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Overview

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Agenda

Challenges

Introduction to Knimbus

How Knimbus makes a difference

What others are saying about Knimbus

Q & A

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Researchers cannot miss relevant content but…

“53% researchers believe that finding right content is the biggest challenge in research”

The Challenge for Researchers

Too many sources, too much information

Researchers have limited time

Reach of Search Engines is limited

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The Challenge for Researchers

Research is not done in isolation because…

Cross Domain Expertise is required

Collaboration reduces risk and increases access to grants and funding

Keeping in sync with the research community is critical for researchers

“Scientists who collaborated received the Nobel Prize 9 years earlier” - Harriet Zuckerman

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“Use of e-resources has most powerful correlation (0.846) with research success”

- RIN Report, 2011.

Libraries need to increase ROI of $$$ spent on e-resources but…

Challenge for the Organization

Low usage - only few resources used well

Right content is in unexpected places

Researchers expect Google + Web 2.0

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Discover millions of

articles from journals,

patents & e-books

Build your network to

collaborate & share

knowledge with peers

“Knimbus is a smarter way to research”

Introduction

Knimbus is a platform for researchers to discover and share knowledge.

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Simple . Integrated . Real Time Journals, Books, Patents

Customized for Zero Noise

Publishers & Open Sources

Single Point Discovery

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What happens after Discovery…

Showcase: Get your work

recognized in the community

Share: Collaborate and share

knowledge with peers globally

Workspace: Organize your

research in a smarter way

“82% researchers like to work in collaboration with like minded experts”

My Profile

My Work

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Collective Intelligence Bar

Single Search box: simple Google-like search

Search Results with bibliographic details

Visual Clusters filter right content

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