It's National Library Week! Celebrate by reading an ebook from the libraries' collections! Find them at the following link:

http://www.library.nd.edu/srch-find/ebooks.shtml

Patent Law changes today! The change makes the distinction that the "first to file" is the owner vs.the "first to invent".

From the PatenlyO blog:
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/03/the-new-law-effective-today-35-usc-102.html#comments

For the "Plain English" version see:
http://gigaom.com/2013/03/18/first-to-file-patent-law-starts-today-what-it-means-in-plain-english/

What are sinkholes? Want answers?

see the recent post from the USGS about sinkholes at:
http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/the-science-of-sinkholes/?from=title

Information access is crucial for creating and supporting engineers

Are you comtemplating how Open Access might contribute to fuller access to critical information for engineers? Read this story:
http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1116

New IU course on data vizualization

begins on Jan. 22, 2013. http://ivmooc.cns.iu.edu/

Indiana University's Katy Börner, the Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science at the School of Library and Information Science and an international leader in information visualization, will offer a free massive open online course on the topic beginning Jan. 22.
For more information: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/23675.html

Google Scholar Citations pitfalls

The Scholarly Kitchen is a blog put out by the Society for Scholarly Publishing that aims to keep its readers aware of new developments in publishing. A recent article entitled, "Gaming Google Scholar Citations, Made Simple and Easy" and ensuing comments provide interesting food for thought.   Carol

Indiana State flyover will produce new GIS data!

In an announcement today from the Times Media Company: NWI.com, this data will be more detailed than Google Maps. Read the entire story at: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/lake-county-commissioners-ok-money-for-state-flyover-data/article_47da0ad6-8e83-51d0-b140-fb423f0346df.html

How "expert firms" influence investing in new products

Science News gives an example of how expert firms are influencing investment in new products in both of these recent articles:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6116/139.full
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6116/137.summary