This document discusses curation tools for keeping up with the large amount of information available, particularly grey literature. It focuses on using the curation tool Scoop.it to create topic pages on various immunology and medical subjects. Specific topic pages are mentioned that were created on behalf of ASSIM, covering over 19,000 views in April 2013. Scoop.it is praised as probably the best curation tool for creating a virtual scientific news journal and database that is easy to browse. The human factor of curation is said to add value over automated search engines by more carefully selecting only the most relevant information.

1. SCOOP.IT/CMECPD
UEMS2013 July Brussels
• Keeping abreast of information
– Information overload + more and
more grey literature)
• On CME/CPD
• With SCOOP.IT
• A New curation tool
• GC FAURE, MD, PhD
• On behalf of ASSIM

2. Once upon a time..
• Keeping abreast of scientific
information...
• Was using Current Contents!
• Nowadays, the world has changed
– But curation appeared recently on
stage, on top of SEOs
• And What to do, when you are not a
professional of a field?

3. Grey Literature
since end of 90's,
• Thesis, Reports
• Patents
• Scientific News Magazines (GEN)
• Press releases, Press agencies
• Internet
– Websites, Blogs, Tweets?
– Social networks (Facebook,
Linkedin..)...RSS flux
– So much information... it becomes
grey

4. Curation...
.... the process of establishing and developing long term
repositories of digital assets for current and future
reference by researchers, scientists, historians, and
scholars.
Enterprises are starting to utilize digital curation to improve the
quality of information and data within their operational and
strategic processes..
• ..... is expression, action and
passion!
• A recent concept

5. Curation tools
• Google news
• Pearltrees, Paper.li, Pinterest,
TumblR
• Scoop.it
– Individual (5 topics, 1 curator)
– Educational plan (30 topics, n
curators)
– Business
– Posts proposed by robot, pages found
by curator, posts edited by curator

6. Scoop.it .... CME-CPD
Is Curation the answer
– Purpose: Knowledge watching
– Material: information on internet
• From « dog manure » to GOLD
digging
– Methods:among other tools
• Choice of Scoop it
– Results: one year experience
– Not just another social
network!
– Future: U to B (University to Business)

7. Immunology topics covered 7/13
by Educational plan
on behalf of ASSIM
• Immunology (open 7/11; 2863 posts, 4408
visitors; 6300 views)
• Mucosal Immunity (open 12/11; 643 posts, 685
visitors; 1000 views)
諀 Flow cytometry to cytomics (open 10/11; 1769
posts, 2646 visitors, 4500 views)
• Immunology and biotherapies (DIU) (open
7/12; 2026 posts; 1223 vis; 2000 views)
• Allergy and clinical immunology (DESC) (open
7/12, 356 posts, 387 vis, 570 views
• Autoimmunity (open 10/12; 413 posts; 178 vis;
413 views)

8. Other topics covered
Hematology (open 7/12, 598 posts, 389 vis, 568
views)
CME/CPD (open 11/11, 851 posts; 615 vis , 1100
views … 4/13)
Wuhan, Hubei (open 10/11; 1002 posts; 1398 vis;
3000 views)
Nancy, Lorraine (open 11/11; 993 posts, 1893 visitors,
3000 views)
TOTAL > 19200 views in april 2013, 22,7K 7/13

9. Topic: CME/CPD (06/13)
http://www.scoop.it/t/cme-cpd
• Open Nov 18/11
– Actualized almost every day, ever
since
• Up to 200 proposals a day,
– Much Noise: 2-3 % highly specific
posts
• 929 Posts on 38 pages
• 1300 views from 701 Visitors,
• 5 Followers,
• 1744 Reactions,

10. Summary
• Probably the best curation tool on the web
• A virtual scientific news « journal » and
database easy to browse with pictures
• The « Search » function is far better than
evoked
• The human factor of curation is the added
value compared to robots (SEO Search
engine optimization)

11. Science/Knowledge watching
on Scoop it (Share ideas that
matters)
• A day to day duty for scientists and
researchers like « Walking the dog »
• Scoop it: a virtual space
– Not just another social network
(tweeter, blogs, linkedin...)
– to collect and keep highly selected
informations
• As well as others scooped by other
curators in your community

12. Acknowledgments
on behalf of ASSIM
• GC Faure
• M de Carvalho
• MC Béné
• Wuhan doctorate students (Chen Min,
Cai Huili, Tu Qian)
• Special thanks to Guillaume Decugis
CEO of Scoop.it