Call for participation – I need your help!
A.k.a.: come out of the woodwork…
I will be part of (indeed, moderating) a panel discussing how scientists can make their research data available online – as it is ongoing, not just once it is in publishable form. It will constitute a session at Science Blogging 2008 in London at the end of August.
I would like to compile case studies and anecdotes about using any sort of software that allows you – even helps you – to take research notes in real time, and how you feel about making that publicly available. “Publicly” can mean among your department or on the world wide web. I think my talk might also tend to the point of having a lab notebook at all. This is sort of nebulous right now.
Current speakers in this session include Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley and Dr. Robert O’Hara. If you think you have a contribution to make, please drop a line.
It’s also important to get pioneering representatives from as many scientific fields as possible in the room. All tips are welcome. If you don’t feel comfortable writing in the comments, write a comment saying, “e-mail me” and I will.
Thanks!
Posted on Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pm Categorized as:general science, personal You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:41 am
You might want to look into whiteboarding using the wii-mote. It looks like a major money saver for teaching classes / presentations that need this functionality (have a search on the web for whiteboard and the wii).
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:05 am
Fun – but gadgety. I don’t think that there will be web participation at this particular (small) conference. And my few trials at “whiteboarding” have been as unpleasant for the participants as they are for me. Thank you though, for the idea.
If you were thinking for the research notes themselves, I’m not sure that would fly, as the scribbles would not be easily searched by keyword and many scientists no longer draw in their notebooks as much as staple or tape in printouts of digitized data. Those who do draw, are likely to be out in the field – might be an interesting application there.