Scientists go online: Scientific social networking and Open Notebook Science

Scientists go online:Scientific social networking & Open Notebook Science Lucy Power Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford Web 2.0 Untangled: Reaching & Teaching our users with new technologies, Wed 24 November 2010

Scientists are using Web 2.0 tocommunicate, collaborate andpromote openness of researchpractices and data

They’re not building new sites oronline applications, but areappropriating already-existingtechnologies.

The online tools they use enablethem to practice open science – theability to publish data andcommunicate with broad audiencesare key.

The Republic of LettersVia: http://republicofletters.stanford.edu/#maps Visualizing the Republic ofLetters, Stanford University project with data from the Bodleian ElectronicEnlightenment project, and others.

Marginaliahttp://www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/d48412/d4841200x.jpg http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/exhibits/herbal/26.jpg

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Outcomes Securing funding Writing grant applications Collaborating Discussing scienceConference reporting PublishingSolving scientific problems Searching and finding

Open Notebook Science

Friendfeed plus ONS…

…= funding

Why use these technologies?- Fast- Networked- Informal- Open- Global

Conclusions Scientists are working online, appropriating existing tools for their specific needs, and finding and joining ad-hoc networks to share data and knowledge.What might this mean for librarians?- Be flexible too – there is proof that these free solutions are working, so no need for big infrastructure investments- Find these networks and join them to find out what’s going on – to be part of it you need to participate

Lucy Power DPhil Candidate Oxford Internet Institute, University of OxfordSupervised by Dr Ralph Schroeder and Dr Eric M. Meyer lucy.power@oii.ox.ac.uk

Scientists go online: Scientific social networking and Open Notebook Science

by Lucy Power on Nov 26, 2010

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