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Report on AAAS 2010: on bridging science and society

Danielle Mihram (University Librarian, Leavey Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. (dmihram@usc.edu))
G. Arthur Mihram (Author and Consultant based in Princeton, NJ, USA. His biographical sketch appears in Marquis's Who's Who in America and its Who's Who in the World.)

Library Hi Tech News

ISSN: 0741-9058

Article publication date: 10 August 2010

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Abstract

Purpose

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The purpose of this paper is to report on the 2010 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), its 176th meeting, held February 18‐22, 2010 in San Diego.

Design/methodology/approach

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Provides an overview of nine presentations as well as internet links (or bibliographic citations) of pertinent research, on each topic covered, for further understanding of the subject matter.

Findings

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There is plenty of research on which to report.

Originality/value

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The paper provides information on the latest research on: current technological advances relating to connectivity to the internet; key questions relating to the voluminous amount of data generated annually; and, how computational science, and its enabling cyberinfrastructure, is tackling some of the “grand challenges” facing science and society today.

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Citation

Mihram, D. and Arthur Mihram, G. (2010), "Report on AAAS 2010: on bridging science and society", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 27 No. 6/7, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419051011095836

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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