Social Technologies (Web 2.0) for Informatics & Research Patricia F. Anderson <pfa@umich.edu> UM Health Sciences Libraries November 28, 2007 © 2007 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

Outline Background: Social tech and scholarly publication What are social technologies? Professional social communities Informatics in general social tech tools Informatics & research 2.0 Open science Social tech for research Crowdsourcing Potential concerns Case study

Background: Social tech and scholarly publication

What are social technologies?

Professional social communities

Informatics in general social tech tools

Informatics & research 2.0

Open science

Social tech for research

Crowdsourcing

Potential concerns

Case study

Social Tech and Scholarly Publication University of Washington Libraries: Scientific Publication Cycle <http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/environment/imt220/pubcycle.jpg>

University of Washington Libraries: Scientific Publication Cycle <http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/environment/imt220/pubcycle.jpg>

Social Tech and Scholarly Publication Publishing without the academic infrastructure? Problematic

Publishing without the academic infrastructure?

Problematic

Social Tech and Scholarly Publication Publication 200 years ago Soapbox model Say what you want to say If you have the money to print it Copyright 200 years ago Nurtured the creative process Facilitated connection between the creator and the consumer

Publication 200 years ago

Soapbox model

Say what you want to say

If you have the money to print it

Copyright 200 years ago

Nurtured the creative process

Facilitated connection between the creator and the consumer

Social Tech and Scholarly Publication Scholarly publication 50 years ago Peer review Publisher driven Copyright 50 years ago Purpose of copyright inverted ‘Feeds’ the publisher and middle man Creative process driven by tenure and grants

Scholarly publication 50 years ago

Peer review

Publisher driven

Copyright 50 years ago

Purpose of copyright inverted

‘Feeds’ the publisher and middle man

Creative process driven by tenure and grants

Social Tech and Scholarly Publication Via the web and social tech, we are returning to our beginnings Graphic: Interarchive

Via the web and social tech, we are returning to our beginnings

Social Tech and Scholarly Publication Interarchive.org

Interarchive.org

Social Tech and Scholarly Publication What will drive scholarly publication? Recognition metrics

What will drive scholarly publication?

Recognition metrics

What Social Technologies Are All About Collaboration & community Who are your people? Who do you want to tell what? Who do you want information from?

Collaboration & community

Who are your people?

Who do you want to tell what?

Who do you want information from?

Tim O’Reilly on Web 2.0 Slide from his talk, one week ago, in Europe How did I get it? Social tech -- Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/adunne/what-is-web-20-157107/

Slide from his talk, one week ago, in Europe

How did I get it?

Social tech -- Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net/adunne/what-is-web-20-157107/

Social Technologies Are … “ Essentially, the Web is shifting from an international library of interlinked pages to an information ecosystem, where data circulate like nutrients in a rain forest.” Johnson, Steven. “Emerging Technology: Software upgrades promise to turn the Internet into a lush rain forest of information teeming with new life.” Discover Magazine 10.24.2005

“ Essentially, the Web is shifting from an international library of interlinked pages to an information ecosystem, where data circulate like nutrients in a rain forest.”

Johnson, Steven. “Emerging Technology: Software upgrades promise to turn the Internet into a lush rain forest of information teeming with new life.” Discover Magazine 10.24.2005

Social Technologies Are … Web 2.0 Social tech Social media Social computing Social networking Relationship media

Web 2.0

Social tech

Social media

Social computing

Social networking

Relationship media

Social Technologies Are … Example Types: Blogs Citation Sharing Collaboratories Email Groups Forums Social Bookmarking Wikis Example Tools: Del.icio.us Facebook Flickr Second Life Slideshare Twitter YouTube

Example Types:

Blogs

Citation Sharing

Collaboratories

Email Groups

Forums

Social Bookmarking

Wikis

Example Tools:

Del.icio.us

Facebook

Flickr

Second Life

Slideshare

Twitter

YouTube

Professional Organizations as Communities Example: IADMFR

Example: IADMFR

Professional Organizations as Communities Member forums, newsletters, meetings, etc.

Member forums, newsletters, meetings, etc.

