Algorithmic Biases and Digital Divides: STSM of Jahna Otterbacher to the University of Sheffield Dates: 2 – 8 April 2016 Host: Prof. Paul Clough, Information School, University of Sheffield, UK Modern, networked information services (e.g., search, recommendation, social media "news feeds") make extensive use of algorithmic curation processes, designed to…

Report of the STSM by Stanislava Gardašević at University of Malta Visit to Milena Dobreva, 2016年03月16日 to 2016年03月25日 University Malta One of the major roles of libraries and librarians is to offer to the public new ways to store and discover information, as nowadays this public has become very active in…

Visualization of Library Data for the Purpose of Discovery Layer Report on the STSM of Milan Cvetić Visit at University of Malta, 16 to 25 March, 2016 When I think of cultural heritage, Malta and its capital city Valletta is one of the first places that come to my mind….

PEERE Meeting on "Taking stock of peer review" and the 2nd Workshop on Simulating the Social Processes of Science (SSPOS II) takes place 8th – 11th March 2016 in Valencia. In this interesting event we looking forward to keynotes (Warren Thorngate (Carleton University, Canada) will talk on "Social processes of…

Future of Peer Review and Open Access, Mainz A report about the “2016 Annual EA Conference: "Innovating the Gutenberg Galaxis. The role of peer review and open access in university knowledge dissemination and evaluation" By Andrea Scharnhorst Science in transition is the name of an initiative of scientists from Dutch…

Instead of the suspended workshop in Brighton 2015, Srinivas Raghavendra, Peter Richmond and Oleg Yordanov organise a WG 2 meeting in Galway, March 14-16, 2016 about Money, Uncertainty and the Macroeconomy. This workshop builds on knowledge exchange and work done at events in Milano 2015 and Sevilla 2014. If you…

As part of this STSM, in the period from 07.12.2015 to 17.12.2015, I worked at the Department of Theoretical Physics at The Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Bosiljaka Tadic. During this time, we manage to finish the work according to the proposed goals of…

Education is an important aspect of society and assessing the progress made by learners is key to appreciating, validating and if need be improving the educational system in place. Determining how to best assess learning outcomes continues to be a challenge for teachers and policy makers alike. From collaborative problem…

From data to knowledge – KNOWESCAPE 3rd annual conference at the Mundaneum; 7th – 9th October, 2015, Mons (Belgium) When we, in 2014, started to discuss the possibility for the Mundaneum to host one of the Knowescape conferences, we all wanted to create a special meeting making a bridge between…

This is a report on the workshop “On the diffusion of financial literacy, 16th-17th September, 2015, Milano, Italy. The workshop “On the diffusion of financial literacy held in Milano, Italy, on Sept. 16th-18th, 2015 took place at Univerasity of Milano Bicocca. It explored possible ways of seeing the issue at…