Digital Research Tools

Here in the SCUP office we are constantly on the search for new tools to use to make our woork go better and faster. We are vigorous users of instant messaging, Google Documents, and we're seeing if Twitter or Yammer can make us more productive. Here's a new resource that lists a ton of digital research tools that might help you with your job and its dwindling budget:

As more and more scholars grow interested in the world of digital research, this tremendously useful wiki will be one that they will tell their colleagues about. Created by Lisa Spiro, the director of the Digital Media Center at Rice University, this collaborative wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars conduct research more efficiently or creatively. Visitors can browse through topical headings that include "Authoring", "Blogging", and "Data Mining", among others. Within each heading, visitors can read short descriptions about each resource. Under the "Types of Tools" section visitors can search for specific tools that can help them collect data, edit images, make a dynamic map, and so on. Additionally, visitors can sign up to join the wiki here and also learn more about Spiro and her other projects. [KMG]

Copyright 2009 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu