A news article in the journal Nature looks at how scientists use new Web-based communication tools.
"The emerging web is largely being shaped by dynamic interactions between users in real time. But many researchers still see publications in the formal scientific literature as ‘the’ means of scientific communication. Although the traditional published paper is accepted as [...]
Communication & Collaboration: Blogs, Wikis, and RSS Feeds
ACRL ITIG
Friday, December 9, 2005
Because of a powerful snow storm, Megan Fox of Simmons College, and I were the only speakers who attended the program. I was late because of road conditions, so I missed part of Megan’s talk. My notes for the rest are below.
Unfortunately, I missed [...]
Blogs and Knowledge Management
Jessica Baumgart
ACRL ITIG
Friday, December 9, 2005
Raise your hand if you
[About twenty people were in the audience]
Blog [about 7 hands]
Manage knowledge [about 10 different hands]
Use a blog or blogs to manage knowledge [about 2 different hands and one hand of a blogger]
Use XML (RSS, Atom, podcasts, etc.) feeds [about 3 hands]
Use feeds as [...]