za više informacija korisnik se obraća svom nacionalnom INIS centru, njegovom oficiru za vezu u INIS-u.
INIS oficir za vezu u Srbiji je Branislav Đurašević iz Biblioteke Instituta za nuklearne nauke Vinča, e-mail: bdjuras@vinca.rs

U Beču se od 28-29.oktobra 2010 godine održava redovan 35-ti po redu Konsultativni sastanak INIS oficira za vezu.

Videti sajt http://inisdb.iaea.org/

POREMEĆAJ SNA I NAUKA

2010-10-12T12:09:00.004+02:00

Da li ste ikad imali problem sa spavanjem, radom do kasno u noć, teškoćama prilikom buđenja?... Možda će neki od vas prepoznati svoj problem a tekst koji smo preuzeli verujem da će biti interesantan mnogima.

Check out Need For Less Sleep Associated with Gene Mutation

Need For Less Sleep Associated with Gene Mutation

by Walter Jessen

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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have discovered the first gene involved in regulating the length of human sleep. The study, published recently in the journal Science, identified a genetic mutation that is associated with a short human sleep phenotype [1]. The finding may help scientists better understand the regulatory mechanisms of sleep and lead to treatments for a variety of sleep disorders.

Researchers identified a small extended family with two individuals who had lifelong shorter daily sleep times than normal individuals (self-reported average of 6.25 hours vs. 8.06 hours). DNA sequencing identified a point mutation in the gene DEC2 (Differentially expressed in chondrocytes protein 2) (chondrocytes are the only cells found in cartilage, the connective tissue within joints). In mice, DEC2 has been previously identified as a component of the mammalian circadian clock (the ~24-hour wake-sleep cycle), repressing the expression of other circadian clock genes [2]. In vitro tests showed that the human mutation reduced the repressive activity of DEC2.

To examine the effect of the mutation, scientists generated DEC2 transgenic mice (meaning a mouse with a segment of DNA that originated in a different species, in this case two copies of the human DEC2 gene, one containing the point mutation and one normal copy). Studies showed that these mice slept less compared to controls. To study sleep directly, electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) tests were performed. The results suggest that the DEC2 point mutation does not affect the depth of sleep. Rather, the sleep structure of mice containing the DEC2 point mutation appeared more fragmented than that of normal mice, particularly non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep (about 80% of sleep is spent in dreamless NREM sleep). Further studies found that mice with the mutation also recovered quicker from periods of sleep deprivation compared to normal mice.

Studies were then done in fruit-flies expressing either the normal mouse Dec2 gene or the mouse Dec2 gene containing the point mutation. Flies expressing the mouse Dec2 gene containing the point mutation showed significantly lower daytime sleeplike behavior compared with flies expressing the normal mouse Dec2 gene. Thus, the shortened sleep effect of the DEC2 point mutation was replicated in both mouse and fruit-flies.

What’s interesting about this study is that a genetic mutation can lead to a behavioral trait, not just an observable characteristic.

Seven in ten adults report not getting enough rest or sleep at least once in the past month. Over time, the body suffers from short term sleep deprivation. Not only does the lack of sleep increase your susceptibility to the common cold, chronic sleep disruptions can have serious consequences on cognition, mood and physical health.

How much is too little or too much sleep? There is no magic number. Different age groups need different amounts of sleep, but sleep needs are also individual. Generally speaking, research shows that most adults need 7-9 hours of sleep, while younger children need as much as 10-14 hours [3]. For more information on the importance of sleep as well as sleep-related problems, visit the National Sleep Foundation (NSF).

References

He et al. The transcriptional repressor DEC2 regulates sleep length in mammals. Science. 2009 Aug 14;325(5942):866-70. DOI: 10.1126/science.1174443
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Honma et al. Dec1 and Dec2 are regulators of the mammalian molecular clock. Nature. 2002 Oct 24;419(6909):841-4.
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How Much Sleep Do We Really Need? National Sleep Foundation. Accessed 2009 Sept 1.

Tags: circadian clock, DEC2, genetic mutation, NREM, REM, sleep

posted at
http://www.highlighthealth.com/research/need-for-less-sleep-associated-with-gene-mutation/
written by Walter Jessen

WALTER JESSEN je jedan od autora bloga HighlightHEALTH koji sadrži brojne interesantne tekstove najnovijih istraživanja, dešavanja u nauci. Pristupanjem ovom blogu nailazimo na radove iz različitih oblasti biomedicine. Walter Jessen je takođe tvorac i bloga HighlightHEALTH 2.0 , gde ukazuje na ulogu društvenih mreža i weba 2.0 u odnosu na razvoj nauke. Šta sve tamo možete pročitati, otkrijte sami.

OVO SMO PREUZELI . . . "Govorite li Vavilonski?"

2010-10-07T14:56:00.004+02:00

Jezik nа kojem je nаpisаn "Ep o Gilgаmešu" i onаj kojim je govorio krаlj Hаmurаbije, iаko se ne koristi već oko 2.000 godinа, može od dаnаs dа se čuje nа internetu u okviru аudio-zаpisа vаvilonskih epovа i pesаmа.

Akаdemici širom svetа prikupili su mаterijаl nа vаvilonskom jeziku i učinili gа dostupnim nа ovаj nаčin u nаstojаnju dа pomognu stručnjаcimа i široj jаvnosti dа čuju kаko je zvučаo jezik stаrog Bliskog istokа, jаvio je AP.

Istrаživаč sа Univerzitetа u Kembridžu dr Mаrtin Vortington kаže dа je vаvilonski jezik "pomаlo nаlik mešаvini аrаpskog i itаlijаnskog".

Nosioci projektа su desetаk stručnjаkа iz nekoliko zemаljа koji su nа vebsаjt www.speechisfire.com do sаdа postаvili oko 30 аudio-zаpisа u trаjаnju od po nekoliko minutа, među kojimа su delovi iz "Epа o Gilgаmešu" i "Hаmurаbijevog zаkonа", jednog od nаjstаrijih zаkonа nа svetu.

Profesor klаsičnih jezikа sа Univerzitetа u Bаfаlu, u sаveznoj аmeričkoj držаvi NJujork, Rodžer Vudаrd istаkаo je dа bi ovаj projekаt mogаo dа pomogne dа se znаnje o vаvilonskom jeziku sаčuvа.

Vаvilonski dešifrovаn tek u 19. veku

U Vаvilonu, jednoj od prvih svetskih civilizаcijа, stvorenа su nekа od nаjrаnijih književnih delа.

Vаvilonski, zаpisаn nа glinenim tаblicаmа u formi klinаstog pismа, vekovimа je bio dominаntаn jezik nа Bliskom istoku dok gа postepeno nije zаmenio аrаmejski.

Potpuno je nestаo iz upotrebe u prvom veku nove ere, а dešifrovаn je tek u 19. veku.

Link: www.speechisfire.com

www.blic.rs, 1. oktobаr 2010. godine.

preuzeto sa http://www.citaliste.com/content/view/2822/148/lang,la/

Gwen Alexander u Centralnoj biblioteci Univerziteta u Novom Sadu

2010-10-07T12:51:00.005+02:00

28. septembra, dekan Emporia State Kansas University, Gwen Alexander, održala je predavanje u Centralnoj biblioteci Univerziteta u Novom Sadu Predavanje je imalo izuzetan odziv jer su kolege na predavanje pohrlili čak i iz Beograda, Pančeva. Informaciono opismenjavanje je za nas bibliotekare , ali i za naučne radnike, nepresušna tema. Bilo je reči o modernizaciji biblioteke, digitalizaciji i elektronskoj biblioteci kao i o novom načinu rada s korisnicima.
Profesorka Alexander nas je zainteresovala predstavljanjem i novih tehnologija kao što je iPad, E-book reader. Koliko nas je to zainteresovalo pokazuje činjenica da su se neki od nas već informisali o cenama iPad...(hm...možda ipak da malo sačekamo s kupovinom :))
Posle predavanja uživali smo u razgovoru i zakusci koju je priredila organizatorka skupa dr Mirjana Brković, upravnica Centralne biblioteke Univerziteta u Novom Sadu.

Više o tome pročitajte na http://www.citaliste.com/content/view /28 07/148/lang,la/

Petrovaradinska tvrđava,
najlepše mesto za kafu posle predavanja

Bora Živković - urednik u SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

2010-10-01T15:55:00.008+02:00

Pre petnaest dana, pišući nešto o naučnim blogovima obasipala sam brojnim pitanjima i potpitanjima koga drugog do ..Boru Ž.
Nije prošlo mnogo od našeg "razgovora online" kad mi je sugerisao da pogledam njegov blog jer upravo piše nešto novo, te da sa;ekam da zavr[i pisanje posta. Iako je kod nas već bilo kasno popodne, sačekah taj preporučeni post
Kada sam pogledala blog, prikazao mi se post Alert! Some Big and Importand and Exiting News ! zbog kojeg sam iskočila iz foteljice od radosti!!!

BORA JE DOBIO NOVI POSAO!
(to su one situacije kada s ponosom volimo da kažemo NAŠ Bora... NAŠ Beograđanin...)

Novi posao je Blog and Community Editor SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN!

"In this new role at Scientific American, Bora will recruit talented science bloggers and serve as moderator for the community, encouraging discussion and facilitating the exchange of ideas with both the bloggers and Scientific American readers"
Po starom dobrom običaju, ovaj wordy blogopisac nije mogao da sačuva vest za sebe, što ne bi bilo fer prema nama koji ga redovno čitamo.
Da li to znači da Bora odlazi iz PLoS One? Na žalost, tako je, iako je tamo stekao izuzetno bogato iskustvo, naučivši mnogo od ljudi koji su mu bili saradnici i postali prijatelji.
Ubuduće ćemo njegovo ime vezivati i za Scientific American a mnogi od nas su već počeli da prate novosti na ovom sajtu.

Retrospektiva o Scienceblogs.com

2010-10-01T11:42:00.009+02:00

A kako je sve počelo?
Januara 2006. godine videvši Sienceblogs.com , B. Živković je poželeo da se priključi kolegama blogerima čije je blogove smpratio i smatrao vrednim. Ovaj sajt ih objedinio na jednom mestu, a kako sam kaže, ostati van zajedničkog sajta značilo je ostati u senci nauke...
I said to myself: this is where I want to be. My instant feeling was that whoever does not get on this site will bite the dust – become invisible in the shadow of the network.

Sledeći korak bilo je kontaktirati administratora sajta.

“How do I get on?” They all assured me that the site will add more bloggers and that my name is already ‘in the hat’. In June of that year, I was one of the 20+ bloggers in the “second wave” of migrants to Scienceblogs.com.

Koliko je postao bolji bloger to nije potrebno ni pominjati, proveravajući verodostojnost podataka koje objavljuje, i postajući sam sebi recenzent, postao je cenjeni bloger. Biti jedan od blogera na Scienceblogs.com bila je posebna čast, što je veoma važno za sticanje vere u sebe jer se stiče sloboda u pisanju i provokativnijih postova pa čak i u igri Đavoljeg advokata.

Više o svemu tome pogledajtea na Borinim blogu

A Farewell to Scienceblogs: the Changing Science Blogging Ecosystem
Science blogging :What Why and How
Links 'n' thoughts on emerging science blogging networks

Konflikt interesa u naučnom blogingu

2010-09-30T16:32:00.004+02:00

Oni koji prate naučne blogove, mogu primetiti da se često na marginama bloga mogu naći i reklame koje svojom šarolikošću daju svežinu blogu ali u isto vreme služe da otplate troškove servera.
Jedino što bi bilo van etičkih normi je da naučni blog služi u komercijalne svrhe , radi profita proizvoda koji se reklamira. Na taj način se nauka potisne u drugi i treći plan, smanjuje se mesto na kome bi se objavljivali naučna otkrića i nauka postaje sporedna u svetu brzog bogaćenja
To se desilo sa poznatom porodicom blogova Scienceblogs.com
Jedna od najvećih komercijalnih kompanija - PEPSI, dobila je centralno mesto kako bi reklamirala svoj proizvod. Jedan po jedan naučni bloger napuštao je ovu onlajn platformu, gde su mnogi naučni blogeri postavljali svoje postove. Jedan od njih je i Bora Živković, koji je na Scienceblogs.com imao svoj blog A Blog Around the Clock. Povukao je svoj blog i sada se nalazi na adresi http://blog.coturnix.org/

Iako veoma jaka potreba za povezanošću naučnih blogera u jednu mrežu, profit na uštrb nauke , za njih je dedopustiv.

Open Access Week 2010

2010-09-10T22:53:00.002+02:00

Join to Open Access Week 2010 , Share and Learn. Be a part of the Open Access Community!

Other web resources

2010-09-03T12:04:00.005+02:00

The Cochrain Library pruža nam brojne radove Evidence based Medicine, prikazuju najnovija dostignuća iz oblasti nbiomedicinskih nauka.
Pogledajte njihov websajt i potražite iz prema ključnim rečima literaturu iz ove bogate riznice .

IFLA SATELLITE pre Conference, Chania, Crete

2010-08-17T23:41:00.026+02:00

Međunarodna federacija bibliotečkih asocijacija (IFLA) i međunarodno udruženje pod nazivom Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Society – ASMDA International organizovali su se 6-8. avgusta 2010. godine, IFLA Satelitsku pred-konferenciju pod nazivom Open Access to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries.

Konferencija je namenjena svim članovima biblioteckog i informacionog društva koji su zainteresovani za pristup naučnim informacijama iz svih oblasti nauke i umetnosti. Domaćin pred-konferencije je Mediteranski agronomski institute – M.A.I.Ch, u Khaniji (Chania) na Kritu.

Ovaj skup otvorila je profesor Anthi Katsirikou, koja je uložila veliki trud da ovaj naučni skup organizuje i da se svi učesnici osećaju prijatno.

Iz naše zemlje bilo je tri učesnika sa sesijom Open Access in Serbia, prof Gordana Stokić Simončić, Mirjana Brković i Ana Ivković.

