Tools

Gathering

Google Currents

News and RSS reader designed for iOS and Android mobile devices. Has been replaced by Google Play Newsstand (https://play.google.com/store/newsstand?hl=en)

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Collaboration

Social networking platform, not unlike Facebook, that works with other Google services and allows users to connect with and see what friends are doing. Users can create posts and share links or multimedia items with select groups (called Circles). The Hangouts feature allows group video chat.

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Storage

Archivematica

Archivematica is a digital preservation system that is designed to maintain standards-based, long-term access to collections of digital objects. It uses a micro-services design pattern to provide an integrated suite of software tools that allows users to process digital objects from ingest to access in compliance with the ISO-OAIS functional model. Users monitor and control the micro-services via a web-based dashboard. Archivematica uses METS, PREMIS, Dublin Core and other best practice metadata standards. Archivematica implements media type preservation plans based on an analysis of the significant characteristics of file formats.

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Uncategorized

HyperImage

The HyperImage platform supports the linking of (audio)-visual objects, texts and mixed-media documents. References between images in total, regions of images, annotations regarding the images, and other media, are achieved by means of hyperlinks. The HyperImage Authoring System is a web-based system consisting of three main components – server, connector and database – on to which the graphic frontend (the HyperImage Editor) is built. Data is exchanged between the HyperImage Editor and the HyperImage Server using standardised methods via SOAP/HTTP.

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PyBossa

PyBossa is a free, open-source, platform for creating and running crowd-sourcing applications that utilise online assistance in performing tasks that require human cognition, knowledge or intelligence such as image classification, transcription, geocoding and more.

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Trapit

Gathers smart search results based on user feedback. Similar to Google Alerts but you can give a thumbs up/down to improve the search results.

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Collaboration

Insync

Insync extends Google Drive's web functionality to your desktop by integrating with Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Insync allows for built-in sharing without a browser, multiple account support, on-demand shared file syncing, desktop notifications and more.

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Content Analysis

Korbo

Korbo is a powerful aggregation platform for gathering Linked Data objects relevant to your area of research into single workspaces or “baskets”. Korbo is targeted primarily at developers who want to build applications on top of its API and make full use of the linked cultural data from sources such as Europeana, FreeBase and DBPedia. Korbo is currently in the early stages of development, but you can already try out a demo version of the platform.

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Dissemination

Piazza

Web-based discussion tool (not a full-fledged learning management system, but you can link to Piazza from your LMS, including Blackboard, Moodle, and Coursera) that allows student to ask questions and interact with instructors and other students in a public space. A wiki style format enables collaboration in a single space and features LaTeX editor, highlighted syntax and code blocking. Questions and posts needing immediate action are highlighted and instructors endorse answers to keep the class on track. Anonymous posting encourages every student to participate. Subjects include computer science, biology, chemistry, economics, psychology, engineering, mathematics, and physics. Once in a subject area, you can view what professors from where are teaching or answering questions on what. This is a great tool for students looking to get extra or more in-depth help beyond the classroom. Companies can use Piazza for recruiting college students, and it is this function for which users pay.

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ScribTeX

Web based LaTeX editor that features a LaTeX complier, version control, and online storage space. Allows collaborative editing and offline editing.

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