[Web4lib] SciTech Social Networking Sites?

[Robin]

I'm reproducing here the text of a recent; posting on Web4Lib:

" I'd second Robert L. Balliot's suggestion that a successful sci tech-
themed blog should be considered a social networking site, and add to
that Arxiv.org.

http://arxiv.org/

Arxiv may not at first look like a social networking site, but the
process of endorsements and the invitation for peer review and
discussion (including via trackbacks) give it the necessary features.

http://arxiv.org/help/trackback

It may not quite be Flickr for the hard sciences, but it's an inspiring
example of how academic publishing is changing.


Casey Bisson
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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie Swoger
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:36 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] SciTech Social Networking Sites?

Are you aware of Connotea <http://www.connotea.org/>?  This works a lot
like
del.icio.us, but with some additional features for scientists
(recognizing
additional metadata for stored links), and a focus on the scientific
community (it is associated with Nature Publishing Group).  You can
create
groups, and see what other people are tagging.

-Bonnie Swoger
SUNY Geneseo



> On Aug 26, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Gerry Mckiernan wrote:
>
> > ***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS***
> >
> > SciTech Social Networking Sites?
> >
> > For a future *Sci-5* column for _Science & Technology Libraries_, I
> > am greatly interested in profiling Science and Technology Social
> > Networks
> >
> > [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites ]
> >
> > To date, I*ve only been able to identify one, the *Nature
> > Network*
> >
> > [ http://network.nature.com/ ]
> >
> > [
> > http://blogs.nature.com/wp/nascent/2006/06/
> > nature_network_boston_launches.html
> > ]
> >
> > I would MostAppreciate Learning of Any and/or All similar sites for
> > Scientists/Engineers/Technology Folk, Etc.
> >
> > ***IntRAnet*** (and Local Efforts) (_as well as_ **IntERnet** Social
> > Networking Sites (SNSs)) are also of interest.
> >
> > BTW-1: Nothing about IntRAnet/ SNSs in The Business Databases
> > (ABI/Inform; Business and Company ASAP) [?]
> >
> > BTW-2: I am aware of LinkedIn [ http://www.linkedin.com/ ] and its
> > Company Pages
> > [
http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=company_directory&trk=gfoot_comp
> > ]
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > /Gerry
> >
> > Gerry McKiernan
> > Science and Technology Librarian
> > Iowa State University Library
> > Ames IA 5011
> >
> > !!! Social Networking is People !!!
> > [ http://www.facebook.com/p/Gerry_McKiernan/16926735  ]
> >
> > Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows ...
> > [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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