Professional Organizations as Communities Email lists for professional community

Email lists for professional community

Professional Organizations as Communities Discussion topics and image sharing

Discussion topics and image sharing

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Sharing Social bookmarking

Social bookmarking

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Sharing Microblogging: Twitter

Microblogging: Twitter

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Sharing Image sharing: Flickr

Image sharing: Flickr

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Sharing Video sharing: Youtube

Video sharing: Youtube

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Communities Facebook: Group: Health Informatics

Facebook: Group: Health Informatics

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Communities Facebook: Group: Informatics Forum

Facebook: Group: Informatics Forum

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Communities Informatics groups in Second Life

Informatics groups in Second Life

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Collaboration Nanotechnology Island in Second Life

Nanotechnology Island in Second Life

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Collaboration Wikipedia: Dental informatics

Wikipedia: Dental informatics

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Collaboration Wikipedia: Dental informatics (stub)

Wikipedia: Dental informatics (stub)

Informatics in General Social Tech Tools: Collaboration How did I build this graphic? With an online mindmapping tool It also makes flowcharts I can share the picture with my team I can allow them to make suggestions and edit it.

How did I build this graphic?

With an online mindmapping tool

It also makes flowcharts

I can share the picture with my team

I can allow them to make suggestions and edit it.

Informatics & Research 2.0 Social bookmarking: 2collab, from Elsevier

Social bookmarking: 2collab, from Elsevier

Informatics & Research 2.0 Social bookmarking CiteULike

Social bookmarking

CiteULike

Informatics & Research 2.0 Social bookmarking Connotea, from Nature

Social bookmarking

Connotea, from Nature

Informatics & Research 2.0 Social bookmarking: Digg

Social bookmarking: Digg

Informatics & Research 2.0: Blogs Method: http://science.blogdig.net/ MORE: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/staying-current-with-science-blogs-wikis/

Method: http://science.blogdig.net/

MORE: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/staying-current-with-science-blogs-wikis/

Informatics & Research 2.0: Blogs Plus SEED: http://seedmagazine.com

SEED: http://seedmagazine.com

Informatics & Research 2.0: Blogs Plus Nature: Nascent: Web 2.0 in Science

Nature: Nascent: Web 2.0 in Science

Informatics & Research 2.0: Blog Communities My Biotech Life: The DNA Network hits 25

My Biotech Life: The DNA Network hits 25

Informatics & Research 2.0: Wikis Fred Hutchinson Computational Proteomics Laboratory (CPL) Proteomics Repository: https://proteomics.fhcrc.org/CPAS/Project/home/home.view

Fred Hutchinson Computational Proteomics Laboratory (CPL) Proteomics Repository: https://proteomics.fhcrc.org/CPAS/Project/home/home.view

Informatics & Research 2.0: Wikis Open Wetware: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page

Open Wetware: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page

Informatics & Research 2.0: Wikis Proteome Commons: http://www.proteomecommons.org/archive.jsp

Proteome Commons: http://www.proteomecommons.org/archive.jsp

Informatics & Research 2.0: Research Collaboration

Informatics & Research 2.0: Communities Social networking: nanohub

Social networking: nanohub

Informatics & Research 2.0: Communities Social networking: Fq(x) community

Social networking: Fq(x) community

Informatics & Research 2.0: Communities Social networking: Science Commons

Social networking: Science Commons

About Open and Closed Science Traditional Lab Notebook (unpublished) Traditional Journal Article Open Access Journal Article Open Notebook Science (full transparency) CLOSED OPEN Slide from Jean-Claude Bradley, Open Notebook Science & Malaria, September 6, 2007

About Open and Closed Science Gunther Eysenbach: Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles. PLoS Biology

Gunther Eysenbach: Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles. PLoS Biology

Open Science - Proposal Science in the open: E-Science for Open Science

Science in the open: E-Science for Open Science

Open Science An Experiment in Open Notebook Science - Sortase Mediated Protein-DNA Ligation

An Experiment in Open Notebook Science - Sortase Mediated Protein-DNA Ligation

Open Science Useful Chemistry (blog): Definitions in Open Science SFLO Transcript

Useful Chemistry (blog): Definitions in Open Science SFLO Transcript

Open Science Open Notebook projects, from the Useful Chem Wiki

Open Notebook projects, from the Useful Chem Wiki

Social Tech for Research Research happens Pubmed article list for Web 2.0 MN Boulos on Second Life in medical and health education IS Yang on Infectious Disease Biomarker Database with Web 2.0 elements

