Comments on: Social networking with a brain: a critical review of academic sites http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/ The murder victim? Your library assumptions. Suspects? It could have been any of us. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:50:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pligg.com http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 pligg.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:50:35 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-2437 <strong>Social networking with a brain: a critical review of academic sites...</strong> Social networking may have started out as a way for students to keep track of their friends, but it has expanded in just about every direction. These days, you... Social networking with a brain: a critical review of academic sites…

Social networking may have started out as a way for students to keep track of their friends, but it has expanded in just about every direction. These days, you…

]]> By: Joyd http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-1684 Joyd Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:28:14 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-1684 Great information Great information

]]> By: Un avis sur les réseaux sociaux académiques | MEDIATHEQUE2010.FR - PROSPECTIVES http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Un avis sur les réseaux sociaux académiques | MEDIATHEQUE2010.FR - PROSPECTIVES Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:24:15 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-532 [...] Kim Leeder, après avoir dressé un panorama des réseaux sociaux dédiés aux universitaires dans cet article du blog In the library with the lead [...] [...] Kim Leeder, après avoir dressé un panorama des réseaux sociaux dédiés aux universitaires dans cet article du blog In the library with the lead [...]

]]> By: Thomas http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Thomas Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:50:11 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-304 I have recently stumbled upon <a href="http://www.ulurn.com" title="ulurn" rel="nofollow">www.ulurn.com</a> Judging by the version number it seems that it is in early stages but having a short play with it really seems a one stop shop for the whole academic journey. Though it is not 100% academic targeted it still has a dedicated section to that. It even acts as a publication repository. Will watch it with interest. I have recently stumbled upon http://www.ulurn.com
Judging by the version number it seems that it is in early stages but having a short play with it really seems a one stop shop for the whole academic journey.

Though it is not 100% academic targeted it still has a dedicated section to that. It even acts as a publication repository. Will watch it with interest.

]]> By: ismael http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-301 ismael Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:53:13 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-301 Ooops, my list: http://ictlogy.net/wiki/index.php?title=Social_Networking_Sites_for_Scientists Ooops, my list:

http://ictlogy.net/wiki/index.php?title=Social_Networking_Sites_for_Scientists

]]> By: ismael http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-300 ismael Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:52:47 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-300 Hi, Thanks for the post: this is something I've also been thinking about in the last months. Just wanted to share my own list, now updated with the references of yours, Jan and Maxine. Best, i. Hi,

Thanks for the post: this is something I’ve also been thinking about in the last months.

Just wanted to share my own list, now updated with the references of yours, Jan and Maxine.

Best,

i.

]]> By: Chris Blanchard CEO, Pronetos, Inc. http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Chris Blanchard CEO, Pronetos, Inc. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:55:03 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-288 Kim: Thanks for blogging about our site, Pronetos. We hope it is a useful addition to the scholarly world. We created the site because we heard plenty of scholars say that they did not want to use FB and MySpace because they weren't professional oriented. So we created a site that is exclusive to academics. We think it is a great way for people to create their own easy to maintain home page on the web. It is also sorted by community so that you can find others in your field. In our opinion FB and MySpace are fairly difficult to navigate to find other people with like interests. The site is still being built out and we are adding new communication tools (improving the e-mail) and adding more security measures like CAPTCHA. I also want to quickly address the comment made by Emily Ford. The <a href="http://sn.pronetos.com" rel="nofollow">Pronetos social networking or community site</a> is designed for researchers and scholars to share grey literature. We clearly state on our home page that all the content on the site is covered under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license</a>. So, author should not post items there where they do not control the U.S. Copyright. Our terms of use policy at the site also states that very clearly. We are also beta testing an OAI-PMH compliant repository called the <a href="http//globalresearcharchive.com" rel="nofollow">Global Research Archive</a>. That site serves as a traditional repository which serves all disciplines. We worked very closely with the developers of that software to insure that we had the most <a href="http://gra.pronetos.com/policies.html" rel="nofollow">complete set of policies</a> of any repository host out there. There are few repositories listed in Open DOAR that have their policies as well articulated as does the Global Research Archive. For scholars we know that content is currency, thus we take the ownership issue very seriously. We are also firmly committed to the Open Access and Open Source communities. So, we hope that scholars the world around who see eye-to-eye on these issues will help support us. As always, we are easy to get in touch with and we always strive to be responsive to the needs of the communities we serve. Thanks again for posting about us! Kim: Thanks for blogging about our site, Pronetos. We hope it is a useful addition to the scholarly world.

