MyNetResearch Newsletter
November 18, 2008 / Issue No. 10

Welcoming new Institutions and our 3,000th Member!!
MyNetResearch crosses major thresholds in membership! The latest University to join MyNetResearch is top-ranked Drexel University (PA-USA).

We are proud to announce the first Research Institute member: Universe Quest ITEST NSF Project at UC Berkeley (CA-USA); the first corporation: ANSAR Medical Technologies (PA-USA), and the first Government Institute: Institut Penilaian Negara (Malaysia).

Welcome to these new members from all over the world. The MNR community is now over 3,000 members strong from 95 countries.

MNR University Representatives
Greetings to the new MNR University Representatives:

  • Ruslan Rainis, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Khari LaMarca, American University, Washington, DC
  • Neeraj Pandey, Thapar University, India
  • Mayank Thakur, University of Natural and Applied Life Sciences, Austria
  • Prashant Maheshwari, North Maharashtra University, India
  • Mohar Yusof, Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia
  • Sneh Tandon, University of Delhi, India
  • Jitendra Mishra, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India
  • Rasheed Farook, Asian-Lanka Institute of Management, Sri Lanka
  • Sanjay Dave, North Gujarat University, India
  • Colleen Barrett, Marywood University, PA
  • Hairul Rashid, Multimedia University, Malaysia

We continue to sign up University Representatives.  As a representative, you will receive a free Premium membership during your appointment and there can be up to 2 appointees per university.  You will be the local enthusiastic face of MNR at your institution, answering questions and sharing the benefits of MNR.  You will funnel feedback and suggestions to the MNR staff, thus helping to shape the future direction of the MNR community. 

Email admin@mynetresearch.com to take advantage of this opportunity to build your CV.

Forrester Projects Which Enterprise Web 2.0 Collaboration Technologies Will Grow, Which Will Decline (www.tradingmarkets.com/print.site/news/Stock%20News/1989913/)
"According to Forrester, social networking tools and internal wikis will have the greatest impact on workplace collaboration." The study is the latest in a series to predict the success of a set of Web 2.0 technologies. "Web 2.0 technologies solve problems that enterprises have today, but most companies have not used these tools anywhere near their potential,..."

MNR, as a research network, provides context to content, allowing you as researchers to connect and coordinate. With MyNetResearch, you are at the forefront of this sea change in how we as researchers work.

The Wiki Entry Competition - $250 prize!
We will be giving away $250 for the best Wiki entry posted in MyNetesearch by December 31, 2008. The MyNetResearch Wiki is a member-created and managed collection of terminology and definitions from all the subject areas represented in the system. Unlike Wikipedia, the MyNetResearch Wiki is a narrower, but much deeper knowledge repository.

Multiple entries are allowed. We look forward to reading your Wiki entries and will announce the results by January 20th, 2009.

Tell Your Institutions - Build our Community
Finally, remember to share the availability of MyNetResearch with your Institutions. If you have a contact Administrator who would like to chat with us about MyNetResearch and a free trial site license, pass on their information to us and we will be happy to call them. 

Best Regards from the MyNetResearch Team!!

Questions or Comments? Email us at admin@mynetresearch.com