U uvodnom predavanju prof dr Gordane Stokić bilo je reči o Otvorenom pristupu i mogućnostima OA u našoj zemlji , o slobodnoj informaciji i neophodnosti takve pojave u jednom otvorenom društvu , o odnosu naučnih radnika prema publikovanju u otvorenom pristupu, o autorstvu i intelektualnoj svojini i dostupnosti, pristupačnosti informacijama.
Dr Mirjana Brković, šef Centralne biblioteke Univerziteta u Novom Sadu imala je interesantno istraživanje koje je se odnosilo na spremnost akademskih radnika da im se naučni rad nađe u otvorenoj arhivi. Istraživanje je sprovedeno popunjavanjem upitnika naučnim radnicima i moram priznati, iznenađena sam visokim procentom pozitivnog reagovanja na kreiranje
otvorene arhive u Novom Sadu.

Ana Ivković je predstavila nove tehnologije koje omogućuju bržu razmenu naučnih informacija, slobodne softvere koji su neophodni u kreiranju repozitorija, društvene mreže ali i mreže naučnika- scientific networks. Ove mreže omogućavaju brzo pribavljanje informacija jer u nauci VREME je najdragocenije.

Coffee break

Predavanja koja smo čuli, iako povezana jednom temom, odlikovala su se raznovrsnošću. Možda su se po nekim pitanjima i preplitala ali su svakako aspekti prilaska problemu bili su drugačiji.
Živa diskusija usledila bi posle skoro svakog predavanja.

I kao što smo pomenuli na početku, naši domaćini su se potrudili da nam ovaj put bude obogaćen i kulturnim dešavanjima, te nisu izostale ni posete muzejima i drevnom gradu Knososu čije se restaurirane iskopine čuvaju u muzeju u Heraklionu.

EAHIL 2010

2010-06-16T19:22:00.004+02:00

U toku je konferencija medicinskih bibliotekara

EAHIL 2010

2010-06-12T21:18:00.008+02:00

EAHIL2010, konferencija medicinskih bibliotekara, o kojoj je već bilo reči i ranije i ove godine okuplja svoje verne posetioce, medicinske bibliotekare. Prezentacije pripremljene, koferi spakovani, još samo sitnice da pripremimo..i sutra, 13. 06. se vidimo na radionici o Tweet Meet koju organizuju i održavaju Guus van dek Brekel & Maria bibliovirtual . To znači da se porodica twittera uvećava iz godine u godinu. Nesumnjivo da je ova društvena mreža omiljena svima koji imaju potrebu za brzom komunikacijom.
A evo i gde - Cervejaria da Trindade R. Nova da Trindade 20 1200 Lisboa, Portugal 213 423 506
Prijavljujemo se ...jedan po jedan, iako konferencija počinje tek 14. juna, neki od nas uvek dođemo dan ili dva ranije, kako ništa ne bismo propustili :)

NAGRADE...

2010-05-29T01:49:00.003+02:00

Nagrada grada Beograda za 2009.g. 29.04.2010.

Stručnjaci Instituta za onkologiju i radiologiju Srbije:

Mr sc med dr Zorka Milovanović Direktor Službe za patohistologiju i citologiju

Mr sc med dr Silvana Lukić , Načelnik Odeljenja za hsitologiju,

Mr sc med dr Srđan Nikolić, Direktor Službe hirurgije,

odlukom Skupštine grada Beograda dobili su Nagradu grada Beograda za 2009.g. za rad objavljen u međunarodnom naučnom časopisu Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology, 31 (5) (2009) 288-295 (impact factor IF = 2,940).

preuzeto sa sajta http://ncrc.ac.rs

STEVEN HARNAD "Publish or Perish" in cartoon

2010-05-06T11:26:00.004+02:00

Na sajtu Open Access Week registrovano je ljudi iz celog sveta koji se bore za slobodnu informaciju.
Povezujemo se u jednu "Open Access porodicu" istim razmišljanjem. Neki se tek informišu o Open Accessu nekima je to Thing TO DO, te se shodno tome tako i ponašaju postavljajući videoshow, slideshow prezentacije, linkove sajtova i blogova, linkove repozitorija... u cilju promovisanja otvorenosti informacija.
Zato ću sada jednu od prezentacija staviti na blog jer je na veoma interesantan način napravljena - u STRIPU.

Autor je Stevem Harnad i Publish and perish (objavi ili nestani) .
Oni koji se bave objavljivanjem naučnih radova vrlo dobro znaju šta znači ova krilatica.

Find more videos like this on Open Access Week

preuzeto sa sajta Open Access Week
http://openaccessweek.ning.com/video/publishorperish-1?xg_source=activity

SPREADING OPEN ACCESS NETWORK

2010-04-29T23:45:00.002+02:00

I found this fascinating quote today:

Few days ago, I was trying to find a link OA week 2009..but the link expired..Instead of OA 2009, I found the new one: Ning Network - created by Jannifer McLennanAna Ivkovic on April 29, 2010,
SPREADING OPEN ACCESS NETWORKFew days ago, I was trying to find a link OA week 2009..but the link …, Apr 2010

You should read the whole article.

ALATI ....ALATI ...ALATI....!

2010-04-28T01:40:00.011+02:00

Možda ste primetili da se na ovom blogu nalazi i jedan task bar?
To je Skysa App Bar . Izgleda da su u modi BARovi, sidebar, toolbar, footbar...a i zvuci bas zabavno. Baš kao kad odemu u bar, na druženje. Zato su i nazvani Social Bar. Ili bolje Social Bar 2.0 Više informacija na jednom mestu.
Možete postaviti komentar, videti poslednje tweetove ili se logovati na facebook, podeliti informaciju s prijateljima ...
Možda neko i od vas poželi da ga instalira?

Svakoga dana, u svakom pogledu, sve više napredujemo!

:)

vaš bloger Ana

Prof Volker Diehl Personalised and reduced therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma . Cancer journal: online cancer news...

2010-04-19T16:10:00.008+02:00

Watch Prof Volker Diehl - University of Cologne, Germany, Personalised and reduced therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma on ecancer tv. Cancer journal: online cancer news, clinical oncology research, cancer information and latest cancer studies - open access cancer journal: ecancermedicalscience |

Personalised and reduced therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma

Professor Volker Diehl, of the University of Cologne, Germany, talks to ecancer managing editor Prof Gordon McVie at the 2010 German Cancer Conference (DKK), about personalised therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma and the latest from his 30 year old Hodgkin's lymphoma study group. He suggests reducing both chemotherapy and radiotherapy for certain patients to prevent long term damaging effects, eg reducing the amount of ABVD (Adriamycin (doxorubicin), bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) used.

posted at ecancer.tv

Novo seek

2010-04-16T15:18:00.007+02:00

Šta je novo seek ?
Novoseek je alat biomedicinski pretraživač medicinske literature u Pub Med, radova u FULL TEXT i odbranjenih radova teza stipendioranih radova u USA.
Ovaj besplatan pretražovač je izradila kompanija za bioinformatiku Bioalma, objedinivši sve elektronske izvore informacija dostupnih na CSIC (Španski savet za naučna istraživanja).
Radovi u punom tekstu omogućuju:

* Preuzimanje dokumenata vezanih za Vašu pretragu.
* Sužavanje pretragu kako biste pronašli rezultate u relevantnim naučnim časopisima.
* Navođenje relevantnih biomedicinskih koncepata za Vašu pretragu.

Skysa Bar Management - Bar Settings, Apps, and Members

2010-04-15T03:07:00.001+02:00

Skysa Bar Management - Bar Settings, Apps, and Members

Guus van den Brekel i blog digicmb

2010-04-15T02:43:00.012+02:00

Image of Guus van den Brekel

Dok popunjavam ove redove nižući nove postove, ne mogu da se ne zahvalim Guus van den Brekel-u , kolegi iz Groningena, RUG, koji nas uvek medju prvima sve obavestava o novim alatima, a kao što se pokazuje nezaustavivi je toolbarmaker. Dakle pored toga što nam svakodnevno otkriva nove internet alate, on ih i stvara! Svakim danom sve vise. Očarana sam njegovom brzinom modernizovanja.
Ako zavirite na njegov blog videćete da svaki post ima i podcast, audiozapis o čemu je pisano ranije. Takođe je postavio Skysa Bar, na blogu...tek mi predstoji da otkrivam...
Otkrivajte i vi, nemamo vremena, stižu novi alati...brzinom vulkanskog pepela!!!!!

DigiCMB: The Webicina Toobar : Quality Medical Information Close To You

2010-04-15T02:35:00.000+02:00

DigiCMB: The Webicina Toobar : Quality Medical Information Close To You

Webicina Toolbar

2010-04-15T01:52:00.005+02:00

Image of Bertalan Meskó

Već je više puta bilo reči o blogu Berci Meska koji na svom sajtu i blogu PeRSSonalizovane medicine, nazvanom WEBICINA, pruža najnovije naučne informacije upućene lekarima ali i upućene pacijentima.
Informacije pacijentima jedna je od suštinskih potreba. Doktor Berci Mesko, već poznat blogerima iz sveta medicine. Pomoću web alata - RSS i platformama koje sakupljaju najnovija dostignuća izradio je velik
i broj platformi iz raznih oblasti medicine. Ovaj način praćenja najnovijih dostignuća pruža veliku šansu istraživačima.
Od danas postoji i toolbar WEBICINA! http://webicina.ourtoolbar.com/
Pogledajte prezentaciju koju je napravio Guus van den Brekel
na svom blogu Probajte , downloadujte i istražujte!

http://digicmb.blogspot.com/2010/04/webicina-toobar-quality-medical.html

PILLBOX Laika’s MedLibLog reBlog Trackbacks for NLM’s PillBox, a new pill identification system

2010-03-25T00:18:00.018+01:00

Laika’s MedLibLog

I found this fascinating quote today:

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) not only launched a redesigned PubMed interface, but also another service (though still in beta): Pillbox beta for “rapid

identification and reliable information. The web address is http://pillbox.nlm.nih.gov/ Laika’s MedLibLog, Oct 2009Pillbox je identifikator lekova novi produkt NLM i vrlo brzo je postao miljenik medicinskih bibliotekara i medicinskih blogera, koji vole da obaveštavaju javnost o novinama iz oblasti biomedicine. Ceo projekat je nastao kao rezultat saradnje National Lybrary of Medicine i Food and Drug Administration. Ideja je potekla od lekara hitne pomoći i Poison Controll Centre i drugog medicinskog osoblja, svih onih koji moraju brzo da reaguju prilikom dijagnostikovanja i odabira leka tokom pripisivanja terapije. Ideja je bila da se korisnici obaveste o leku koji im je određen i njegovim specifikacijama. Svaka pilula nosila bi svoj identifikacioni kod po kome će se identifikovati doza i fizičke karakteristike leka veličina, boja, oblik itd.

Videti post Berci Meska
http://scienceroll.com/2010/03/24/pillbox-pill-identification-system/
posted by
Posted by Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Innovation, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Pharma, Web 2.0.
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Official Google Blog: Relevance meets the real-time web

2010-02-11T22:31:00.002+01:00

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Official Google Blog: Relevance meets the real-time web

Relevance meets the real-time web

12/07/2009 11:31:00 AM

Search is a natural starting point for discovering the world's information, and we strive to bring you the freshest, most comprehensive and relevant search results over an ever expanding universe of content on the multitude of devices you use to access it.

That's why today, at the Computer History Museum, we're excited to share a few new innovations in the areas of real-time, mobile and social search that we feel are important steps in the evolution of information access.

First, we're introducing new features that bring your search results to life with a dynamic stream of real-time content from across the web. Now, immediately after conducting a search, you can see live updates from people on popular sites like Twitter and FriendFeed, as well as headlines from news and blog posts published just seconds before. When they are relevant, we'll rank these latest results to show the freshest information right on the search results page.

Try searching for your favorite TV show, sporting event or the latest development on a recent government bill. Whether it's an eyewitness tweet, a breaking news story or a fresh blog post, you can find it on Google right after it's published on the web.

Here's how it looks:

Our real-time search enables you to discover breaking news the moment it's happening, even if it's not the popular news of the day, and even if you didn't know about it beforehand. For example, in the screen shot, the big story was about GM's stabilizing car sales, which shows under "News results." Nonetheless, thanks to our powerful real-time algorithms, the "Latest results" feature surfaces another important story breaking just seconds before: GM's CEO stepped down.

Click on "Latest results" or select "Latest" from the search options menu to view a full page of live tweets, blogs, news and other web content scrolling right on Google. You can also filter your results................................

preuzeto sa http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/relevance-meets-real-time-web.html

Official Google Blog: Relevance meets the real-time web

2010-02-11T21:33:00.000+01:00

Official Google Blog: Relevance meets the real-time web

OVO SMO PROČITALI I PREUZELI sa sajta CANCERWORLD

2010-02-11T00:57:00.008+01:00

Pdf

Vesna Kesic: exporting excellence in women’s cancers

Working at a massive hospital in a country with high rates of advanced women’s cancers gave Vesna Kesic the ideal opportunity to hone her skills as a gynaecological oncology surgeon. Thanks to her commitment to plugging the widespread gap in specialist training, the benefits of her expertise are being felt by patients well beyond the walls of her own institution and even her own country.

» Marc Beishon

There are few prevention strategies in oncology for which there is virtually

unanimous consensus, but screening for cervical cancer is certainly one.
It is currently the only cancer screening which has a solid evidence base
to show large-scale life saving and where intervention can be minimal
– although many have high hopes that breast and colorectal screening
will prove similarly effective. Yet many women are still dying of cervical
cancer every year, especially in emergingnations and indeed to some extent
in developed countries. Some 490,000 new cases are diagnosed every year
worldwide, with 250,000 deaths. Considering that screening and the Pap smear
have been available for many years – since 1967 in the UK, for example
– suffering and death on this scale should not be happening,
as Vesna Kesic, head of gynaecological diagnostics and oncology at the large
Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Clinical Centre of Serbia
in Belgrade, is the first to agree.

“Despite being at the heart of Europe, in 2002 my country had cervical cancer

rates twice as high as the world average and three times the rate of the European Union,

with the highest incidence in all of Europe,” she notes. “This was completely unacceptable as countries with good screening policies do not have a major problem with cervical cancer now.”

This neglected disease finally made it on to Serbia’s policy agenda after the publication of figures that showed just how dire the situation was: with a population of only 7.3 million, more than 1300 women a year were dying of all gynaecological cancers. Since then Kesic has been instrumental in establishing a screening pilot as part of a new cancer plan. But as she points out, the lessons learnt so far in addressing cervical cancer are critical not only for Serbia but also for other countries in Europe where incidence is also high. According to the European Cervical Cancer Association (ECCA), 30,000 women in Europe are dying each year, while there are 60,000 new and 225,000 ongoing cases. Women in central and eastern European countries are particularly at risk.

