e-Infrastructure
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/

The e-Infrastructures activity, as a part of the Research Infrastructures programme, focuses on ICT-based infrastructures and services that cut across a broad range of user disciplines. It aims at empowering researchers with an easy and controlled online access to facilities, resources and collaboration tools, bringing to them the power of ICT for computing, connectivity, storage and instrumentation. This allows for instant access to data and remote instruments, “in silico” experimentation, as well as the setup of virtual research communities (i.e. research collaborations formed across geographical, disciplinary and organizational boundaries). e-Infrastructures foster the emergence of e-Science, i.e. new working methods based on the shared use of ICT tools and resources across different disciplines and technology domains. Furthermore, e-Infrastructures enable the circulation of knowledge in Europe online and therefore constitute an essential building block for the European Research Area(ERA). This will be added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

ZENODO – Research Shared
https://zenodo.org/

ZENODO builds and operate a simple and innovative service that enables researchers, scientists, EU projects and institutions to share and showcase multidisciplinary research results (data and publications) that are not part of the existing institutional or subject-based repositories of the research communities. ZENODO enables researchers, scientists, EU projects and institutions to: a) easily share the long tail of small research results in a wide variety of formats including text, spreadsheets, audio, video, and images across all fields of science; b) display their research results and get credited by making the research results citable and integrate them into existing reporting lines to funding agencies like the European Commission; and c) easily access and reuse shared research results. Deliverables include: 1) An open digital repository for everyone and everything that isn’t served by a dedicated service; the so called “long tail” of research results; 2) A modern look and feel in line with current trends for state-of-the-art online services; 3) Integration with OpenAIRE infrastructure, and assured inclusion in OpenAIRE corpus; 4) Easy upload and semi-automatic metadata completion by communication with existing online services such as DropBox for upload, Mendeley/ORCID/CrossRef/OpenAIRE for upload and pre-filling metadata; 5) Easy access to research results via innovative viewing and as well as open APIs and integration with existing online services and preservation of community independent data formats; 6) A safe and trusted service by providing a sound curation, archival and digital preservation strategies according to best practices; 7) Persistent identifier minting (such as DOI) for shared research results; 8) Service hosting according to industry best practices in CERN’s professional data centres; and 9) Easy means to link research results with other results, funding sources, institutes, and licenses. This will be added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/

Businesspeople, and anyone with an interest in the machinations of business-related matters, will find much to enjoy at the Business Insider site. The offerings here include long form reports, current news updates, and topical news offerings divided into such themes as Tech, Finance, and Strategy. First-time visitors might wish to get started by looking at the Trending topics, which cover everything from the smart phone market to stock performance updates. Visitors are also welcome to register online to receive special updates, newsletters, and other materials that might be of interest. As a great feature of personalization, there is also an option to receive alerts every time items of particular topical interest are added to the site. This will be added to Business Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2014. https://www.scout.wisc.edu/]

The Aspen Institute
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/about/blog

The Aspen Institute brings together policy makers in order to talk about the big ideas that are on the hearts and minds of people around the world. Conversations about sustainability, globalization, and other matters are all in a day’s work and meditation for these people and this blog is a great way to enter some of these conversations and engage with some large and compelling discussions. Visitors to the site will find pieces on the minimum wage, public school reform, and the role of community colleges in 21st century America. If looking for a specific topic, there are dozens of headings, ranging from the Affordable Care Act to youth sports, that can be perused. This will be added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2014. https://www.scout.wisc.edu/]

Be My Eyes
http://www.bemyeyes.org/

Be My Eyes will launch as an app that lets blind contact a network of sighted volunteers for help with live video chat. Features include: a) Blind requests assistance – First a blind person requests assistance in the Be My Eyes app –  The challenge that he/she needs help with can be anything from knowing the expiry date on the milk to getting help crossing the street; b) Volunteer receives video & describes – The volunteer helper receives a notification for help and a live video connection is established. From the live video the volunteer can help the blind answering the question the blind needs answered, c) Non-profit – all for love – Be My Eyes is a non-profit, put in this world to make the biggest difference possible for blind people; and d) Open source – go contribute – Be My Eyes is open source – see and contribute to the code on GitHub. This will be added to Accessibility Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Updated> Deep Web Research and Discovery Resources 2014
http://www.DeepWeb.us/

I have just updated my white paper link dataset complilation titled Deep Web Research and Discovery Resources 2014 and it is now a 44 page 312KB PDF document available directly from the above URL. This update verified all links as well as reviewed all resources covered. The next major update is scheduled for 2015 with continued minor monthly updates as new resources are added. Currently this has been downloaded over 2,000,000 times!

©2014 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.

Update> Privacy Resources White Paper Link Dataset Compilation
http://www.PrivacyResources.info/

The white paper link dataset compilation of Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™ by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. is now a 32 page .pdf document 255KB. [Updated April 1, 2014]. Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet is a comprehensive listing of privacy resources currently available on the Internet. These include associations, indexes, search engines as well as individual websites and sources that supply the latest technology and information about privacy and how it relates to you and the Internet. This is a MUST reference for today’s New Economy where privacy and security have become major issues!! Keep your privacy and security with this excellent Subject Tracer™. The website and .pdf have been completely updated as of April 1, 2014.

©2014 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.

Updated> Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources
http://www.ScholarSearchEngines.com/

Internet Annotated Link Dataset Compilation titled “Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources” is now a 66 page research paper listing selected resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is attempting to find academic and scholarly information and knowledge available on the Internet. Each source is described along with the URL address than can be accessed. It is freely available as a .pdf file (434KB) at the above link from the Virtual Private Library™ and authored by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. [Updated: April 1, 2014]. Other white papers are available by clicking here.

©2014 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.