New models of research publishing

Tech Notes

Mashups have recently given rise to exciting new possibilities for SaaS research projects that are light on resources and heavy on assets. By combining existing research with open source tools, cloud computing and hosted solutions, researchers can limit costs, improve outcomes and spend less time coding. This project by Tim Sherratt caught our eye for just these reasons and clearly demonstrates this methodology most clearly. Some exhibition magic with Zotero and Omeka We've looked at both Zotero and Omeka in the past for various projects because of their growing use by the research community. This project leverages existing data with an API, an open source CMS and some Python magic to create a new view in to an ongoing research project.