Research happens

Pubmed article list for Web 2.0

MN Boulos on Second Life in medical and health education

IS Yang on Infectious Disease Biomarker Database with Web 2.0 elements

Social Tech for Research Research happens Pubmed: (myspace OR facebook OR del.icio.us OR youtube OR flickr OR twitter OR &quot;social technology&quot; OR &quot;second life&quot; OR &quot;web 2.0&quot;) = 72 results Google Scholar: (myspace OR facebook OR del.icio.us OR youtube OR flickr OR twitter OR &quot;social technology&quot; OR &quot;second life&quot; OR &quot;web 2.0&quot;) (~health OR healthcare OR ehealth OR ~medicine OR ~surgery OR ~clinical OR treatment OR epidemiology OR prognosis OR ~infectious OR therapy OR psychology OR psychiatry OR physician OR ~informatics OR nursing OR &quot;evidence based&quot;) = 31,500 results <http://del.icio.us/rosefirerising/websearch+health2.0>

Research happens

Pubmed: (myspace OR facebook OR del.icio.us OR youtube OR flickr OR twitter OR &quot;social technology&quot; OR &quot;second life&quot; OR &quot;web 2.0&quot;) = 72 results

Google Scholar: (myspace OR facebook OR del.icio.us OR youtube OR flickr OR twitter OR &quot;social technology&quot; OR &quot;second life&quot; OR &quot;web 2.0&quot;) (~health OR healthcare OR ehealth OR ~medicine OR ~surgery OR ~clinical OR treatment OR epidemiology OR prognosis OR ~infectious OR therapy OR psychology OR psychiatry OR physician OR ~informatics OR nursing OR &quot;evidence based&quot;) = 31,500 results

<http://del.icio.us/rosefirerising/websearch+health2.0>

Social Tech for Research Ethnicity’s Role in Social Networking

Ethnicity’s Role in Social Networking

Social Tech for Research Envisioning feelings on the web

Envisioning feelings on the web

Social Tech for Research Virtual epidemics in Lancet

Virtual epidemics in Lancet

Social Tech for Research Virtual epidemiology

Virtual epidemiology

Social Tech for Research Presenccia: Research encompassing sensory enhancement, neuroscience, cerebral-computer interfaces and applications

Presenccia: Research encompassing sensory enhancement, neuroscience, cerebral-computer interfaces and applications

Social Tech for Research Presence and Interaction in Mixed-Reality Environment (10th, 2007) “ Current virtual and augmented realtiy environments try to provide the best realism, while it is simply taken for granted that this leads to the best user=experience. Practice shows that this is not true: users do not easily feel fully engaged in high-tech VR worlds. On the other hand they can feel extremely present in simpler environments, like when chatting on line or when reading a book. The feeling of being there, in other words, is the result of a complex interation of many technological, contextual, biological, cognitive and personal factors, among others.”

Presence and Interaction in Mixed-Reality Environment (10th, 2007)

“ Current virtual and augmented realtiy environments try to provide the best realism, while it is simply taken for granted that this leads to the best user=experience. Practice shows that this is not true: users do not easily feel fully engaged in high-tech VR worlds. On the other hand they can feel extremely present in simpler environments, like when chatting on line or when reading a book. The feeling of being there, in other words, is the result of a complex interation of many technological, contextual, biological, cognitive and personal factors, among others.”

Social Tech for Research NewScientistTech: Anti-social bot invades Second Lifers’ personal space

NewScientistTech: Anti-social bot invades Second Lifers’ personal space

Crowdsourcing: What is it? Getting people to volunteer information or resources that you need for your research, with no cost or harm to them

Getting people to volunteer information or resources that you need for your research, with no cost or harm to them

Crowdsourcing: What is it? Using data for research that other people create and make available freely

Using data for research that other people create and make available freely

Crowdsourcing: What is it? Crowdsourcing: Tracking the rise of the amateur

Crowdsourcing: Tracking the rise of the amateur

Crowdsourcing: Examples: General Audobon Christmas Bird Count

Audobon Christmas Bird Count

Crowdsourcing: Examples: General eBird

eBird

Crowdsourcing: Everyone: General ClimatePrediction.net

ClimatePrediction.net

Crowdsourcing: Examples: General The Future Place Blog: Red Lake Crowdsourcing Case Study UnlockTheValue.com

The Future Place Blog: Red Lake Crowdsourcing Case Study

UnlockTheValue.com

Crowdsourcing: Examples: General NASA: Clickworkers

NASA: Clickworkers

Crowdsourcing: Examples: General OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap

Crowdsourcing: Examples: General USGS Did You Feel It

USGS Did You Feel It

Crowdsourcing: Examples: Corporate Amazon Mechanical Turk

Amazon Mechanical Turk

Crowdsourcing: Examples: Corporate IBM: Many Eyes

IBM: Many Eyes

Crowdsourcing: Examples: Corporate innocentive

innocentive

Crowdsourcing: Health Using Facebook to trace public health concerns What else could you track this way?

