A snapshot of digitisation and OCR Developments

One of the goals of Knowledge Exchange (www.knowledge-exchange.info) is to help partners to share knowledge and expertise and facilitate the build of expert networks. In the area of digitisation, including non-textual and 3-D-digitisation, a first step is to provide a snapshot of current activities and challenges in the KE partner countries. This paper is a synthesis of the information gathered in a questionnaire that was sent to 15 infrastructure institutions, e.g. libraries and also funders, within the five partner countries of Knowledge Exchange: Denmark (DK), Finland (FIN), Germany (GER), the Netherlands (NL) and the United Kingdom (UK). The paper is based on the answers provided by 6 respondents from four countries:  DK o Danish Agency of Culture (Henrik Jarl Hansen) o State and University Library (Tonny Skovgård Jensen)  GER o German research foundation, DFG (Franziska Regner)  NL o Royal Library (Hildelies Balk) o Leiden University Library (Saskia van Bergen)  UK o Jisc (Paola Marchionni, Peter Findlay) The absence of Finnish responses may be due to Finland participating in the recent Enumerate Core Survey II that also addressed digitisation. We have included some of the outcomes of this survey to present a richer picture.

Research Data Management — Activities and Challenges Report on the Knowledge Exchange Workshop

Workshop Research Data Management – Activities and Challenges 14-15 November 2011, Bonn The Knowledge Exchange initiative organised a workshop to highlight current activities and challenges with respect to research data management in the Knowledge Exchange partner countries and beyond. The workshop brought together experts from data centres, libraries, computational centres, funding organisations, publishing services and other institutions in the field of research and higher education who are working to improve research data management and encourage effective reuse of research data. A considerable part of the programme was dedicated to sharing perspectives from these communities, leading to the development of a roadmap of practical actions for the Knowledge Exchange initiative, partner organisations and other stakeholders to progress over the next two years. On the first day, principal investigators and project managers from a great variety of recent projects shared their insights on objectives and methods for improving data management ranging from discipline-specific to more general approaches. A series of short presentations of selected projects was followed by an extensive poster session that functioned as a “trade fair” of current trends and activities in the field of research data management. Moreover, the poster session offered ample network opportunities for participants. The second day was dedicated to intensive group discussions looking at a number of data management challenges. First the most important findings from the "Surfboard for 'Riding the Wave'" report were presented. This included the state of the art on activities and challenges in the field of research data management. The subgroups will concentrate on the following key themes: funding, incentives, training and technical infrastructure. These discussions culminated in the identification of practical recommendations for future cooperation on practical as well as on strategic levels that should be taken forward by the KE partner organisations and beyond. These activities aim to improve the sustainability of services and infrastructures at both national and international levels.

Metrics of monograph use in the Marston Science Library

As academic libraries are increasingly supported by a matrix of databases functions, the use of data mining and visualization techniques offer significant potential for future collection development and service initiatives based on quantifiable data. While data collection techniques are still not standardized and results may be skewed because of granularity problems, faulty algorithms, and a host of other factors, useful baseline data is extractable and broad trends can be identified. The purpose of the current study is to provide an initial assessment of data associated with science monograph collection at the Marston Science Library (MSL), University of Florida. These sciences fall within the major Library of Congress Classification schedules of Q, S, and T, excluding R, TN, TR, and TT. Overall strategy of this project is to look at the potential science audiences within the university community and analyze data related to purchasing and circulation patterns, e-book usage, and interlibrary loan statistics. While a longitudinal study from 2004 to the present would be ideal, this paper presents the results from the academic year July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 which was chosen as the pilot period because all data reservoirs identified above were available.

Non-contiguous protein recombination

Swapping sequence elements among related proteins can produce chimeric proteins with novel behaviors and improved properties such as enhanced stability. Although homologous mutations are much more conservative than random mutations, chimeras of distantly-related proteins have a low probability of retaining fold and function. Here, I introduce a new tool for protein recombination that identifies structural blocks that can be swapped among homologous proteins with minimal disruption. This non-contiguous recombination approach enables design of chimeras and libraries of chimeras with less disruption than can be achieved by swapping blocks of sequence. Less disruption means that one can generate libraries with higher fractions of functional enzymes and enables recombination of more distant homologs.

Using this new tool I design and construct many functional chimeric cellulases. I illustrate the structurally conservative nature of this recombination by creating a functional prokaryotic-eukaryotic chimera and solving its structure. I also show how non-contiguous recombination can be used to efficiently identify stabilizing mutations that have been incorporated into homologs in nature.