But screening is only one part of a story that also involves cultural attitudes and barriers, healthcare organisation, and diagnosis and treatment pathways. As with breast cancer, where mammography can be seen as only one pillar of a multiprofessional service, cervical cancer screening needs to be integrated into a coherent structure. “It is also only one disease we group together in gynaecological oncology, the other main cancer sites being the ovary, endometrium and, to a lesser degree, vulva and other locations,” says Kesic.

The development of the specialist field of gynaecological oncology, she says, is at the centre of the drive to improve outcomes, and she and colleagues both in Serbia and around Europe have dedicated much effort to gaining recognition and improving education and training, notably through the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO). “This has been a Cinderella subspecialism in obs/gyn for Serbia and surrounding countries for decades,” she says, pointing out that many general gynaecologists treat patients with cancer. “We have seen that treatment by inexperienced surgeons and failure to follow guidelines are associated with increased risk of disease recurrence and mortality.”

"General gynaecologists need to realise they cannot do everything, but they are afraid they will lose prestige"

But oncologists with inadequate specialist skills in gynaecology also pose a problem. “The status of gynaecological oncology ranges from true recognition of gynaecological oncology and strictly defined training, such as in the UK, to complete disorganisation in which an oncologist with just a few months in obs/gyn can treat a patient,” she says. Her message is clear – trained gynaecological oncologists must displace both general oncologists and gynaecology practitioners. “After all, we have other well-developed subspecialisms in obs/gyn, such as IVF (in vitro fertilisation) and urogynaecology. General gynaecologists, especially, need to realise they cannot do everything – and they don’t need to do everything. They are afraid they will lose patients and prestige, but in practice there are sadly more than enough sick people in the world for us all to find a place in this field.”

Like other cancer sites, gynaecological cancer presents as a wide spectrum of tumours, which she says can be very different in cause, biological behaviour and therapy. “Ovarian cancer is the most challenging, because it can arise from any embryological tissue. And more and more we see previously very rare cancer types and multiple malignancies – the profile of gynaecological tumours has significantly changed. But when properly treated, the overall prognosis for most gynaecological cancers is reasonably good.”

A mission to educate. More than 350 doctors from all over Iran attended demonstrations of laparoscopic-assisted hysterectomy, lymphadenectomy and intraperitoneal therapy, as well as panel discussions of controversial issues, at this three day seminar in Mashhad in October 2008 - part of a major programme of educational events organised by Kesic with the IGCS and ESGO

Kesic’s primary expertise is in surgery and diagnostics, but her impression of progress in basic research and in therapies for more advanced disease is that this group of cancers has not seen any major steps recently. There is of course one spectacular advance in prevention – the new vaccinations against the human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause cervical cancer. “It is the major discovery in my speciality in my time and probably is the future for cervical cancer prevention – but the story is very complex and we cannot yet prove that the vaccinations do decrease the number of cancers.”

Growing complexity and tensions among practitioners is not a situation unique to gynaecological cancers, of course, but Kesic points out that these tumours are particularly distressing because they can affect women not just physically and socially, as in any disease, but also in sexual responsiveness, body image and, very importantly, fertility.

It was the combination of the intense human side of the work and the knowledge that much disease can be prevented or successfully treated that drew her into the field and continues to fuel a mission to bring multidisciplinary thinking to many places around the world.

In addition to working with the Serbian authorities to get cervical screening off the ground, Kesic has clocked up a number of notable achievements both at home and internationally. She was instrumental in founding the Serbian Society of Gynaecological Oncology in 2003. This October, the Society played host to the ESGO’s 16th biennial conference, in Belgrade, landing as keynote speaker Harald zur Hausen, the German virologist who won a Nobel prize last year for uncovering the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer.

She also led Serbia into membership of the European Cervical Cancer Association (ECCA) – the first eastern European country to join. But it is probably her work setting up an ambitious programme of teaching seminars, with both ESGO and the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS), that has made the biggest contribution to exporting her mission for excellence in gynaecological oncology to all corners of the globe.

It was the obvious needs of Serbian women that kept Kesic in her home country during the dark days of war and sanctions in the 1990s, when she could have escaped to a far better resourced department in the UK or elsewhere. Infact, gynaecology is fortunate to have her at all – obs/gyn was just about the last place she wanted to work on completing her medical degree in Belgrade.

“I did not have any great wish to be a doctor – I think it was just an unconscious desire to help people that saw me study medicine, but then I became very interested in cancer, even spending my summer at our National Cancer Institute rather than going on holiday. I think I saw myself as coming up with the next great leukaemia treatment, or such like. At that time I won an important award for a paper on thyroid cancer. But when I looked for a job I couldn’t find one in oncology. After a year, I had to take a post in obs/gyn.”

While it can be amazing to be involved in a field where life is being born, says Kesic, obs/gyn can also be very stressful and disruptive. She set about carving out an oncology role within the large Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – a process that proved to be both long and painful. Even though the Institute is the referral centre for the whole of Serbia, and surgically treats the largest number of cancer patients in the country, it still lacks the necessary facilities. Chemo- and radiotherapy, and other specialist treatments, have to be carried out in collaboration with Serbia’sNational Cancer Institute.

Today, however, not only does Kesic have a unit of her own – diagnostics andoncology – but she also has a nobs/gyn professorship at the University of Belgrade medical school.

While benefiting locally from excellent general gynaecological surgical training, her main route to integrating oncology came from a series of visits abroad that she organised herself, starting at London’s Hammersmith Hospital under Patrick Soutter, who also guided her PhD topic on lymphocytes in cervical cancer. Claes Trope at the Norwegian Radium Hospital is another key mentor.

"My challenge was to explain how we should be using guidelines that just were not followed at that time"

“As a result, the heads of department here allowed me to carry out radical procedures much earlier than is usual in Serbia, and my challenge was to explain how we should be using guidelines that just were not followed at that time across the spectrum of gynaecological cancers. For example, radical hysterectomy was not as it is today – many surgeons were not removing all the right tissue, and pathology reporting was poor. I also helped to introduce organconserving surgery for the cervix – hysterectomies were often done unnecessarily, and they still are in hospitals that lack good oncology input.”

"To preserve fertility without compromising outcome is the most exciting achievement of modern practice"

Tailored surgery, introduction of laparoscopy and sentinel node biopsy are the most important advances in surgical gynaecological oncology, she adds. “And to preserve fertility in a woman with a gynaecological cancer, without compromising oncological outcome, is for me the most exciting human achievement of modern practice.”

Kesic is particularly proud of the detailed study she has made over the years of colposcopy, the diagnostic technique used to examine the cervix and other tissues. In combination with cervical smear tests colposcopy can – in the right hands – achieve near 100% accuracy in detecting precancerous lesions and is an important secondary prevention method. “It really does allow us to plan treatment properly and avoid unnecessary hysterectomies,” says Kesic.

But it has no fewer than 50 core competencies, as identified by the European Federation of Colposcopy (which was founded in1999 with the then Yugoslavia, which had setup its own society four years earlier, one of the founding members). Most countries have only recently begun national colposcopy training programmes, which again is why Kesic is so committed – as an authority on the technique – to educational activities, and indeed she helped attract another event to Belgrade, the 4th European Congress for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, in 2007.

Just 100 metres from the Institute, a NATO bomb was dropped in error on a hospital building in 1999 – a horrific event that marked the beginning of the end of a long period of Serbian isolation, and when thoughts of international collaboration, such as on multisite research projects, were unthinkable.

"Most depressing was the lack of knowledge from the outside world - we were not even getting medical journals"

“With the airports closed the only way I could leave the country was to take a bus to Budapest and fly from there. Our medical schools did not have the funds even to go to congresses or take up fellowships. Meanwhile we were left with old equipment we couldn’t repair properly and not much in the way of antibiotics. There was a time when we had to use ordinary soap to prepare for operations. But most depressing was really the lack of knowledge from the outside world –we were even restrained from getting books and medical journals. Remember, this was before we were on the Internet, which gives easy access to new medical information.”

On occasions where she was able to make trips abroad, Kesic says she was pleased to report back that her clinic’s skills were up to standard. But she points out a paradox with suffering high cervical cancer incidence. “We are seeing 600 new oncology patients a year and carrying out 450 surgeries just in my unit, which gives us a high volume to evolve our skills. For cervical cancer, even centres in countries such as the UK may be performing many fewer radical procedures a year, thanks to effective screening. It means we can play a major part in driving forward standards and training.”

Certainly, a priority in Serbia is sending more patients to larger centres. As Kesic notes, it has long been established in other countries that centralising expertise at high-volume hospitals improves morbidity and mortality in gynaecological cancer. A recent survey she helped conduct in Serbia was not encouraging. “About 45% of general hospitals here are carrying out fewer than 10 and some only a couple of radical procedures a year – that simply is not enough for high quality and to tailor treatment to the stage of disease. Some 70% are not even doing radical procedures, the standard for invasive cervical cancer, and where they do, a classical hysterectomy is not enough to remove the affected tissue.”

Omentectomy, which is the standard in ovarian cancer surgery, is performed in only about half of cases, she adds. “And overall, in a third of cases guidelines are not followed at all, and nearly two thirds of gynecological departments treating cancer have no survival data.”

It is no surprise that Kesic is putting so much time into helping the country introduce a national cervical screening programme to start to eliminate cases of advanced disease. Since the political situation stabilised – and with the unwelcome report of Serbia’s number one position in cervical cancer publicised – she found the health ministry receptive not only to screening but also to including prevention as part of national plan, Serbia Against Cancer, launched this year.

Team work. Close collaboration with nurses like Olgica Milosavljevic and Ljiljana Mijajlovic, pictured here in the Institute's colposcopy clinic, is both enjoyable and essential for patient care, says Kesic

“The plan has 30 steps, starting with screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers – we are also seeing some 4000 new breast cancers as well as 1500 cervical cases, so imagine how many lives we could save. It’s hoped we will also be able to cut long waiting times for radiotherapy and introduce much better palliative care through the plan.”

Kesic and colleagues carried out a survey about what women knew about cervical cancer to help determine barriers to screening, and with the support of the French government a pilot was put in place in a high-incidence region, and screening is now starting in other areas. As she notes, barriers are formidable, although Serbia does have some advantages.

In common with other post-communist countries there was a legacy of a traditional focus on treatment rather than prevention, and patients had little awareness of basic rights. “But we do have a well developed primary care system that includes more than 500 gynaecologists, where opportunistic screening was being done, and colposcopy services are extremely good. However, such an approach tends to favour women of reproductive age, while middle aged and older women are poorly covered, especially in rural areas. We don’t have technicians to look at Pap smear tests, because, since the early 1950s, cytology in Serbia has been performed by gynaecologists trained to read Pap smears. So we are having to rely for the time being on the most experienced gynaecologists, those that read at least 2000 tests a year, to serve as cytologists until we train the required number of cytotechnicians. There is no other option at present.”

Much will depend on the communication and technical skills of gynaecologists to drive up the number of screened women, in conjunction with government campaigns, and the target is to screen 2.3 million women every three years, initially extending the upper age to 69 rather than the more usual 65, to target better the hard-to-reach older group. At present, only 20% of women visit a gynaecologist.

And as Kesic adds, when more disease is detected the shortcomings in hospital services will be exposed, especially for services such as radiotherapy, which is part of the standard treatment for advanced cervical cancer. “A main message about screening is: ‘Don’t start if you cannot provide the treatment’ – and I’m not sure how we are going to manage this at present.”

Does part of the answer lie in the new vaccinations now on the market? Kesic is worried that women may be getting an overinflated view of their capability. “Yes, vaccination will probably be the end of cervical cancer – something we dream about – but it still requires a lot of research and time. Only two vaccines are registered so far, but there are others – and none are yet proved to decrease cancer cases. I’m not happy when companies and the media announce they are infallible. Yes,what we see is that there are fewer precancerous lesions, but for cancer itself we will need another 10 to 15 years to see the real effect on vaccinated groups.”

HPV has many types, she notes, with 10 that are high risk for cervical cancer. The majority of cancers – two-thirds in countries such as the US – are linked to HPV types 16 and 18, which are targeted by the two vaccines on the market. “But at least one third of cases are caused by other types, and HPV infections differ by region – in our country, types 31 and 33 are the most common. In any case, the vaccines only protect for about five years – I know the drug companies would hate me to say this, but the vaccines simply do not protect totally and their effects don’t last for ever.”

She mentions also concerns that, given the publicity, girls and young women may feel free to engage in more risky behaviour because they feel protected. Not to mention the financial cost, which may be prohibitive for less well-off countries.

"I see the future of cervical cancer prevention as a combination of screening and vaccination"

For all these reasons, says Kesic, screening should still be carried out. “I see the future of cervical cancer prevention as a combination of screening and vaccination.”

The message about strengthening population screening, she feels, is especially important in countries with a high degree of health inequalities, as its lack is clearly a factor that accounts for higher incidence, although HPV infection and sexual behaviour patterns also contribute to geographic differences. Smoking and immunodeficiency are also key factors. Despite strong campaigns, smoking rates remain high in Serbia, and the heritage of stress, poor nutrition and pollution all contribute to impaired immunity, says Kesic.

Omdurman, Sudan. In a country where 75% of cervical cancers are picked up at an advanced stage, this three-day seminar attracted more than 300 doctors, who found the practical training workshops in colposcopy and cytology particularly helpful

These and most other aspects of gynaecological oncology have been explored by Kesic and colleagues at a major series of workshop-style events around eastern Europe, spearheaded by Kesic under the auspices of ESGO. “So far we have run 34 events in five years,with topics ranging from early diagnostics to controversies in ovarian tumours and fertility sparing treatment – it is up to local people what they want, and the events have been very well supported. We had about 1000 people in Moscow, for example.” Eastern Europe had few members in ESGO before these meetings, she adds, and she is also involved with the IGCS, which has run similar events in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

She is a huge supporter of education and training wherever and in whatever form it makes sense, having herself benefited from early involvement with the European School of Oncology, the European Association for Cancer Research, the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology and other bodies. Running events first in Serbia a few years ago – bringing in experts who could not have come during much of the 1990s – helped to shape the eastern European programme.

