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Enabling a Network of Scientists: 2010 VIVO Conference

Margeaux Johnson (Science and Technology Librarian and Instruction Coordinator (margeaux@ufl.edu))
Amy Buhler (Associate Chair of the Marston Science Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. (abuher@ufl.edu))
Kristi L. Holmes (Bioinformaticist at Washington University's Bernard Becker Medical Library and National Outreach Coordinator of VIVO, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (holmeskr@wustl.edu))

Library Hi Tech News

ISSN: 0741-9058

Article publication date: 2 November 2010

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Abstract

Purpose

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The purpose of this paper is to report on the 2010 VIVO Conference.

Design/methodology/approach

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Conference report.

Findings

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VIVO is an open source, semantic web discovery platform for hosting information about researchers, their interests, activities, and accomplishments. The first annual VIVO Conference brought together a diverse group of researchers, developers, publishers, information system vendors, government agencies, and librarians – all united by the common goal of enabling research discovery and supporting collaboration among researchers.

Originality/value

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This conference report is of interest to information professionals in academia, corporate, and governmental information centers and libraries.

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Citation

Johnson, M., Buhler, A. and Holmes, K.L. (2010), "Enabling a Network of Scientists: 2010 VIVO Conference", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 27 No. 9/10, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419051011110577

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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