Screen LibraryScientific collaboration on the Internet
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Acting with technology |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 406 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780262151207 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262151200 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | N39 |
| CLC: | N39 |
| Call Number: | N39/S416-1 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. "The projects described range from the development of a national virtual observatory for astronomical research to a National Institutes of Health funding program for major multilaboratory medical research; from the deployment of a cyberinfrastructure to connect experts in earthquake engineering to partnerships between developed and developing countries in AIDS research. The chapter authors speak frankly about, the problems these projects encountered as well as the successes they achieved, the book strikes a useful balance between presenting the real stories of collaborations and developing a |