One of the main frustrations for Kesic in Serbia now is still the fragmented nature of oncology organisation and inadequate training for gynaecological oncology. She is optimistic, however, that ESGO’s accreditation in gynaecological oncology, a recent initiative for hospitals around Europe, will help standardise the quality of care for patients. Indeed, she has made several visits to accredit centres herself – there are now 23 – and says that the criteria are hard to fulfill, such as adequate patient numbers, research capability and especially high-quality training, as the aim is to become certified to offer training.

“We were lucky to have gynaecological oncology recognised in Serbia back in 1994, but it is taught under postgraduate oncology studies. I do have concerns about the educational content, but at least it gives young doctors the concept of the multidisciplinary approach and awareness that not all of us in gynaecology should treat cancer. We need to improve surgical skills by adding basic training in general surgery, urology or vascular surgery.We also need to increase knowledge of science, medical oncology and radiotherapy, and involve doctors more in research.”

Certainly, Kesic would very much like to extend her own research interests, working from her expertise as a surgical gynaecologist. However, as patients who have undergone surgery tend to be followed up by the National Cancer Institute, where they receive their adjuvant treatment, it can be difficult to participate in international trials.

Kesic adds that she has no ambition to be a surgeon who also administers systemic therapy – “We have more than enough to do in diagnostics and surgery, and I much prefer to see us strengthening multidisciplinary working with specialists in each part of oncology. And I definitely do not think gynaecologists should get involved in breast cancer management, as happens in some countries.”

She lives quietly with her family in Belgrade and is very modest about her achievements. Ian Jacobs, past president of ESGO, says Kesic is “extraordinarily generous, often giving credit to others for her own achievements and minimising the importance of her own contribution. She has made a great contribution to training in gynaecological cancer in Europe and her efforts in this area are admired by her colleagues internationally.” In particular, the training programme and meetings in eastern Europe that Kesic has organised have been a major achievement carried in a very short time, he says.

"Engaging governments and the media is crucial"

Above all, Kesic emphasises that in cervical cancer, professionals can only do so much on their own, and that engaging governments and the media is crucial. The work of the ECCA in raising awareness of cervical cancer around Europe is pivotal, she says. The European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, first held in 2007, is a great chance to promote cervical cancer prevention. “We have to work closely with the media, because they are powerful and can deliver our messages much more effectively than we can by meetings, lectures or roundtables.”

And in the case of cervical cancer, where so much unnecessary suffering persists, her message to policy makers and the public is simple and direct: “Cervical cancer is a disease of health inequities – its incidence in a country is an indicator of how much that society takes care of its women.”

Posted November, 2009 http://www.cancerworld.org/Articles/Issues_33/Cover_Story/Vesna_Kesic%3A%0D%0Aexporting_excellence_in_women%92s_cancers.html

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2010-02-11T00:50:00.000+01:00

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DAN POSLE...radionice...

2010-02-01T16:55:00.002+01:00

U Biblioteci Medicinskog fakulteta u Beogradu, u kompjuterskoj učionici, održana je 29. januara 2010. godine radionica o bibliografskom alatu Zotero i servisu Researcher ID. Pokretanje i organizacija ove radionice pokazali su se kao veoma uspešni. Radionicu je organizovala Sekcija muzejskih bibliotekara i knjižničara Muzejskog društva Srbije u saradnji sa Anom Ivković, bibliotekarom Instituta za onkologiju i radiologiju, i Medicinskim fakultetom Univerziteta u Beogradu. Radionicu je vodila Milica Ševkušić, bibliotekar Instituta tehničkih nauka SANU, a prisustvovali su joj konzervatori i bibliotekari Muzeja savremene umetnosti i Narodnog muzeja u Beogradu, Univerzitetske biblioteke „Svetozar Marković“, Muzeja žrtava genocida i Instituta za nuklearne nauke „Vinča“ i mlađi istraživači Instituta tehničkih nauka SANU.
Odzivom smo bili vrlo zadovoljni jer... praznih stolica nije bilo!
Svi prisutni bili su prijatno iznenađeni mogućnosima koje alat Zotero i servis Research ID pružaju.
U početku su se pojavile određene poteškoće oko instaliranja, ali to su važne stvari koje svaki od polaznika mora da savlada SAM, a ovog puta u savlađivanju tih nedaća imali smo Miličinu pomoć. Bilo je divno otkriće kako je lako napraviti sopstvenu biblioteku u Zotero alatu direktnim preuzimanjem bibliografskih podataka iz full text i indeksnih baza, te sačuvati važne linkove i radove u HTML, i PDF formatu. Ne mora se gubiti vreme u traganju za literaturom u moru sačuvanih linkova „negde u bukmarku“ već ih možemo sortirati u „svojoj biblioteci“ po folderima, a zatim napraviti citat u samo par sekundi, birajući željeni ili zadati stil citiranja referenci. Neko bi rekao „pa to je isto kao My Documents“...ali NIJE! Iz Zotera je moguće direktno pretraživanje baze i ubacivanje referenci u tekst procesor!

ResearcherID, jedan od projekata Thomson Reuters-a, predstavlja alat koji naučnim radnicima omogućava kreiranje sopstvenog profila u koji će uneti podatke o sebi i svojim naučnim radovima. Prilikom uređivanja profila, bibliografski podaci o radovima mogu se preuzimati direktno iz baze Web of Science, a mogu se i ručno unositi. Prilikom pregledanja profila, korisnici vide bibliografske i bibliometrijske podatke o radovima preuzetim iz Web of Science bez obzira da li imaju pristup ovoj bazi ili ne. Na taj način omogućava se veća vidljivost naučnog učinka istraživača. Za tako nešto potrebno je samo kreirati profil, sa slikom ili bez nje, uneti svoje podatke (različite varijante imena, afilijacije, oblasti istraživanja), što je vrlo jednostavan posao. Istraživačima je na raspolaganje stavljen i Researcher ID bedž – widget koji se vrlo jednostavno integriše u web stranicu ili blog istraživača. Za naše istraživače, ovaj alat je prosto idealan! Nadamo se da će ubrzo mnogi početi da ga primenjuju.
Mnogo hvala Milici Ševkušić, koja ove alate koristi već neko vreme i koja je s takvom lakoćom uspela da predstavi osnove o bibliografskh alata za samo tri sata.

Zahvaljujemo se na svesrdnoj pomoći direktoru biblioteke Medicinskog fakulteta, Draganu Panteliću, i Saši, sistem administratoru, koji su omogućili da se ova radionica održi u njihovom prostoru.
Hvala Oliveri Nastić, savršenom organizatoru.

objavljeno u http://www.citaliste.com/

BIBLIOGRAFIJA ONLINE : ZOTERO , RESEARCHER ID

2010-01-27T23:53:00.003+01:00

Radionica BIBLIOGRAFSKI ALATI :ZOTERO i RESEARCH ID će se održati 29. januara 2010. godine, s početkom u 11h, u sali biblioteke Medicinskog fakulteta, na drugom spratu (Pasterova 2 ).
Predavanje i praktične primere će održati koleginica Milica Ševkušić, bibliotekar Instituta za tehničke nauke, SANU, koje se već duže vreme bavi ovim web alatima.

Dođite i Vi!

OVID BAZA DOSTUPNA PREKO KOBSONA

2010-01-26T05:32:00.005+01:00

Od prošlog ponedeljka, 18. Januara, Srbija je dobila ristup OVID bazi preko KoBSON sajta.
Ova baza je jedna od najvrednijih za naučne radnike iz oblasti medicine i radujemo se što smo i pored svih teškoća , finansijskih uspeli da skupimo hrabrost (čitaj parice) i kupimo ovu bazu sa prestižnim časopisima.
Ne treba reći koliko časopisa Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) baza koje su nosioci brojnih protokola i vodiča kliničke prakse, bez kojih je savremena medicina nezamisliva!!!

ScienceOnline2010

2010-01-26T03:21:00.018+01:00

Prošle nedelje je, od 14 . do 17. januara održana čuvena Konferencija , iako tek četvrta po redu, ScienceOnline2010 u Chapel Hill-u , North Carolina. Ko stoji iza konferencije?- Naravno Bora Živković sa svojim kolegama, naučnim blogerima Anton Zuiker, Stephanie Willen Brown i David Kroll.
Privukavši sponzore, kolege ali i volontere veliki uspeh ove uzbudljive i zabavne Konferencije nije izostao.
To je zaista bila Wonder-Conference- ScienceOnline.
Ovo zaključujemo po reakcijama učesnika Konferencije, koji ne samo da su ova tri dana proveli radno, već su se i dobro zabavili jer složićete se da je publikovanje online i Social networking - fun!!!

Konferencija je bila posvećena istraživačima, naučnicima i načinu publikovanja online, kako bi se u budućnosti lakše evaluirao njihov rad. Zašto je ovo važno?
Način vrednovanja će se promeniti, IF će "umreti" a mladi istrazivači će se naći u čudu... pitaće se kako da dostignu poene za napredovanje u karijeri?? ..

POENE??? neee ...poeni će takodje nestati, ali jedno je siguno: VREDNOVANJE RADOVA PREMA NIVOU STATISTIKE (Article Level Metrics) I DOWNLOADOVANJA , AUTORSTVO NAUČNIH BLOGOVA, ĆE BITI PRESUDNO!!!!
Ali avaj! šta da rade mladi istraživači kojima je primarno bilo tradicionalno vrednovanje - pomoću faktora uticaja časopisa?
Umesto da su naučili da cene svoj trud , učeni su da vrednuju u koji časopis da pošalju rad.
A kako delaju naučnici u svetu i kako se bore protiv tradicionalnog lošeg sistema zanimljivo je videti na ScienceOnline konferencijama. Otvoreni pristup je naučnim radnicima pružio nove mogućnosti.

Šta je bio program Konferencije?
Nadam se da će nam koleginica Danica Radovanovic, koja je bila učesnik na ScienceOnline2009, i ScienceOnline2010 napisati koju reč o tome kako je bilo u Chapel Hillu.

Teme konferencije su bile:

Od bloga do knjige
Društvenim mrežama i naučnom informisanju
Otvorenom pristupu
Wiki
Trixie Tracker - web and phone
Etika u oblacima
Twitter
Podcasting i nauka
Etika
Vizualizacija u nauci
Naučnom blogovanju
Nauči u Second Life
Naučnom obrazovanju
Online Reference Managers
Poverenju i kritičkom mišljenju
Web Science: Proučavanje i uticaj World Wide Web, kako transformiše naše društvo

Ono čime se ovogodišnja Konferencija razlikovala od prethodnih je sigurno prenošenje konferencije preko Twittera.

A evo kako su rasli:

Overarching Themes

It is interesting how the conference evolved over the past four years. The first meeting was all about blogging - all sessions and conversations were about the way people use blogs to do, teach and communicate science. Most of the people gathered back in 2007 were bloggers. But things have changed over time...more about it in a second.

The 2008 meeting started expanding from blogs to other stuff scientists and those interested in science do online. If there was a theme, it was Activism - how to use blogs and other online tools to push back against enemies of reason and also how to influence the influentials (especially elected officials at various levels).

The 2009 meeting had one huge underlying theme - that of Power. But the other big theme then was Openness. We talked a lot about everything Open - from Open Notebook Science to Open Access Publishing. It was an appropriate year to have a lot of focus on it as this was the time when Open Access movement made huge strides, many scientists first became aware of Open Access and what it is, and many scientists were first made aware of the bankruptcy of the Impact Factor.

Since then, the emotions about it have calmed down a little bit - there is a sense that "good guys won" (the NIH open access mandate, the domino effect of Harvard's OA mandate, huge growth in participation in OA week around the globe, enormous growth in the number of OA journals, etc.) and that we can now talk calmly about building the future system together. A number of people, including representatives of Nature and Elsevier, told me (or tweeted or mentioned in their feedback forms) that they really liked the session led by Pete Binfield on article-level metrics - instead of being combative (PLoS rulz!), it was a constructive discussion of strategies for moving forward all together to make the publishing world better adapted to the modern world.

Pogledajte ceo program ScienceOnline2010

http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/

a o izveštaju, veoma iscrmnom, možete pročitati na Borinom blogu

http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2010/01/making_it_real_people_and_book.php

Dugačak je ali sjajan, iako za nas možda najsjajnija i sledeća vest..

...The ScienceOnline London version of the event is already going strong, planning for the third meeting this June. In 2011, there will be ScienceOnline Belgrade in Serbia. Anyone else who wants to organize it somewhere else, let us know...

I za kraj valjalo je nazdraviti uspešno obavljenoj organizaciji uz jednu DOMAĆU!!!...naravno Šljivovicu!

PLOS One in Web of Science!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-01-26T01:18:00.011+01:00

PLoS ONE - Public Library of Science, je početkom ove godine zajedno sa drugim PLOS online časopisima indeksiran u indeksnoj bazi Web of SCience.

PloS ONE je takođe indeksiran i u servisima kao što su PubMed, MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Scopus, Google Scholar, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), EMBASE, Agricola, PsycINFO, Zoological Records, FSTA (Food Science and Technology Abstracts), GeoRef, and RefAware...

Uključivanje PloS ONE u Web of Science, podrazumeva pokrivenost svih članaka objavljenih 2008. i 2009. godine, ali će se pokrivenost proširiti i na radove iz 2007. i 2006. godine, kada je PLoS ONE i počeo sa radom. Uključivanjem u Web of Science znači da će PLos ONE u junu 2010. godine dobiti od Thompson Reutersa i podatak o nivou citiranosti uključujući 2- i 5- godišnji faktor uticaja i Eigenfactor metrics.

Kao što je i ranije naznačeno PLoS veruje da se radovi istraživača najbolje procenjenju prema sopstvenoj zasluzi, a ne prema časopisima u kojima se nalaze (i njegovog faktora uticaja) što se najčešće i dešava. Iako se radujemo što će radovi u PLoS ONE biti više istraživački njegovim uključenjem u Web of Science i dalje ćemo nastojati da se što pre počne sa našin programom "Article Level Metric" = vrednovanje članaka prema nivou statistike.

