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The "social" side of digital science
This document discusses the social aspects of digital science. It notes that communication and collaboration are integral parts of the research workflow, from developing ideas to publishing results. However, there are still barriers around sharing information socially. Metrics also still focus heavily on traditional outputs like papers rather than the wider scientific contribution. Digital tools and changing incentives could help address these issues by encouraging knowledge exchange and new forms of content while also overcoming social and cultural roadblocks.
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- 1. the “social” side ofdigital science kaitlin thaney @kaythaney ALSPS, 16 sept 2011
- 2. about Digital Science our view of “social” changing behavior
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- 5. technology company publisher link london, nyc, tokyo
- 6. investment arm incubatorrole in-house dev
- 7. tiered approach build to scale researcher-focused
- 8. what we thinkof as “social” in research (from 33,000 feet)
- 9. (not in thesocial networking business)
- 10. social has beenworked into (almost) every aspect of our online interaction
- 11. science is changing (and the research workflow)
- 12. communicate collaborate conduct
- 13. research idea publish lit review share results materials retest analyze experiment collect data
- 14. blocking points (to name a few ... ) idea publish lit review share results materials retest analyze experiment collect data
- 15. digital research (will revisit later) idea articles proceedings content prof activities (metadata) mentorship patents share results the non-digital “stuff” retest analysis protocols synthesis parameters datasets
- 16. science = inherentlysocial (with a few bugs) (think knowledge exchange)
- 17. social in termsof knowledge discovery
- 18. still the startingpoint
- 19. patents are nobetter (in many cases, worse)
- 21.
- 23. in labs, thisis social
- 24. CC-BY-2.0 - PlaxcoLab - http://www.flickr.com/photos/34857812@N04/
- 25. CC-BY-2.0 - PlaxcoLab - http://www.flickr.com/photos/34857812@N04/
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- 27. sharing information different types of “data”
- 28. “i invented afolder based system ...”
- 29. “i invented afolder based system ...” “yeah, we had a LIMS. it only ever got used to store photos from lab nights out.”
- 31. social for data feedback,visibility, etc.
- 32. sharing information still hitsmost’s mental block
- 34. how we measure, incentivise
- 35. data capture (of adifferent sort)
- 36. the “social issue” best practices behaviour roadblocks discipline / researcher specific change in what we measure
- 37. paper’s still thecurrency
- 38. “scientific contribution” has movedbeyond just the paper
- 39. our metrics needto reflect that
- 40. digital research (some new outputs to consider) idea articles proceedings content prof activities (metadata) mentorship patents conversations the non-digital “stuff” results protocols queries lab notebooks datasets
- 41. tools for decisionmakers (research admin / funders) using technology to spur cultural shift
- 42. “ what dowe want on the back of our (science) baseball Top Trumps cards? “ - paul groth (et al.)
- 43. technology can help perception issue change the way we view/value social
- 44. work towards reproducibility encouragenew content uses keep in mind social barriers
- 45. thank you. k.thaney@digital-science.com www.digital-science.com @kaythaney