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Archive for the ‘Productivity’ Category
July 15th, 2011
January 22nd, 2010
Knovel’s KFact Digest, Volume 3
Welcome to the KFact digest. Every week we publish 5 KFacts, a daily tweet that provides an Engineering Fact of the Day. These KFacts are available every afternoon on Twitter (@KnovelUpdates), with more information on our Facebook Fan Page. Every Friday we provide a digest of the week’s KFacts on our blog in case you missed them.
These KFacts are all taken from our Titles of the Week, giving you immediate access to more information about these titles. Remember, you can click on any of the dates to find out more information about the KFact.
Monday January 18, 2010
#KFact – HF sky wave radars exploit the ionosphere to reflect upwardly transmitted radiowaves back to earth’s surface.
Tuesday January 19, 2010
#KFact – Penicillin was produced at a concentration of only 1 part per million by the first isolated producers.
Wednesday January 20, 2010
#KFact – Swimming pools consume 2-3x as much energy as an air-conditioned office building per square area.
Thursday January 21, 2010
#KFact – New Biotechnology involves genetic engineering & cell fusion to produce organisms able to make useful products.
Friday January 22, 2010
#KFact – French breweries require 25L of water to produce 1L of beer. Brewers in Denmark & Sweden use 1/5 that amount.
October 21st, 2009
Knovel Gets Personal
Recently, our own Craig the Rocket Scientist mentioned NASA’s need to “capture the attention of a new generation.” NASA certainly aren’t the only ones who have to keep this in mind. My mission is to capture the interest of Knovel users of all ages by answering their appeals for a better Knovel, so what is our next step? Your Own Personal Knovel.
Knovel is introducing a whole new set of features enabling users to configure and personalize their Knovel desktops. What I hear from engineers all the time is: “Could you make a bookshelf where I can store my favorite titles?” Or “I’d like to have a project folder where I can store complex searches I can re-execute with a single click.” Or, “I’d really like to email a Knovel search result to my colleague down the hall. Can I do that?” With our newest release into Knovel Lab, it’s all there for the taking. But you have to have a Knovel user account to create your personal space.
We’ve been busy contacting our Knovel “champions” (aka administrators) and working with them to upgrade to our new user registration system. In my humble opinion, implementing this new user authentication system is akin to taking a cruise in a hurricane (I’m an old sailor). To say that Information Resource admins are protective of their roles and of their end users is an understatement. They have good reason though, they’re trusted with the responsibility of ensuring that their users know how to access information products reliably at any time and from anywhere; and that users are protected from intrusive use of their identities; all while defending their organization’s investment in the product. We respect and honor these needs.
We’re close. Really close. The proof is in Knovel Lab for anyone willing to take a look. We’re also holding a conntest to name the personal bucket, currently dubbed My Notebook. You have another week to check out the new personalized Knovel and submit your naming entry in the Exit Survey. I have to say that we have some seriously imaginative users out there! I’m enjoying the submissions so far and I’ll share the winner and runners up at the end of the contest, next Friday, (just in time for Halloween). On that note, a search for Halloween in Knovel results in 13 hits (perfect!) and reveals some interesting results including an ANTEC conference paper about new metal-oxide phosphorescence used in – what else? – Halloween costumes. Trick or treat everyone!