Naravno, razume se da je uključivanje u Web of Science značajno za mnoge istraživače i naučnike čiji se rezultati još uvek mere na tradicionalan način. Nadamo se da će ova vest ohrabriti naučne radnike da svoje radove objavljuju u PLoS časopisima, uočivši korist od vrednovanja članaka prema nivou statistike koja se može videti na bilo kom radu objavljenom u PLoS-u , te da omogući svim zainteresovanim korisnicima otvoreni pristup.

objavio Mark Patterson: PLoS One indexed by Web of Science
http://www.plos.org/cms/node/506

prevela Ana Ivković

ISI - late to index #PLoS One but now marketing that they do so

2010-01-26T00:07:00.001+01:00

ISI - late to index #PLoS One but now marketing that they do so

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SCITABLE NPG

2010-01-12T15:55:00.007+01:00

Otvorena nauka donosi nam jos jednu novinu, po mom mišljenju vrlo interesantnu.
NaturePublishingGroup priredio nam je sajt Scitable koji pruža mnoge zanimljivosti iz oblasti genetike. Proučavajući evoluciju i složenost živog organizma, genetičari produbljuju svoja znanja iz moderne genetike. Scitable je sajt koji vam omogućava da istražujete ne samo ono šta ste iz evolucije i genetike, već i kako genetika utiče na društvo oslanjajući se na dokaze koje naše znanje podržava.

Najčitaniji postovi na ovom sajtu su pitanja genetičkog inženjeringa ali se nalaze i brojne teme koje vas..ili sve nas mogu interesovati.

Nije loše pročitati i tekst Chrisa Abrahama, autora posta Is Scitable a game- changing model of publishing? koji je direktno stupio u kontakt sa kreatorom Scitable i dobio odgovor na pitanje STA JE ZAPRAVO SCITABLE.

"Well, Scitable is a product of the journal Nature, a respected, peer-reviewed academic journal. Its goal is to offer free scientific knowledge to students, starting with genetics, as well as facilitating the connection between students and senior scientists as mentors, something that is much easier to make happen online..."

"Scitable is a direct response to Wikipedia. While Wikipedia a great tool for generalists, faculty of science know that it is not a definitive source. The first goal Mr. Savkar set was to make sure Scitable was as easy to use as Wikipedia while approaching all the content through rigorous editorial processes and review.

Chris Abraham Socialmedia.biz

NOVI BROJ PANČEVAČKOG ČITALIŠTA

2010-01-12T15:00:00.007+01:00

Urednici Pančevačkog čitališta su nas obradovali novim brojem!
Dugo smo ga čekali a i vredelo je!
Imamo i nove saradnike ovog časopisa a to je Dr Ljiljana Vučković Dekić iz Instituta za onkologiju i radiologiju Srbije, koja je prihvatila da se angažuje pišući i za naš bibliotekarski časopis.
S druge strane tu je u specijalni intervju sa Borom Živković , savetnikom za PLOS ...a radovi u ovom broju su bombonice...nadam se da svi čitate Čitalište, jer kao jedan moderan časopis od prošlog bloja svima nam je dostupan, u Otvorenom pristupu!
Dakle, pratimo trendove u nauci!

TEMELJNE VREDNOSTI SAVREMENOG BIBLIOTEKARSTVA

2009-12-17T02:12:00.018+01:00

U ponedeljak, 14. decembra proslavili smo rodjendan Bibliotekarskog društva Srbije.
Koliko god to nekima zvučalo neobično, ova svečanost bibliotekara je održana u Kriminalističko policijskoj akademiji! "Izgleda šašavo ali ... "
...naši domaćini bili su više nego ljubazni i zahvaljujemo im se na predusretljivosti i ovom toplom gostoprimstvu.

Željko Vučković, predsednik BDS

Pozdravnu reč imao je naš novi predsednik Bibliotekarskog društva prof. Željko Vučković.

Kao i svake godine nagrade su dodeljivane kolegama koji su se svojim pregalaštvom istakli u radu.

Nagradu "Najbolji bibliotekar" u nacionalnoj biblioteci" dobila je Dušica Grbić iz Biblioteke Matice srpske, a "Zapis" Mr Mirjana Brković iz Univerzitetske biblioteke u Novom Sadu. Nagradu „Stojan Novaković“ za 2009. godinu dobio je Dobrilo Aranitović iz Biblioteke šabačke za knjigu "Biblioteka kao ogledalo vaseljene: ogledi iz savremene ruske nauke o bibliotekarstvu" u izdanju Narodne biblioteke „Đorđe Natošević“iz Inđije i Službenog glasnika iz Beograda.
Nagradu Bibliotekarskog društva Srbije,"Najbolji bibliotekar" u javnoj biblioteci", dobio je Žarko Vojinović šef zavičajnog odeljenja Gradske biblioteke Pančevo.

Mirjana Brković

Promovisan je i četvorobroj "Bibliotekara" 2009, čiji je prikaz dala Milica Stevanović iz Narodne biblioteke Kruševac.

Posle tradicionalnog dodeljivanja nagrada, usledio je naučni skup na temu "Temeljne vrednosti savremenog bibliotekarstva".

Izlagači su bili: prof. dr Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić, prof. dr Hermina Angelsku, prof. dr Marija Mladenova, prof. dr Milena Maksimović, Vesna Injac-Malbaša, Vesna Vuksan, prof. dr Gordana Stokić Simončić i prof. dr Željko Vučković.

Hermina Angelesku

Gordana Stokić, Jasmina Ninkov

Ni zakuska nije izostala, baš kao za pravi rođendan!

Koktel parti

Pogledajte galeriju slika

OPEN ACCESS U NOVOM SADU

2009-11-22T14:29:00.013+01:00

Prošli mesec, mesec oktobar, je u Beogradu pored brojnih događanja u svetu nauke i kulture kao sa i tradicionalnim Sajmom knjiga, bio u znaku Otvorenog pristupa naučnim informacijama. Ovog meseca Beogradu se u promovisanju Otvorenog pristupa, pridružuje i Novi Sad jer su naše kolege prepoznale značaj ove pojave u nauci. Promovisanje Otvorenog pristupa nekad nije lako.

Mirjana Brković, upravnik Centralne biblioteke

Dešava se da naiđete na jak otpor konzervativnih struja koje veruju u ono u šta su naučili - časopis u papiru i u vrednovanje naučnih informacija putem faktora uticaja - IF, čiji je tvorac Thompson Reuters. Svaka novina teško se prihvata.

To sigurno nije slučaj sa našim domaćinima i upravnicom biblioteke Mirjanom Brković, koja je i sama zagovornik ove ideje slobodnog širenja naučnih informacija i bržeg razvijanja nauke.

Po dolasku u Novi Sad, uspeli smo da zalutamo tražeći od fakulteta do fakulteta Centralnu univerzitetsku biblioteku jer niko od studenata koje smo panično "presretali" u Univerzitetskom kampu nije znao da nam kaže gde se ona nalazi! Ali, razlog je vrlo jednostavan. Centralna biblioteka je nova kao i pristup radu, jer je upravnik Mirjana Brkovic inovator u mnogim stvarima.
Posle njihovog traganja za nama, kao i naseg za njima..."potera" se slavno završila i priređen nam je topao doček i puna biblioteka slušalaca. To je bilo nešto što nas je najviše obradovalo.
Predavanja su bila odlična. Zašto? Diskusije je bilo posle svakog predavanja. Pitanja koja su se nizala su bila različita, ali se najčešće postavljalo sledeće pitanje: KAKO ZNATE DA JE TAKAV RAD BAŠ VREDAN? KAKO PREPOZNAJETE VREDNOST RADA U OTVORENOM PRISTUPU?
Pitanja su mi bila potpuno j jasna, jer se od starih autoriteta tesko odstupa. I ko kaže da Otvoreni pristup nije vrednovan? Zar iko može s tolikim otporom da zagovara umanjenu vrednost naučnih radova koji su publikovani online? Mislim da neki još ne shvataju da Open Access podleže recenziji. Jos uvek postoje dvoumice sta je a sta nije Otvoreni pristup.

Ista se desava i sa društvenim mrežama. Pratimo ljude sa kojima smo "prijatelji" na social networks. Kako ih biramo? To su upravo izdavači, naučnici i bibliotekari kojima verujemo. To je ono čemu nas je Bora Živković naučio. Ako na twitteru pratim šta Cochrain database (renomirani izdavač Evidence-Based-Medicine literature) pruža kao novinu, SIGURNO ZNAM DA JE VREDNO.
Treba verovati i naučnim blogerima.
Scienceblogs ćete prepoznati jer u desnom gornjem uglu uvek piše "Scienceblog".
Poverenje je karika koja nedostaje.
Diskusija bila je dobar znak da smo uspeli da ih zainteresujemo i sigurna sam da će neki od njih početi da promovišu dalje Open Access i ukazati istraživačima na značaj objavljivanja u Open Access.

diskusija posle predavanja, zainteresovane kolege sa Pravnog fakulteta Novi Sad

Specijalno se zahvaljujemo inicijatoru ovog skupa - Upravnici biblioteke Mirjani Brković.

Kao skroman znak zahvalnosti poklonili smo joj jednu OPEN ACCESS majicu (to smo mogli), koju je poslao Bora Živkovic iz USA, internet savetnik za PLOS, naš prijatelj koji prati naš rad, zatrpavajući nas literaturom - "obaveznom lektirom", i pomaže nam da idemo u korak sa svetom.

Zoran Zdravković, Sanja Antonić, dr Verica Zdravković, Ana Ivković

Research 2.0 Concept Model and Presentation

2009-11-04T14:12:00.006+01:00

Posle predavanja 29. i 30 oktobra, kojanam je pripremio gospodin Michael Habib u hotelu Zira, još uvek analiziramo novine iz SCOPUSA kao sto su 2collab i SCOPUS API.
Bilo je mnogo reči o citiranosti u SCOPUS-u kako se ona vrši i kako se može još bolje raditi na izradi bibliografija naučnika , rangiranju njihovih radova ali i ličnom profilu u okviru te citatne baze.

Nova tehnologija ažuriranja -RSS feed dozvoljava da vidimo i najnovije radove svih naučnih radnika. Ova pojava nam nije strana, ali je zanimljivo videti koliko se baze naučne literature i citatne baze međusobno povezuju i preuzimanjem podataka, i time štede vreme i bibliotekarima i naučnim radnicima.

Mogućnost da se API - CITED BY COUNT nađe na websajtu ili blogu Instituta ili Fakulteta je veoma korisna, jer nam odmah ukazuje na TOP CITED radove naučnih radova institucije u kojoj rade.

O webu 2.0 bilo je dosta reči - o novim aplikacijama kao i o društvenim mrežama koje služe za bržu i lakšu komunikaciju sa kolegama.

Više o tome može se videti na blogu Michaela Habiba.

Research 2.0 Concept Model and Presentation

Zahvaljujemo se Adamu Sofronijevicu koji je pokrenuo ovaj projekat i Ministarstvu za nauku.

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SCIENCE 2.0 - MICHAEL HABIB

2009-10-27T00:22:00.011+01:00

Holandski stručnjak za komunikacije u nauci, Majkl Habib, iz izdavačke kuće Elsevier, održaće, 29. i 30. oktobra u podne, u Kongresnoj sali beogradskog hotela "Zira" predavanja namenjena akademskoj zajednici Srbije.
Za prvi dan predviđeno je predavanje "Od Visokoškolske biblioteke 2.0 ka Istraživanju 2.0 : Pregled stanja, šta smo do sada naučili, mogućnosti za razvoj", a naredno nosi naziv "Naučni identitet 2.0: Šta Internet kaže o tvom istraživanju?".
Ovaj stručnjak će, u poslepodnevnim časovima, posetiti četiri institucije u Beogradu, u zavisnosti od interesovanja beogradskih fakulteta.
Broj mesta za slušaoce na predavanjima je ograničen pa je potrebno da svoje prisustvo potvrdite slanjem poruke kolegi Adamu Sofronijeviću iz Univerzitetske biblioteke "Svetozar Marković" na adresu
sofronijevic@unilib.bg.ac.yu
.

Pored predavanja za zainteresovane je omogućen i poseban razgovor sa g. Habibom u subotu 31. oktobra u prostorijama Univerzitetske biblioteke "Svetozar Marković", u periodu od 11:00 do 14:30. Zbog već iskazanog velikog interesovanja potrebno je da potvrdite svoju želju da upoznate g. Habiba kolegi Adamu Sofronijeviću.

Predavanja se održavaju u okviru projekata "Nauka 2.0 – upoznajmo, uključimo se, unapredimo: Majkl Habib u Beogradu" u organizaciji Univerzitetske biblioteke "Svetozar Marković", a pod pokroviteljstvom Ministarstva za nauku i tehnološki razvoj Republike Srbije, Univerziteta u Beogradu i Konzorcijuma biblioteka Srbije za objedinjenu nabavku – KoBSON. Pomoć u realizaciji projekta pružile su Ambasada Kraljevine Holandije i više velikih kompanija. Tokom predavanja i diskusije biće u upotrebi engleski jezik.

preuzeto sa sajta www.citaliste.com

REAGOVANJA

2009-10-23T14:57:00.013+02:00

Ne možemo se oteti utisku da je naš Dan Otvorenog pristupa imao odjeka, iako se od ove godine u celom svetu slavi Open Access Week, te postoji i zvanični sajt OPEN ACCESS WEEK gde je i naša Tribina najavljena http://www.openacc essweek.org/2009/10/05/oa-week-at-the-university-of-belgrade-in-serbia/
Posle Tribine, usledio je poziv iz Novog Sada da ponovimo predavanja i promovišemo Otvoreni pristup, a na blog u Bore Živkovica pojavio se iscrpan tekst o ovom našem koraku u budućnost i pokušaju da se stare navike prevaziđu.

http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2009/10/open_access_day_in_serbia.php

I ne samo da je o nama pisao, već je postavio i naše prezentacije i sva predavanja u audiozapisu.

...ima još....

Pozvali su nas sa Radio Beograd 2, da gostujemo u emisiji "Digitalne ikone", koju veoma uspešno vodi gospođa Tamara Vučenović. Njeno interesovanje za inovacije u nauci i novim tehnologijama je zadivljujuće. Nisam znala da postoji neko ko se na našim medijima ovim temama posvećuje s takvim žarom.

Pomalo smo i ponosni...:)
Razgovor u Radio Beogradu 2

klikni na sliku

Gosti: Ana Ivković i Sanja Antonić

Urednik:Tamara Vučenović

OPEN ACCESS 2009 IN BELGRADE

2009-10-15T21:31:00.032+02:00

Skoro da je neoprostivo da je ceo dan prošao bez ijedne reči o vesti na ovom blogu o jučerašnjoj svečanosti Open Access Day u Srbiji.

