ActiveHistory.ca » Knowledge Mobilization http://activehistory.ca History Matters Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 “Web Tools Aim to Open the Gates to the Ivory Tower”: Globe and Mail. http://activehistory.ca/2010/01/web-tools-aim-to-open-the-gates-to-the-ivory-tower-globe-and-mail/ http://activehistory.ca/2010/01/web-tools-aim-to-open-the-gates-to-the-ivory-tower-globe-and-mail/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:56:33 +0000 Ian Milligan http://activehistory.ca/?p=597 An article in January 2nd’s Globe and Mail discussed various web tools that universities are using to ‘open the gates of the ivory tower.’ In her article, Elizabeth Church discussed a new search engine launched by Memorial University named Yaffle, which allows community members to search and uncover various Memorial research projects, opportunities for involvement, and learn who is working on what. Another project, by York University, summarizes various research projects into plain english (helped by a poet who holds a Research Assistantship) and places them on the website. The byline of the Knowledge Mobilization site: Turning Research into Action.

Both projects are in their infancy, but they are promising steps towards making research accessible. At York, there is only one summary available under the subject heading of history – Marc Egnal’s recent work on the economic causes of the civil war – but it is a fascinating example.

If you have a chance, please check out the linked Globe & Mail article and play around with the two sites. What are your thoughts, if any?

All the best in the New Year! Hopefully it will be an ‘active’ one.

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