Textos antiguos vascos en Internet

Bilbao, Gidor y Ricardo Gómez, «Textos antiguos vascos en Internet», en Humanidades Digitales: desafíos, logros y perspectivas de futuro, Sagrario López Poza y Nieves Pena Sueiro (editoras), Janus [en línea], Anexo 1 (2014), 111-121, publicado el 11/04/2014, consultado el 12/04/2014. URL: .

International sources of fisheries information to enhance fish production, poverty alleviation and food security in Nigeria and developing Nigerian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Database

The paper viewed the decline in information provision in Nigeria to poor library development, which could be attributed to poor funding. The consequence is that current journal and books are not available in nigerian fisheries libraries. Information which can be regarded as the first factor of production on which other factors like land, labour and capital depend, can only be provided at the right time when libraries are better founded. For now if there must be increase in fish production, poverty alleviation and food security in Nigeria, our fisheries scientists and policy makers will have to rely on international sources of information using the advantage of internet connectivity. Some of such sources discussed in this paper are ASFA, AGORA, FAO DOAJ, FISHBASE, IAMSLIC, INASP, INASP-PERI, INASP-AJOL, ODINAFRICA, SIFAR, WAS, and ABASFR. However, reliance on international sources must not be at the total neglect of harnessing nigerian fisheries information. For the Nigerian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Database being developed by NIFFR to attain an international status like those enumerated above, scientists and publishers are requested to take the pain of depositing copies of their publications with NIFFR for inclusion in the Database

Estudio del marco normativo para las bibliotecas escolares: análisis de los proyectos de lectura de bibliotecas escolares de Andalucía, Catalunya y País Vasco

Español-> En esta investigación bibliográfica hemos analizado el trabajo de las tres Comunidades Autónomas en el tema de las bibliotecas escolares y hemos conocido el programa principal para su fomento utilizado en cada una de ellas. Para ello, hemos partido de lo que la IFLA/UNESCO y el Estado Español en su legislación y diferentes normativas establecen acerca de las bibliotecas escolares. Además, se ha realizado una comparación entre los tres programas de bibliotecas escolares de las Comunidades Autónomas seleccionadas: Andalucía, Catalunya y País Vasco. Finalmente, hemos conocido mediante los trabajos de diversos autores, los objetivos que para el futuro deben cumplir las bibliotecas escolares.

Utilidad de la biblioteca escolar como recurso al servicio del proyecto educativo

RESUMEN: En este trabajo se plasma la transcendencia que tiene la lectura en el desarrollo integral de las personas. Del mismo modo, consideramos fundamental que se fomente la lectura en la escuela desde la etapa de infantil. El supuesto de nuestro trabajo es que la escuela cuenta con un espacio que contiene todo lo necesario para fomentar el hábito lector: la biblioteca escolar. Para nuestra investigación nos hemos acercado a un centro escolar de Amorebieta (Bizkaia) para conocer si el funcionamiento de las bibliotecas escolares se realiza siguiendo los patrones que se consideran adecuados desde la literatura especializada en el tema.

Development of protein-catalyzed capture (PCC) agents with application to the specific targeting of the E17K Point mutation of Akt1

This thesis describes the expansion and improvement of the iterative in situ click chemistry OBOC peptide library screening technology. Previous work provided a proof-of-concept demonstration that this technique was advantageous for the production of protein-catalyzed capture (PCC) agents that could be used as drop-in replacements for antibodies in a variety of applications. Chapter 2 describes the technology development that was undertaken to optimize this screening process and make it readily available for a wide variety of targets. This optimization is what has allowed for the explosive growth of the PCC agent project over the past few years.

These technology improvements were applied to the discovery of PCC agents specific for single amino acid point mutations in proteins, which have many applications in cancer detection and treatment. Chapter 3 describes the use of a general all-chemical epitope-targeting strategy that can focus PCC agent development directly to a site of interest on a protein surface. This technique utilizes a chemically-synthesized chunk of the protein, called an epitope, substituted with a click handle in combination with the OBOC in situ click chemistry libraries in order to focus ligand development at a site of interest. Specifically, Chapter 3 discusses the use of this technique in developing a PCC agent specific for the E17K mutation of Akt1. Chapter 4 details the expansion of this ligand into a mutation-specific inhibitor, with applications in therapeutics.