Ali uzevši u obzir rad koji je uložen u organizaciju Otvorenog pristupa u Beogradu, desilo se da sam ( na kratko) ostala bez energije. Istina je da smo očekivali brojniju publiku od strane lekara, s obzirom da se proslava dešavala na Medicinskom fakultetu, ali Međunarodna konferencija ginekologa se dešavala u isto vreme.

Vedran Vučić

Ipak, nekoliko lekara je bilo u publici, dok su kolege bibliotekari -najvernija publika.

Vera Zdravković

Tribinu je otvorila Prof. Simić , prodekan za nauku Medicinskog fakulteta sa uvodnom reči o širenju Otvorenog pristupa u nauci i njegovom značaju.

Zoran Zdravković

Bilo je prosto dirljivo koliko su se predavači potrudili da od sebe daju maksimum u profesionalnom smislu, ( čak i pored tehničkih
problema oko interneta).

Ana Ivković

Sva predavanja o informacionoj dostupnosti , o RSS feed agregatorima, citatnom indeksu i njegovoj budućnosti pored Otvorenog pristupa, socijalnoj mreži kao i iskustvo jednog
korisnika - lekara, pa i predstavljanje dečje biblioteke predavanjem Gde počinje put nauke?...bila su slična a opet veoma različita. Sve ih je povezivao OTVORENI PRISTUP NAUČNIM INFORMACIJAMA NA INTERNETU.
Svakako najviše su pominjani portali Otvorenog pristupa - Public Library of Science PLOS i Bora Živković.
Šta očekuje današnje društvo?
Da li se Otvoreni pristup plaća? šta je tu "slobodno"? i koju korist imamo od društvene mreže?

Oslobođena informacija , bez embarga dovodi i do slobodnog društva. A slobodno društvo je i zdravo društvo. Zato je predavanje o RSS feed agregatorima bilo veoma interesantno jer omogućuje mnogim naučnim radnicima da se posvete nauci bez stresa o tome da će im neka naučna informacija biti dostupna ili ne.

Sanja Antonić

Kroz primere iz prakse smo se uverili da je jako važno do informacije doći odmah i sada sa bilo kog mesta. Uštedeti vreme je ključni momenat prilikom odrđivanja dijagnoze i tretmana. Za to su dobar dokaz platforme naučne literature otvorenog pristupa a sada sve više i društvene mreže (social networking) gde nas kolege svakodnevno zatrpavaju najnovijim informacijama u nauci.

Da li Citatni indeks umire ili ne?
Kako će se vrednovati radovi u budućnosti, bilo jedno od pitanja koja predstavljaju jedno od najvažnijih za naučne radnike.

Vrlo brzo ćemo se navići na sve ove novine, na kombinovanje web aplikacija i koriščenje wikija ...verujem u to . Potrebno je samo da PRVI korisnik da počne da koristi Open Access ( ne samo bibliotekari).

Nada Arbutina

Ali kako moje kolege sa mnogo više iskustva u korišćenju
Otvorenog pristupa kažu, nije važno koliko ljudi je slušalo predavanje, važno je koliko će njih da
primeni u praksi ono što su čuli a i da time "inficiraju" i prenesu dalje svojim korisnicima.

Već danas znam dvoje lekara koji se spremaju da postanu blogeri, a poznajući ih njihovi će blogovi biti pravi scienceblogs!!!

DRUGI O NAMA

2009-10-07T01:24:00.008+02:00

OPEN ACCESS WEEK IN SRBIJA

2009-10-05T16:17:00.013+02:00

SVEČANA TRIBINA POVODOM DANA OTVORENOG PRISTUPA

Čast nam je i zadovoljstvo daVas pozovemo na SVEČANU TRIBINU koja će se održati 14. oktobra u sali Biblioteke Medicinskog fakulteta u Beogradu u Pasterovoj 2, na drugom spratu u 13 h30 povodom Nedelje Otvorenog pristupa.

Smatrali smo da bi rođendan Otvorenog pristupa ove godine trebalo proslaviti Tribinom koja će obuhvatiti predavanja o značaju i novinama koje Otvoreni pristup donosi svakim danom.

Predavanja će obuhvatiti značaj korišćenja platformi Otvorenog pristupa vezanih za naučne informacije, kao i druga sredstva informisanja- naučne blogove (scienceblogs),i društvene mreže (social network) i njihovu ulogu u širenju naučnih informacija.

PROGRAM TRIBINE:

Zoran Zdravković: Informaciona dostupnost
Sanja Antonić: Citatni indeks i budućnost Otvorenog pristupa
Vedran Vučić: RSS feed Agregatori medicinskih informacija
Ana Ivković: Društveni mediji i naučna informacija
Dr Vera Zdravković: Korisnik i Otvoreni pristup
Nada Arbutina: Gde počinje put nauke?

Nadamo se da ćete se odazvati našem pozivu i uživati u predavanjima koje smo pripremili za ovu specijalnu priliku.

DIGITALNO DOBA: NOVINE I MOGUĆNOSTI U NASTAVI

2009-10-05T16:08:00.002+02:00

Poštovane koleginice i kolege,

U cilju daljeg unapređenja nastave na našem Medicinskom Fakultetu, srdačno Vas pozivamo da prisustvujete predavanju:

“DIGITALNO DOBA: NOVINE I MOGUĆNOSTI U NASTAVI”

koje će Prof. David Dewhurst održati u svečanoj sali Dekanata u sredu, 7.oktobra 2009. g. u 17:00 h.

Prof. Dewhurst je redovni profesor Univerziteta u Edinburgu, UK, direktor je Edukaciono-Informacionog centra na Medicinskom fakultetu a za svoje rezultate u radu dobio je, pored ostalih brojnih priznanja, i nagradu Njenog Kraljevskog Visočanstva 2005 godine. Učesnik je i jedan od rukovodioca projekta “Inovacije u nastavi fiziologije i farmakologije na univerzitetima Istočne Evrope”.

Prisustvo predavanju je besplatno. Službeni jezik je engleski.

Dobrodošli!

U prilogu: teze predavanja

S poštovanjem,

Prof. dr Zvezdana Kojić

Prof. dr Dragan Đurić

Prof. dr Milica Prostran

Teze predavanja su:

Students in the digital age
traditional teaching to new methodologies e.g. resource-based learning; peer learning; PBL
role of the teacher
learning environments

physical

study spaces to facilitate small group work

virtual

VLEs

Development, use and sharing of digital resources

interactive CAL tutorials
simulations of laboratory experiments
scenario-based learning e.g. virtual patients
repositories of learning objects
open educational resources/open courseware initiatives

Use of Web 2.0

Wikis
Blogs
Social networking
Social bookmarking
Desktop video-conferencing for distance learners
Twitter
3D virtual worlds e.g. Second Life

Interactive lectures

Personal response systems

Vicarious learning
Assessment and feedback

Group work and peer assessment
e-assessment – formative and summative
e-exams
student feedback

audio and video feedback
automating feedback

student debates
student quiz teams from different universities

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ETIKA U KULTURI - NEETIKA U BIBLIOTEKARSTVU

2009-09-21T02:13:00.022+02:00

Pre pet dana, tačnije 15. septembra, mnogi bibliotrekari su dobili poziv da prisustvuju i
diskusijom uveličaju Konferenciju "Etika u kultiri" koja će se održati 25.-26. septembra na Filološkom fakultetu.
Nažalost, o ovoj konferenciji ne možemo nista da napišemo JER O NJOJ NISMO INFORMISANI osim da, iz nepoznatih razloga, nismo pozvani da učestvujemo. Iznenadilo me je, bolje reći šokiralo kada sam čula da kolege koje su prošlih godina imale najbolje prezentacije nisu pozvani da uzmu učešće na ovogodišnjoj Konferenciji.
Iznenadjeni ovakvim činom i činjenicom da je profesorka Aleksandra Vraneš iskoristila stare kontakte i prijatelje Bibliotekarskog društva Srbije pozvavši ih na ovu kako bih nazvala NEMAMOPOJMA konferenciju, nekad konferenciju Bibliotekarskog društva Srbije, koju smo ranijih godina svi u BDS voleli i svojim učešćem bili deo nje!

KAKAV PAD!!!

Image by Fiasco NY via Flickr

Poziv za diskusiju nam je upućen mailom sa potpisom prodekana Filološkog fakulteta prof. Ljiljane Marković, mada se pojavio još jedan poziv (u PDF ) od dekana Filološkog fakulteta- ali POTPISA NIGDE!
Ipak, vidimo da je organizator Emporia University USA, Hacettepe Universitesi Turkey, Biblioteka Matice srpske, Univerzitetska biblioteka S.M. u Beogradu, Filološki fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu,..(ili možda ni oni to nisu znali?)...
Ponašanje organizatora ove Konferencije je dovoljno neetičko, dakle diskusija -nepotrebna.
Ipak kao lepo vaspitani i visokoškolski obrazovani ljudi, odazvaćemo se molbi i uveličati Konferenciju Etika u kulturi svojim prisustvom.

NOVI KOBSON!!!

2009-09-14T14:47:00.006+02:00

DRAGE KOLEGE,

Naš fenomenalni KoBSON sajt, link Narodne biblioteke Srbije, koji nam svima mnogo znači u svakodnevnom radu, od danas je u drugim bojama. Ponovio se novom odećom iz "najnovije kolelcije"... i naravno s novim kišobrančićima! Evo kako sada izgleda.

Strana Elečas

Česitamo!

PLoS

2009-08-10T12:14:00.002+02:00

"PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed Open Access academic journal published by the Public Library of Science, was founded in 2006 with the intent of reevaluating many of the aspects of the scholarly journal. As a result, PLoS ONE has taken elements of the traditional publishing model for scholarly journals and separated them into those functions that are most effectively carried out before publication (for example, peer review in order to evaluate whether the article deserves to join the scientific literature) and those that can most effectively be carried out after publication (for example, how impactful the article was once it joined the literature). With this basic premise in place, and using the online tools that are now available, the journal has grown to the extent that in 2009 it will become one of the largest journals in the world (by publication volume). This article overviews the development of the journal to date-how it differs from most other journals and how it engages with its core audiences. In March 2009, the journal (along with other PLoS titles) began a program to place ‘article-level metrics’ on each publication, and this article outlines how this has been achieved, as well as plans for further development. In conclusion, this article looks forward to the future developments of this transformational journal."

posted at http://everyone.plos.org/2009/06/25/plos-one-and-article-level-metrics/

« Come visit PLoS at the ISMB/ECCB conference – booth 12 Weekly PLoS ONE News and Blog Round-Up »

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Nešto malo o dobroj i lošoj prezentaciji

2009-07-27T14:15:00.023+02:00

Već smo se upoznali sa radom Berci Meska i njegovim naučnim blogom Medicine 2.0. , Genetics 2.0 koji se bavi personalizovanom medicinom i genetikom.
Bertaland Mesko, danas već vodeća ličnost među internet menadžerima i medicinskim blogerima shvatio je kao student genetike značaj naučnih blogova i web 2.0 za razvoj medicine i nauke, pokrenuo svoje blogove i sajtove i na taj način nauku učinio dostupnom svima, a korisnim svim medicinskim i naučnim radnicima onima koji se bave bilo kojom granom medicine.

Berci je pokrenuo novi websajt i blog - Webicina , u kojem sakuplja naučne radove na razne teme iz medicine. Na njegovom website možemo naći sakupljene blogove koji tretiraju -Cancer 2.0 , informacije ya pacijente, Radiology 2.0

Jedna od zanimljivosti na njegovom blogu je svakako

How to give a bad presentation

Richard Smith described how to give a bad presentation in an article published in the British Medical Journal. Some excerpts from the essay:

Not to prepare at all. Step up to the platform, open your mouth, and see what comes out.
If the audience is composed of 15 year olds then prepare a complex talk that would baffle a collection of Nobel prize winners.
Be sure to prepare a presentation that is the wrong length. Too long is much the best.
Poorly filmed videos that are long and incomprehensible; ...and Powerpoint presentations that use every feature the software offers.
Bad slides are the traditional standby of a bad presentation. There must be far too many.
Never look at the audience. Mumble your presentation, and preferably read it.
A truly bad presentation rarely produces any questions.

How not to give a presentation (by Comedian Don McMillan ):

preuzeto sa www.webicina.com

Article from PLoS ARTICLE LEVEL METRICS

2009-07-17T15:37:00.001+02:00

Article-Level Metrics (at PLoS and beyond)

Tags: PLoS PLoS ONE PLoSONE ONE Journal articlelevelmetrics article level metrics binfield COUNTER onlineusage usage academicjournals academic journals journals library Public Library of Science science citations openaccess OA

BORA ZIVKOVIC presented PLOS ONE – PUBLISHING ONLINE

2009-07-09T02:27:00.024+02:00

DVA predavanja , jedan TV nastup, jedan nastup na radio Beogradu, izlet u Kostolac, poseta mamutici staroj 10000 godina fosilu slučajno otkrivenom bagerom , skup generacije iz Osnovne škole i okupljanje generacije III Beogradske gimnazije ..sve to za samo 7 dana , možemo reći dobar skor! Ovi događaji su Bori Živkoviću obeležili juli mesec u Beogradu a nas obogatilo za dva veoma interesantna predavasnja.
Prvo predavanje o Otvorenoj nauci i otvorenom društvu Bora Ž. je održao u Univerzitetskoj biblioteci o pojavi Otvorenog pristupa i korišćenju istog. Da li smo svi znali kako su nastali naučni časopisi?
Interesantno je bilo slušati o nastanku naučnih časopisa prepiskom pojedinih naučnika koji su došli na ideju da svoju prepisku objave.
Ali nisu svi naučnici bili spremni da svoj elitizam i privilegiju svoje obrazovanosti podele sa drugima. Zanimljiva je bila priča o nastanku nauke i elitizmu naučnika jer su baveći se naukom imali nešto što drugi nisu - MOĆ!
Da li ta MOĆ=ZNANJE treba da ostane zaključana i dostupna samo pojedincima ili se MOŽE "otvoriti" i na koji način joj pristupiti bilo je reči u predavanju Bore Ž.

Drugo predavanje, ovog puta sa drugačijom "ciljnom grupom", bilo je u Institutu za onkologiju i radiologiju Srbije dva dana kasnije.
I pored problema sa salom, radi-ne-radi internetom, smestismo se svi u biblioteku gde smo uživali u veoma inspirativnoj i punoj duha Borinoj prezentaciji PlosOne i Publishing Online.