We created the site because we heard plenty of scholars say that they did not want to use FB and MySpace because they weren’t professional oriented. So we created a site that is exclusive to academics. We think it is a great way for people to create their own easy to maintain home page on the web.

It is also sorted by community so that you can find others in your field. In our opinion FB and MySpace are fairly difficult to navigate to find other people with like interests.

The site is still being built out and we are adding new communication tools (improving the e-mail) and adding more security measures like CAPTCHA.

I also want to quickly address the comment made by Emily Ford. The Pronetos social networking or community site is designed for researchers and scholars to share grey literature. We clearly state on our home page that all the content on the site is covered under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. So, author should not post items there where they do not control the U.S. Copyright. Our terms of use policy at the site also states that very clearly.

We are also beta testing an OAI-PMH compliant repository called the Global Research Archive. That site serves as a traditional repository which serves all disciplines. We worked very closely with the developers of that software to insure that we had the most complete set of policies of any repository host out there. There are few repositories listed in Open DOAR that have their policies as well articulated as does the Global Research Archive.

For scholars we know that content is currency, thus we take the ownership issue very seriously. We are also firmly committed to the Open Access and Open Source communities. So, we hope that scholars the world around who see eye-to-eye on these issues will help support us.

As always, we are easy to get in touch with and we always strive to be responsive to the needs of the communities we serve.

Thanks again for posting about us!

]]> By: Social Networks and Academia…12.24.08 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Social Networks and Academia…12.24.08 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:39:19 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-281 [...] 24 12 2008 Here is an excerpt from In The Library With a Lead Pipe [http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-acad...] entitled “Social Networking With A Brain…” but read the whole post for an [...] [...] 24 12 2008 Here is an excerpt from In The Library With a Lead Pipe [http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-acad...] entitled “Social Networking With A Brain…” but read the whole post for an [...]

]]> By: Karen Downing http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Karen Downing Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:02:44 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-256 Hi Kim, Nice post! This is a bit of a different animal, but there are also fee-based academic networking sites such as COS (Community of Science). ProQuest bought COS & CSA and has big plans to integrate it's Expertise database (where scholars load their own profiles, and where ProQuest will be loading researched profiles) with it's article indices, funding opportunities, and conference calls all into one suite of products. So one could find collaborators online, see what they have published (or see who is publishing in an area and then visit their profile), and then find funding opportunities and calls for papers all in one search. Hi Kim,
Nice post! This is a bit of a different animal, but there are also fee-based academic networking sites such as COS (Community of Science). ProQuest bought COS & CSA and has big plans to integrate it’s Expertise database (where scholars load their own profiles, and where ProQuest will be loading researched profiles) with it’s article indices, funding opportunities, and conference calls all into one suite of products. So one could find collaborators online, see what they have published (or see who is publishing in an area and then visit their profile), and then find funding opportunities and calls for papers all in one search.

]]> By: Maxine http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2008/social-networking-with-a-brain-a-critical-review-of-academic-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Maxine Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:59:02 +0000 http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=497#comment-234 You might also like to have a look at Nature Network, the platform of Nature Publishing Group (disclaimer: I work for the same company as an editor at the journal Nature, but do not work for Nature Network). This is a social website that lets scientists (or anyone, but the accent is on science) join for free and create a profile of their publications and other informal material. People can form groups and there are about 50-100 scientists who blog there. There are events listings, and other aspects. http://network.nature.com. You might also like to have a look at Nature Network, the platform of Nature Publishing Group (disclaimer: I work for the same company as an editor at the journal Nature, but do not work for Nature Network). This is a social website that lets scientists (or anyone, but the accent is on science) join for free and create a profile of their publications and other informal material. People can form groups and there are about 50-100 scientists who blog there. There are events listings, and other aspects. http://network.nature.com.

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