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    STERNA (Semantic Web-based Thematic European Reference Network Application) is the contribution of twelve European natural history museums and other institutions that collect and hold content on biodiversity, wildlife and nature in general, to the objectives and realisation of a European Digital Library. The project specifically addresses the many small cultural heritage institutions and content providers that want to actively participate and contribute to the European Digital Library initiative but lack both technical skills and financial resources to do so. To help content providers to make their valuable and rich resources available to a wider audience, our vision is to create a dispersed and networked information space, supported and sustained by a member network of autonomous content organisations which serves users with a special interest in nature and wildlife worldwide.
    15 years ago by @pitman
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    The RNA project deals in a very practical way with methods, tools and techniques for building dynamic knowledge systems. In these systems a key role is played by reference networks, sets of reference structures (like thesauri, taxonomies, etc.) and related content metadata. The project is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. It is a combined effort of a group of innovative small companies, vanguard institutions in the cultural heritage field and outstanding, internationally acclaimed academics.
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    Our vision is to empower students, scholars, and professionals in intelligent knowledge networks to share knowledge and make it globally visible, accessible, and ever expanding. Background of Lalisio The amount of knowledge increases every day, and with it the time and effort students, scholars, and professionals need to spend to find helpful materials or knowledgeable people with whom they can share, discuss, study, or research common points of interest. Due to the ever increasing amount of information, a great deal of valuable knowledge gets covered today and is ultimately lost. Connecting Knowledge Worldwide For this reason, Lalisio offers easy ways to find, share, and connect knowledge worldwide making it more accessible and supporting research and education worldwide. Lalisio connects knowledge-seeking people from around the world with a unique search engine for all relevant data sources, i.e. books, Open Access articles, and publications in renowned journals. Lalisio puts a particular focus on a user-friendly design of its services and allows for a high degree of adaptability of its services to individual user needs. Lalisio is designing its services so that users are able to access them with personal computers as well as mobile devices – no matter whether they are at home, in a library, in a classroom, or in the office – they can use Lalisio to find answers to all kinds of questions. Lalisio integrates information, interaction, and information management, and is about community, content plus the valuable combination of both. Discovering our Name Lalisio is the Latin word for "little donkey". The term from the ancient language of scholars stresses our connection with academia. The image of the little donkey appealed to us since our network, similar to an intelligent and reliable donkey, can help you with transporting and delivering knowledge in a convenient and efficient manner. It allows you to reach the maximum effect with a minimal effort. With our sure-footed carrier of knowledge, you can optimize your academic research and studies. Let Lalisio do the work for you! All you need to do is use our services and then Lalisio will let rain gold for you just like Grimm`s gold-donkey.
    15 years ago by @pitman
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    The Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) is a geographically distributed virtual community of shared resources offering tremendous potential to advance the diagnosis and treatment of disease. BIRN enhances the scientific discoveries of biomedical scientists and clinical researchers across research disciplines. BIRN ... * hosts a collaborative environment rich with tools that permit uniform access to hundreds of researchers, enabling cooperation on multi-institutional investigations. * synchronizes developments in wide area networking, multiple data sources, and distributed computing. * designs, tests, and releases new integrative software tools that enable researchers to pose questions and share knowledge across multiple animal models (mouse, human, and non-human primate). * receives funding from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), established in 2001.
    15 years ago by @pitman
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