Bilo je mnogo novih stvari, te su neki su tražili papir i olovku da "zapišu" makar ponešto, jer je Bora prikazivao link za linkom - naučne blogove, koji danas predstavljaju jako važne izvore najaktuelnijih naučnih informacija.
(Ovaj temperamentni bibliotekar će im svima proslediti linkove...)

Budućnost za razvitak nauke je nesumnjivo Open Access, kao i novine na webu koje služe za brzu komunikaciju kao što su facebook, friendfeed , twitter, Google wawe...
Otvorilo se novo, za istraživače, najvažnije pitanje:
Koliko je moguće, pored ovakve bujice novih načina informisanja i publikovanja zadržati stari sistem vrednovanja časpisa i naučnih radova?

Nezaustaviv razvoj nauke i nove tehnologije je perpetuum mobile a kretanje kao osnov svakog napretka donosi i promene . Verujem u to!

BORINO PREDAVANJE -audio zapis kliknite na link dole

http://www.mediafire.com/?ezmmidnywro

PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE

2009-07-03T21:00:00.009+02:00

Čast nam je pozvati Vas na predavanje:

OPEN SOCIETY & OPEN SCIENCE

predavač

Bora Živković
North Carolina, USA

Public Library of Science

&

Online Publishing

predavanje će se održati

6. jula u Univerzitetskoj biblioteci "Svetozar Marković" u 12:00 h,
(hol na I spratu)
i
8. jula u Institutu za onkologiju i radiologiju Srbije u 12:00h ,
(amfiteatar)

Bora Živković je internet menadžer za Public Library of Science, organizacija koja objavljuje naučne radove po principu Otvorenog pristupa ( Open Access). Predavanje će predstaviti najnovije razvoje u komunikaciji nauke na internetu, uključujući naučne blogove i vikije, koncept Javne laboratorijske sveske i Otvorenog pristupa

http://www.plosone.org/home.action

2009-06-24T10:09:00.001+02:00

Practicing Medicine in the Web 2.0 Era

View more Microsoft Word documents from Bertalan Mesko.

Web 2.0 and Health Information

2009-06-23T15:10:00.001+02:00

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Web 2.0 and Health Information

View more OpenOffice presentations from Chris Mavergames.

PANČEVAČKO ČITALIŠTE br 14

2009-06-23T13:44:00.014+02:00

Veliku mi radost pričinjava objavljivanje vesti o izdanju novog broja nekog časopisa, naročito ako se radi o bibliotekarskom časopisu, koji sve više maha uzima u čitalačkoj publici.

IZAŠAO JE NOVI BROJ PANČEVAČKOG ČITALIŠTA, br 14 !!!!

www.citaliste.com

Radost zbog izlaska novog broja ima i svoje razloge.
Način na koji je koncipiran, sadržaj, entuzijazam urednika, a samim tim i autora ovog časopisa daju mu speciijalan duh i pored veoma ozbiljnih tema koje obrađuju u našem svakodnevnom radu u bibliotekarstvu. Tematski je raznovrstan, od finansiranja biblioteka preko vojnih operacija i bibliotekarenja u čuvanju knjižnog fonda od napasnih korisnika , web 2.0 aplikacija, pa do semantičkih pitanja radionica u bibliotekarstvu... i tera vas da ga pročitate od korice do korice. Jednostavno...svi radovi su interesantni i karakteriše ih aktualnost problema! To je svakako zasluga urednika koji se trude da svoje kolege aktiviraju u pisanju o svemu što našu profesiju čini... posebnom.

Šta izdvajam?

Zar to nije ono čuveno pitanje koje postavljaju pesnicima "koja Vam je pesma najdraža?"
...Ne znam šta da izdvojim - svi su sami po sebi već izdvojeni, ali najizdvojeniji mi je
UMIJEĆE BIBLIOTEKARENJA: vojne operacije i savremeni bibliotekar, autor : Saša Madacki, str.102
Zaista me je nasmejao svojom slikovitošću i originalnošću poređenja.... a sve je tačno!

Twitter fever

2009-06-23T02:52:00.003+02:00

This year , a new tool twitter is something which spread very fast .
How twitter works, how usefull is that tool between colleagues, we can see in Phil Bradley's presentation: Twitter and Its Value to Librarians.

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Twitter And Its Value To Librarians

View more OpenOffice presentations from Phil Bradley.

CSIENTOMETRY, IF as a valid measurment

2009-06-22T14:49:00.009+02:00

Scientometry is a field of science that means evaluation of scientific work using Citation Index according to the citation account. The Impact Factor (IF) as a measure of qualityof published work is the unique tool for evaluation of scientific journals. Every day we read about assessment of researchers' articles and criticism about value of scientific work using IF and the validity of that tool as valid as Thompson Scientific's claims.
Does IF measurment brings irregularities and contradictoriness?
It is really interesting how that chase for "points" and carrier can brings us dilemma where to publish...to choose Open Access or not , national journals or only h-journals, how to make an article acceptable for an h-journals???

I am sure you can find an answer, or maybe some answers...?

To read more about this topic see ...

Rise and Fall of the Thompson Impact Factor

Why does Impact factor persist more strongly in smaller countries

The Impact Facto Game

The Impact Factor Follies

On Journal Impact Factor

Science in the web age : The expanding electronic universe

Measures of Impact

Deep thoughts and silliness

Inflated Impact Factors? The True Impact of Evolutionary Papers in Non-Evolutionary Journals

Plos launches new campaign on Article Level Metrics (ALMS)

The Lagging Strand: Current Research

DigiCMB: Taskforce Web 2.0 EAHIL Startup!

2009-06-12T14:27:00.003+02:00

I found this fascinating quote today:

The latest issue of the Journal of Eahil contains an article called : Working, Sharing, Communicating, Learning and Teaching with others : the use of Web 2.0 tools for EAHIL Council, Board and Members. The original proposal was written in Januari 2009 by Guus van den Brekel, Ronald van Dieën, Oliver Obst and put to the EAHIL Board in Februari. You can read the edited version for the JEAHIL just below in the first post of this blog. (It is showing a pdf version in a "social publishing tool" called Scribd) This is what we finally are trying to achieve: "The proposal envisioned the following environment whereGuus van den Brekel, DigiCMB: Taskforce Web 2.0 EAHIL Startup!, May 2009

You should read the whole article.

EAHIL2009 Workshop - posle konferencije

2009-06-10T16:44:00.070+02:00

U pravu ste! Posle ovakvih konferencija, najteže je sabrati sve utiske i staviti ih na papir ili ekran.
EAHIL2009 Workshop (Radionica Evropske asocijacije medicinskih bibliotekara) se ove godine održavala u Dablinu, u Irskoj .

Prvi utisci su, kako sam i očekivala, fascinacija Dablinom, građevinama od crvene cigle sa brojnim tornjevima i širokim trgovima što čuvaju tajnu starih vremena gde je multikulturno preplitanje dalo pečat svakom zdanju ovog grada.

Famozna Liffey River, sa brojnim mostova oduzima dah, pa se možete naći u situaciji da zalutate prelazeći s jedne strane grada na drugu. Šetnja kamenom popločanim ulicama oživljava drevne slike Vikinga, i drugih osvajača Dablina.

Mesto održavanja konferencije je bio Dublin Castle, impozantno zdanje, utvrđenje iz 17. veka. Nekada britansko utvrđenje, zatim Palata vlade a danas kompleks konferencijskih dvorana.
Poseban užitak je bila kafe bašta ovog ogromnog zdanja gde sam, u senci drevnih zidina i zelenila, pijući kafu, proučavala program konferencije.

S obzirom da je tema Workshop 2009 bila "Working With Others, Explore, Engage , Extend" za ovu priliku izrađen je i blog Taskforce web 2.0 EAHIL za članove EAHIL a mogu se videti prezentacije "web 2.0 tools..."
http://tw2eahil.blogspot.com/

Ewa Dobrogowska Schelbusch (Poland) je na ovu temu imala interesantno predavanje "Assessment of the quality of medical wikis using Health Summit Working Group Quality Criteria" ukazujući medicinskim radnicima i istraživačima na veliku korist upotrebe web 2.0 alata ali koje mogu koristiti i pacijenti kako bi došli do dragocenih informacija.
Wiki u svetu nauke je i ovog puta meni bila veoma atraktivna tema, a specijalno kao aplikacije intraneta.

Jedan od nesimnjivo najzabavnijih alata je Second Life, web alat koji je Marshall Dozier (Edinburgh) prikazala opisujući svoja iskustva u sticanju novih poznanstava sa kolegama
"all around the world"
na virtuelan način.

An open source sortware- SUBLIMA (Anette Munthe, Oslo) je lep primer kako razviti ideju o otvorenom portalu u koji su uključene biblioteke iz Švedske Norveške i Finske.

Nove alate na webu koje bismo mogli da koristiti u pribavljanju naučnih informacija, Fridhelm Rump je i ovog puta prikazao ali sa novim sadržajem.

Na sastancima delegata pokrenute su i nove radne grupe kao što su radna grupa za Open Access, radna grupa koja bi se starala o informacijama za pacijente, interesna radna grupa za Multilingvalni MeSH i druge.

Kursevi kontinuirane edukacije - CEC predavanja zahtevale su maksimalno angažovanje svih učesnika Workshop-a.

Nije bilo dovoljno samo slušati ove kurseve, zahtevao se i praktičan rad. Jedan od takvih kurseva kontinuirane edikacije je bio poludnevni kurs Helen Fallon "Writing for Academic Publication", kako odabrati temu, ključne reči koju ovu temu karakterišu i daju smernice u daljem r azvijanju teme, metod pisanja rada ... i drugo.

Tomas Allen, iz Svetske zdravstvene Organizacije WHO (Geneva), održao je predavanje KAKO BITI USPEŠAN PREDAVAČ. Važno je učiniti predavanje interesantnim, kreativnim, učiti podučavanjem kroz dijalog. Podelivši slušaoce na četiri kategorije AKTIVISTE, TEORETIČARE, PRAGMATIČARE I MISLIOCE, i zamenom reči slikama, napravio je veselu atmosferu.

Najslađa je ipak bila čokolada koju mo svi dobili od predavača. Kako Tomas kaže "ako ne zainteresuješ posetioce svojim izlaganjem, svakako ćeš ih zainteresovati čokoladom!!"

Tomas Allen's chocolate

Sličnu temu imao je i kolega iz Roterdama Ronald van Dieen "Kako napraviti efektnu prezentaciju i interesantno je saopštiti". Pokazao nam je trikove prilikom držanja prezentacije koji se stiču samo iskustvom.

Prevazilaženju teškoća u našoj profesiji, načinu komu nikacije

sa korisnicima ali i sa kolegama bila je posvećena radionica Barbare Sen sa Sheffield University.

Nisu izostali ni brojni menadžeri elektronskih servisa koji su predstavljali eminentne izdavače biomedicinske literature, nudivši pogodnosti e servisa i free trial kako bismo se upoznali sa literaturom koju nude izdavači.

Domaćini su nam priredili i razgledanje najpoznatijih biblioteka u Dublinu: Library of Royal Irish Academy, National Library of Ireland, Royal College of Physicians Library, Triniti College Library..etc

Ipak nismo propustili da posetimo i čuveno zdanje GUINNESS Storehouse.
Bilo je nemoguće ne probati crno pivo koje je tako osvežavalo posle dugih predavanja iako mi je bilo čudno što posle jedne male čaše "tako osvežavajućeg pića" imate osećaj vreline u obrazima i nogama...

Sve vreme trajanja konferencije u nekom kutku mogao se videti kovrdžavi momak (Chris Mavergames) koji je bez prestanka kuckao po malenom laptopu. Mislila sam da bloguje ali odgovorio mi je "no I tweet"! Svoj doživljaj ove konferencije delio je sa kolegama preko alata . I tada počinje tweet groznica...Svi "twittuju", tako razmenjuju profesionalna iskustva, misli i osećanja
Brza komunikacija- svima dostupna.

Chrisovu prezentaciju o Web 2.0 nisam mogla da odslušam, jer su se mnoga predavanja poklapala. Ali sam je brže bolje downloadovala čim sam stigla u Beograd.

I ove godine izložen je veliki broh postera.

Završnica je bila svečana - uručivanje nagrada za najbolji poster i najbolje predavanje. Posle ceremonije dodele nagrada, usledio je poziv svim učesnicima na 12. konferenciju EAHIL u Lisabonu.

Ne mogu da se otmem utisku s koliko pažnje ali i glamura je sve bilo organizovano.
Gala večeru u Mension's house pratio je muzički program sa tradicionalnim irskim plesom , ali i dance za bibliotekare na muziku Bee Gees, ABBA ...

Zašto je muzički repertoar bio toliko retro...? Možda jer odgovara našim godištima. Moram priznati da je i to zanimljivo: Bavimo se novim trendovima u naučnom informisanju, a igramo u "retro stilu"...

Ipak mnogi od nas nisu mogli da ostanu poslednjeg dana i uživaju u lepotama Irske, te smo izlet ostavili za drugi put - eto povoda da se vratimo jednog dana.

Ostaje mi još samo da se zahvalim ljubaznim domaćinima koji su uložili veliki napor da ne osetimo koliko je truda bilo potrebno za organizaciju ovakve konferenci je.

Many thanks to Louise Farragher i organizacionom odboru
EAHIL Workshop2009!

Workshop EAHIL2009

2009-05-31T14:25:00.002+02:00

Od ponedeljka 1. juna medicinski bibliotekari će se ponovo sresti u Dablinu, u Irskoj spremni za radionice i predavanja kontinuirane edukacije u organizaciji EAHIL 2009.
Mnogo novog treba da naučimo i primenimo u svakodnevnoj praksi.
Lep nam provod želim.

Sharethis ili "Podeli s drugima"

2009-05-28T15:38:00.003+02:00

Sharethis je tool , alat, koji će se u vidu zelene ikonice pojaviti ispod svakog posta koji ste pisali, te ga možete dalje slati na druge web 2.0 alate: blogove startpage, facebook ..i druge.
Korisno, zaista.