Connecting researchers and research

Libraries have long held an established role in the scholarly research process; however the process of scholarly communication is evolving. Citation management software, institutional repositories, open access and open data mandates have opened up new opportunities and new challenges. Researchers have more responsibility for managing their work, but less time to do it. Libraries are struggling to remain an active part of the scholarly communication process. It has become increasingly difficult for institutions to identify their scholarly output. This presentation will show how MBLWHOI is attempting to meet this challenge with the implementation of, Bibapp, an open source tool to manage campus research.

BAMS: A Tool for Supervised Burned Area Mapping Using Landsat Data

A new supervised burned area mapping software named BAMS (Burned Area Mapping Software) is presented in this paper. The tool was built from standard ArcGIS (TM) libraries. It computes several of the spectral indexes most commonly used in burned area detection and implements a two-phase supervised strategy to map areas burned between two Landsat multitemporal images. The only input required from the user is the visual delimitation of a few burned areas, from which burned perimeters are extracted. After the discrimination of burned patches, the user can visually assess the results, and iteratively select additional sampling burned areas to improve the extent of the burned patches. The final result of the BAMS program is a polygon vector layer containing three categories: (a) burned perimeters, (b) unburned areas, and (c) non-observed areas. The latter refer to clouds or sensor observation errors. Outputs of the BAMS code meet the requirements of file formats and structure of standard validation protocols. This paper presents the tool's structure and technical basis. The program has been tested in six areas located in the United States, for various ecosystems and land covers, and then compared against the National Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) Burned Area Boundaries Dataset.

Deep learning review and its applications

Deep neural networks have recently gained popularity for improv- ing state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms in diverse areas such as speech recognition, computer vision and bioinformatics. Convolutional networks especially have shown prowess in visual recognition tasks such as object recognition and detection in which this work is focused on. Mod- ern award-winning architectures have systematically surpassed previous attempts at tackling computer vision problems and keep winning most current competitions. After a brief study of deep learning architectures and readily available frameworks and libraries, the LeNet handwriting digit recognition network study case is developed, and lastly a deep learn- ing network for playing simple videogames is reviewed.

Aplicación de ROS: Sistema Operativo Robótico sobre Lego Mindstorms NXT

[ES]El objetivo de este Trabajo de Fin de Grado es estudiar el programa llamado ROS, un entorno para la programación de robots. Proporciona una serie de herramientas, librerías, drivers… que facilitan en gran medida la programación de sistemas robóticos. Para realizar este estudio se utilizará ROS para crear una aplicación para un robot LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Estos robots son pequeños y versátiles, y son adecuados para la investigación. La aplicación que se llevará a cabo será un seguidor de línea, un robot capaz de seguir una pista dibujada sobre una superficie de otro color. Para programar la aplicación, se utilizarán en la medida de lo posible las herramientas proporcionadas por ROS. De esta manera, se espera alcanzar una mayor comprensión de ROS y de su funcionamiento, con sus fortalezas y sus debilidades.

O bibliotecário e o compartilhamento de saberes e informação no contexto da Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde

Esta pesquisa discute a participação do bibliotecário na formação de equipes multidisciplinares dos grupos de Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde (ATS), caracterizando sua atuação num novo campo que se abre para os bibliotecários em instituições de pesquisa. O objetivo geral baseia-se na criação de uma Biblioteca Digital (BD) com os parâmetros de qualidade da informação inerentes a ATS, a partir dos documentos gerados pelo Serviço de Comutação Bibliográfica (SCB) da Rede de Bibliotecas da FIOCRUZ, recomendando a inserção do bibliotecário na equipe multidisciplinar para ATS. A metodologia foi dividida em três partes: levantamento do estado da arte do conhecimento produzido na Saúde Coletiva, onde se insere a Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde, e da Ciência da Informação, pesquisa exploratória com uma abordagem qualitativa para coleta de dados junto ao grupo de pesquisadores de ATS de diversas instituições públicas e privadas e uma abordagem quantitativa para coleta de dados dos profissionais do SCB da Rede de Bibliotecas da Fiocruz e análise dos dados. Verificou-se que existe uma participação ativa do bibliotecário nas atividades de ATS, no que diz respeito, à formulação de estratégias de busca em base de dados, revisão de protocolos de busca, localização de publicações relevantes, auxílio para realização de revisões sistemática para os grupos de pesquisa. Pressupõe a criação de uma BD permitindo o compartilhamento de todos os documentos digitais gerados pelas bibliotecas. Com essa iniciativa pretende-se contribuir para impulsionar a produção do conhecimento científico e tecnológico na área da saúde e de ATS.