Month: June 2017
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Mendeley Data awarded Data Seal of Approval
On June 22, it was announced that Mendeley Data’s open research data repository won the Data Seal of Approval certification; this award confirms that the repository complies with the Data Seal of Approval guidelines, and is a trusted digital repository. The 16 rigorous guidelines include guarantees to the “integrity and authenticity of the data” and…
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Mendeley Brainstorm – The Future of Energy – We Have a Winner!
Many thanks to all those who entered the Mendeley Brainstorm related to The Future of Energy; picking a winner was not easy, however in the end, we selected Neil Frandsen’s post: Folks, I write from the viewpoint of a mountain-born, high plains of Alberta raised, retired Seismic Surveyor. For ye Urb-folk, this means that I…
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How to write a good research funding application
[Editor’s Note–We thought you’d like to know: this 2017 post is a bit dated. Find out about Mendeley’s solutions here, and access further free resources for funding seekers on Researcher Academy.] By Seema Sharma Grant writing for research funding can be a difficult and time-consuming task, but one that underpins your academic success. We’ve put…
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Mendeley Brainstorm – The Gig Economy: Potent or Precarious?
The “gig economy” is a fact of life. To “Uber” has become a verb. Airbnb is ubiquitous. People sell their skills in short term engagements via freelancing websites. This has opened up a world of low-cost services; however, is the gig economy’s destruction of secure employment worth it? We are looking for the most well…
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Mendeley Brainstorm – The End of Driving – We Have a Winner!
Many thanks to all those who entered the Mendeley Brainstorm related to The End of Driving; picking a winner was difficult, however in the end, we selected Anikó Tóth’s post: Repeatedly through history, we’ve built machines that do what we do, better. Today, we’ve progressed from labor-saving to IQ-saving devices: machines that think and act…
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