Using Facebook to trace public health concerns

What else could you track this way?

Crowdsourcing: Health Geni: Create your family tree Could you use this to track the historical incidence and genetics of health conditions in the general population?

Geni: Create your family tree

Could you use this to track the historical incidence and genetics of health conditions in the general population?

Crowdsourcing: Health Houston Chronical Special Report: In Harm’s Way Tracking toxic chemicals in the water supply by having residents test their own water

Houston Chronical Special Report: In Harm’s Way

Tracking toxic chemicals in the water supply by having residents test their own water

Crowdsourcing: Health World Community Grid: Help Conquer Cancer Like SETI and Stardust @ Home, uses computing cycles

World Community Grid: Help Conquer Cancer

Like SETI and Stardust @ Home, uses computing cycles

Crowdsourcing: Health MedHelp.org What questions do people ask? Questioning behavior studies.

MedHelp.org

What questions do people ask? Questioning behavior studies.

Crowdsourcing: Health Organized Wisdom What resources are considered quality by general public?

Organized Wisdom

What resources are considered quality by general public?

Crowdsourcing: Health Who is Sick? Condition tracking Epidemiology and public health

Who is Sick?

Condition tracking

Epidemiology and public health

Crowdsourcing: Health Who is Sick? Condition tracking Epidemiology and public health

Who is Sick?

Condition tracking

Epidemiology and public health

Crowdsourcing: Health SLHealthy wiki

SLHealthy wiki

Crowdsourcing: Peers Chemmunity “ an experiment to see whether the internet and Web 2.0 technologies can facilitate a global collaboration to solve interesting and novel chemistry questions”

Chemmunity

“ an experiment to see whether the internet and Web 2.0 technologies can facilitate a global collaboration to solve interesting and novel chemistry questions”

Crowdsourcing: Peers Bioforge

Bioforge

Convergence in Social Tech Medicine and Web 2.0 @ SciFoo live on (Second Life) Blogs Podcasts Social e-communities Second Life Wikis

Medicine and Web 2.0 @ SciFoo live on (Second Life)

Blogs

Podcasts

Social e-communities

Second Life

Wikis

Potential Problems eHealthRisk Wiki

eHealthRisk Wiki

Potential Problems The Register: Scientists shun Web 2.0 Why? Generational dynamics? Comfort with adopting tech innovations? Lack of perceived relevance? ?????

The Register: Scientists shun Web 2.0

Why?

Generational dynamics?

Comfort with adopting tech innovations?

Lack of perceived relevance?

?????

Potential Problems Adoption Skepticism Integrity Authority Version control Hackers Engagement Durability

Adoption

Skepticism

Integrity

Authority

Version control

Hackers

Engagement

Durability

Solutions? More about Social Tech and Publication Models arXiv.org - the killer app for science social technologies

arXiv.org - the killer app for science social technologies

Solutions? More about Social Tech and Publication Models An American Physics Student in England: If Digg (or Reddit) ran the arXiv

An American Physics Student in England: If Digg (or Reddit) ran the arXiv

Solutions? More about Social Tech and Publication Models An American Physics Student in England: If Digg (or Reddit) ran the arXiv

An American Physics Student in England: If Digg (or Reddit) ran the arXiv

Solutions? More about Social Tech and Publication Models An American Physics Student in England: If Digg (or Reddit) ran the arXiv

An American Physics Student in England: If Digg (or Reddit) ran the arXiv

Solutions? More about Social Tech and Publication Models An American Physics Student in England: If Amazon ran the arXiv

An American Physics Student in England: If Amazon ran the arXiv

Solutions? More about Social Tech and Publication Models An American Physics Student in England: If Amazon ran the arXiv

An American Physics Student in England: If Amazon ran the arXiv

Solutions? More about Social Tech and Publication Models An American Physics Student in England: If Google ran the arXiv

An American Physics Student in England: If Google ran the arXiv

More Links to these resources and more: http://del.icio.us/rosefirerising/science2.0/ More podcasts: http://www.dentalinformatics.com http://www.dent.umich.edu/informatics/bootcamp/ http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/podcasts/ More slide presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/slideshows/

Links to these resources and more:

http://del.icio.us/rosefirerising/science2.0/

More podcasts:

http://www.dentalinformatics.com

http://www.dent.umich.edu/informatics/bootcamp/

http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/podcasts/

More slide presentations:

http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/slideshows/

Questions? Contact: Patricia Anderson at pfa@umich.edu

Contact: Patricia Anderson at pfa@umich.edu