ANTOLOGIJA SRPSKE KNJIŽEVNOSTI

2009-05-21T01:35:00.008+02:00

Antologija srpske književnosti je od danas 20. maja dostupna internetu. Ova antologija je besplatna i sva dela mogu se preuzimati veoma brzo. Obuhvata preko 100 književnih dela. Nastala je u saradnji sa Učiteljskim fakultetom Univerziteta u Beogradu i Microsoftom. Antologija je izuzetan projekat koje ima za cilj da promoviše srpske autore i srpsku kulturu.
S obzirom da se radi o srpskim klasicima koji su sastavni deo školske lektire, deca će lektiru moći veoma lako naći na internetu, preuzimati i štampati. Dovoljno je kliknuti na
http://www.ask.rs

GLEDALI STE EUROSONG? Patricia Kass, moj favorit ..

2009-05-20T14:36:00.010+02:00

Možda ste gledali Eurosong a a možda i niste. Ova manifestacija se poklopila sa Noći muzeja, te su mnogi izašli napolje da uživaju u kulturnim dešavanjima noću.
Ipak, poneko od nas nije izašao van svoje kućice, već tradicionalno pratio Evroviziju.
Da takva sam i ja, volim festivale i takmičenja, bez obzira što se već unapred znalo ko je favorit za nagradu.
Ja sam imala svog favorita Patriciu Kass i pesmu S'il fallait le faire, i smatram je najemotivnijom pesmom Eurosonga.
Sve pohvale izvođaču za interpretaciju ali i za styling.

Patricia Kass - S'il fallait le faire
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21.MAJ - DAN BIBLIOTEKE PETAR KOČIĆ

2009-05-19T13:55:00.011+02:00

U četvrtak , 21. maja u 12 h u biblioteci "Petar Kočić" će se održati svečana akademija povodom Dana biblioteke.
Biblioteka Petar Kočić Nalazi se u Viškoj 3, Beograd, na Vračaru, razume se.

Jedna od najstarijih biblioteka u Beogradu, nekada Narodna biblioteka Vračar a od 1968. godine Opštinska biblioteka "Petar Kočić",1988. godine postaje sastavni deo mreže Biblioteke grada Beograda. Za nju možemo reći da je već dugi niz godina riznica i čuvarka mnogih književnih ostvarenja.

Takođe se možemo i podičiti da su njeni korisnici, bili i najpoznatiji naši umetnici i književnici iz prošlog veka: Desanka Maksimović, Danilo Kiš i drugi.

Gospođa Nada Arbutina, rukovodilac biblioteke Petar Kočić, je i ove godine pripremila interesantan program povodom proslave Dana biblioteke.

Pored pozdravne reči Nada Arbutina će nas upoznati sa aktivnostima Biblioteke, modernizacijom biblioteke, ali i najvećim adutom ove kulturne ustanove a to je saradnja sa medijima i drugim bibliotekama u Srbiji i mnogim kulturnim radnicima.

Nastupiće i dramski umetnici Nebojša Dugalić i Gorica Popović koja će pročitati LETOPIS BIBLIOTEKE.

Ipak, imaćemo i iznenađenje - mlade muzičke izvođače!

Nastupiće:

- hor mališana "Vrapčići",
a
-učenici Muzičke škole "Josip Slavenski" sviraće kompozicije na klasičnoj gitari

Zaposleni u Biblioteci potrudili su se da nam bude poučno i zabavno pre podne.

Blip.fm

2009-05-17T15:06:00.009+02:00

Danas na facebook-u vidim da Oliver Obst već ima svoju arhivu muzike na netu.
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Swine flu - virus H1N1

2009-05-05T10:44:00.018+02:00

Pojava novog gripa, respiratornog virusa H1N1, pre desetak dana, uzdrmao je svet. Svakodnevno izveštavanje medija, čini se da ne pruža dovoljno informacija.

Zaražene svinje

Nastavši u Meksiiku kao virusno oboljenje, svinjski grip, mutirao je i postao humani virus sada kao virus A (H1N1). To znači da se virus širi putem vazduha (kapljično) sa čoveka na čoveka, sa uobičajenim simptomima gripa: malaksalost, bolovi u mišićima, visoka temperatura (38+), kašalj, mučnina, sinusitis. Svetska zdravstvena organizacija WHO proglasila je pandemiju koja je sada dostigla već peti nivo. Virus je prešao granice Meksika i proširio se u susedne zemlje kao što su USA, Kanada, Južna Amerika, ali je vrlo brzo prešao okean...i nastanio se u Evropu.

Do sada je primećeno da oboljeva mlađa populacija: školska deca i studenti , najstariji oboleli je imao 45 godina. Da li je ovo smrtonosni grip, još uvek je rano reći ili je uzrok ovolikoj smrtnosti od H1N1 doprinelo i zagađenje vazduha u Meksiku, pokazaće se tek za koji mesec. Umrlo je blizu 200 ljudi. Ipak, postoji i mogućnost da je veći broj smrtno nastradalih imalo i zdravstvenih problema kao što su astma i drugi respiratorni problemi.

Kako nas mediji obaveštavaju, epidemija jenjava, smanjuje se broj obolelih, ali to nam ne sme biti razlog za opuštanje. Španski grip, španska groznica iz 1918. godine, imao je identično širenje, pritajio se tokom leta da bi na jesen došlo do nagle ekspanzije.

S toga, oprez! Velike su mogućnosti da se ponovi takav model širenja gripa kada se vratimo s godišnjih odmora preplanuli...

Centar za prevenciju i kontrolu bolesti Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) svakodnevno ažurira vesti o ovom gripu.

Identifikovan H1N1sl.1

IdentifikovanH1N1sl.2

Pominje se jedan slučaj obolelog od gripa A(H1N1) u Austriji koji je ozdravio. Šta je sa ostalim obolelim u zemljama Evrope?

Da li su još uvek bolesni?Ima li smrtonosnih ishoda?Šta raditi po pitanju prevencije?

Po najnovijim obaveštavanjima, NE TREBA uzimati lekove u preventivne svrhe (Tamiflu i druge lekove koji su preporuka CDC) , jer na taj način se slabi naš imuni sistem .

Da li da se nadamo da će epidemija nestati isto onako kako se i javila?Jednostavno samo nestati? Ili će posle leta buknuti sa gripom od kojeg inače oboljevamo s pojavom temperaturnih razlika.

Mapa obolelih do 5. maja preuzeto sa sajta WHO

Slike preuzete sa sajta CDC i WHO

2009-04-22T00:19:00.001+02:00

Volim ove sastanke bibliotekara gde se ne odvajam od mobilnog i fotoaparata...:)

U SUSRET ISTRAŽIVAČIMA

2009-04-15T14:35:00.011+02:00

Moram priznati da je angažovanje bibliotekara uzelo maha u našoj zemlji Srbiji, mada bi se to moglo pre svesti na glavni grad. Dakle, razmahasmo smo se u Beogradu propisno! Malo, malo pa se neki skup organizuje, da se pokaže šta sve znamo i šta smo sve naučili.
Divno je videti da takav skup doživi i brojnu posećenost.

Ne mogu a da ne čestitam kolegama koji to rade sa uspehom.

Prošlog četvrtka je Branko Đurašević, viši informator Instituta za nuklearne nauke VINČA, u biblioteci Instituta organizovao Tribinu pod nazivom "U susret istraživačima" .

Istraživači su imali prilike da čuju tri interesantna predavanja.

Upoznali su se sa SCIndex bazom o kojoj je u više navrata bilo reči na stranicama ovog bloga.
S obzirom da je to PRVA nacionalna baza domaćih časopisa, zavređuje pažnju.
Ono što je mene lično zanimalo je predavanje koje je održao kolega Adam Sofronijević -WEB2.0 i AMRES (Akademska mreža Srbije).
Ipak, ono što smo čuli premašilo je moja očekivanja.
Zapravo, ne znam kako to da formulišem a da ne uvredim predavača, iako on nije vodio računa da ne uvredi našu inteligenciju.
Predavanje je bilo posvećeno Akademskoj mreži Srbije, "njojzi hvala"...da nje nema danas ne bismo mogli ništa da čitamo iz oblasti nauke. Sve elektronske servise koje koristimo za naučne informacije omogućila nam je AMRES.

A šta je sa WEB 2.0?
Čekala sam da vidim koje će alate da nam predstavi kolega Adam, dok je pokazivao platformu servisa Ebrary koji je kupila AMRES i objasnjavao kako da čitamo knjige koje je nabavilo Ministarstvo za nauku.
Hm.."Možda će posle Ebrary biti reči i o WEB 2.0 ?" nadala sam se. Ali usledila je jedna zanimljiva shema na kojoj se može lepo videti kako WEB 2.0 predstavlja pretnju da se veza interneta znatno uspori, dobije virus (antivirusni programi kao da ne postoje) i kompjuter ošteti. Tako je glasila i rečenica "Bibliotekari treba da podstiču naučne radnike da koriste AMRES, a ne da koriste sve što im se nudi na internetu, jer je to najbezbedniji način..."

Verujem da svi znate da pisac ovih redova neće poslušati ovakav savet. Razlog je jednostavan: kada su me učili da hodam, prvo sam naučila da idem NAPRED... Zato je moj savet naučnim radnicima:
KORISTITE INTERNET koliko god možete u naučne svrhe, razni alati postoje koji pružaju informacije iz najužih oblasti nauke. Dovoljno je da pomenem samo blogove naučnih radnika i studenata koji su neumorni u pisanju i ažuriranju informacija.
Na blogovima možete naći najskorije tekstove, koji ne čekaju odobrenje izdavača...Ne moram da pominjem PLOS One, Scienceroll, SCienceblogs , Journalology...
A šta je sa arhivama podkasta i video klipova, koje se mogu naći na mnogim sajtovima. Sve su to predavanja koja bi po mišljenju mog kolege trebalo izbegavati jer šteti zdravlju Vašeg kompjutera.

Na kraju divno iznenađenje! Pravi užitak za publiku. Koleginica Milica Ševkušić, mlada koleginica iz Instituta za tehničke nauke, SANU predstavila se svojim predavanjem o izradi bibliografije online.
Ovo predavanje je bilo fantastično! Veoma temeljan rad koleginice ogledao se u izradi bibliografija koje predstavljaju korist za kolege istraživače, ali i za bibliotekare. U bibliografiju, osim osnovnih podataka autora, moguće je uraditi i upload apstrakata ili celih radova, te samim tim imamo mogućnost pretraživanja radova unutar bibliografija. Prilikom izrade ovakve bibliografije mogu se preuzimati podaci i radovi iz e- servisa , citatnih baza kao što je Web of Science, SCOPUS.
Researcher ID , meni zanimljiva bibliografija, je web tool koji ću preporučiti mojim istraživačima čim savladam tehniku unošenja podataka .

...hm..sve mi se čini da ću za moje drage lekare morati sama da izradim bibliografiju, što predstavlja specijalan zalogajčić!

Mnogo hvala Branku Đuraševiću!

2009-03-30T15:16:00.001+02:00

Koristite nas tulbar!

2009-03-30T14:24:00.001+02:00

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Problemi prevaziđeni

2009-02-13T15:38:00.005+01:00

Searchbox na blogu ponovo je osposobljen za pretraživanje elektronskih servisa kao i tulbar biblioteke. Svi linkovi elektronskih servisa su zamenjeni. (Celu zbrku napravio je prelayak sa co. yu na __.rs)
Sada još čekamo da nam se pošalje konačna ponuda menadžera za časopise iz OVID baze.
Nadamo se da će ćemo i OVID uvrstiti u servise - pretraživače.

PROMENA proxy servera!!!

2009-02-10T17:41:00.007+01:00

Evo jednog VAŽNOG OBAVEŠTENJA za sve one koji koriste tulbar biblioteke kao sredstvo lakšeg ulaženja u elektronske servise koji imaju pristup preko Akademske mreže.
Narodna biblioteka Srbije je kao i sve javne ustanove, promenila svoju adresu te su se sada i linkovi koji vode do elektronskih servisa izmenili. Kako bi nam i tulbar i Searchbox ponovo proradio, potrebno je uneti određene promene a do tada ćemo se logovati na nb.rs i na Kobson page promeniti proxy server kako bismo dobili pristup bazama koje su nam potrebne za pretraživanje.

NADAMO SE BRZOM OPORAVKU OVOG KORISNOG ALATA....

4. februar - Medjunarodni Dan borbe protiv raka

2009-02-03T22:12:00.006+01:00

BIOMEDICAL AGGREGATORS

2009-01-22T11:22:00.024+01:00

In the era of electronic information Open Access is the most popular topic all over the world.
Several months ago I asked my friend Vedran Vucic to participate at the special session about Electronic biomedical resources at the 45th Oncology Meeting2008 (45.Kanceroloska nedelja2008) . As the topic of session was Open access and Electronic library, he presented the work of the Linux Center on RSS Feed aggregation of Open access articles.

He explained his idea of creating aggregators of biomedical information using RSS feed technology. That means to aggregate , collect a number of articles, videos and podcasts on certain issue.
H e created several aggregators by key words : oncology, pediatrics, infectious diseases, cancer- types, gynecology, dermatology, endocrinology, osteopathy, pediatrics, disabilities...
Everybody can use these aggregators and I decided to post on this blog Mr Vedran's post http://gnulinuxcentar.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=0&Itemid=9 where he explaind the aim of aggregators.
Vedran Vucic is president of LINUX Center -Non Government Organization occupied by new technologies, free software and free access to electronic communication, information and knowledge.

Vedran Vucic and Linux Centre

Linux Center has created several RSS Feed aggregators with aim to help people to have better access to information and knowledge. Aggregators aggregate information from various sites, educational and scientific blogs, blogs of experts in the field including blogs of persons with disabilities who write about their life and everyday experience.

Special thanks to people from PLOS on support and encouragement.

Some aggregators do have podcasts and video information that may be seen by the public. We preferred open access resources since they do not have legal and financial limitations that may prevent people to have access to information and knowledge. RSS Feed aggregators are dedicated to several topics such as:

written and aggregators made by Vedran Vucic

VISUALCV

2009-01-21T01:49:00.007+01:00

VisualCV
... is something we all need!
This is not just a Profile on Facebook or LinkedIn, this is a tool where you can put your CV, your pics- Flickr photos, video, lectures, or link your blog or Facebook page. VisualCV represent you and your work. And there will be no mistakes, fals identity etc. when somebody wants to find YOU on the web. To whom your VisualCV is important ?.. - you never know.
To job hunters?, your boss? managers?...friends?...
Your professional and personal lives will be transparent for all to see online.
So, represent yourself and let others to get introduce you.