Comments on: A web without science … http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Accumulated stuff - World Class Ebooks http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/comment-page-1/#comment-53285 Accumulated stuff - World Class Ebooks Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:38:15 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/#comment-53285 [...] * Essential reading if you care at all about science and progress is an article by Professor William Neal Reynolds in the Financial Times. (Link from the Creative Commons blog.) [...] [...] * Essential reading if you care at all about science and progress is an article by Professor William Neal Reynolds in the Financial Times. (Link from the Creative Commons blog.) [...]

]]> By: coturnix http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/comment-page-1/#comment-24332 coturnix Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:12:19 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/#comment-24332 You are, of course, right. It is interesting how Boyle lists all the problems and does not mention any solutions, many of which are already out there - people are actively doing stuff the new way. We invited him to the Science Blogging Conference where he can learn first-hand about all the nifty stuff scientists are doing online these days. I hope he comes. You are, of course, right. It is interesting how Boyle lists all the problems and does not mention any solutions, many of which are already out there – people are actively doing stuff the new way. We invited him to the Science Blogging Conference where he can learn first-hand about all the nifty stuff scientists are doing online these days. I hope he comes.

]]> By: Aaron Green http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/comment-page-1/#comment-24329 Aaron Green Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:04:25 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/#comment-24329 Access to historical scientific content is certainly a must for any form of "e-research" to prosper. However, this does not excuse scientists - most of whom have access to this content - from the current lack of scientific, internet-generated content on the web. In my understanding of copyright law (which I will admit, is meager) discussions concerning the contents of copyrighted scientific articles are considered a fair use of the material and are perfectly legal, even in an internet "published" domain such as a forum or a wiki. So what is holding people back? Are scientists - the type of people who created the internet - ignorant of it's power to facilitate communication? I don't think so. Rather, I think many scientists are afraid that their original ideas - part of what they get paid for - will not be credited in an environment where "publishing" has little perceived authority, and anonymity of the audience is the norm. Fix these two problems and I think "e-research" has a much better chance at realizing its potential. Access to historical scientific content is certainly a must for any form of “e-research” to prosper. However, this does not excuse scientists – most of whom have access to this content – from the current lack of scientific, internet-generated content on the web. In my understanding of copyright law (which I will admit, is meager) discussions concerning the contents of copyrighted scientific articles are considered a fair use of the material and are perfectly legal, even in an internet “published” domain such as a forum or a wiki.

So what is holding people back? Are scientists – the type of people who created the internet – ignorant of it’s power to facilitate communication? I don’t think so. Rather, I think many scientists are afraid that their original ideas – part of what they get paid for – will not be credited in an environment where “publishing” has little perceived authority, and anonymity of the audience is the norm. Fix these two problems and I think “e-research” has a much better chance at realizing its potential.

]]> By: Web science « insequential http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/comment-page-1/#comment-24117 Web science « insequential Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:30:26 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/#comment-24117 [...] Via Science Commons; a FT columnist posits that the web isn’t being used enough by science. This is ironic [...] [...] Via Science Commons; a FT columnist posits that the web isn’t being used enough by science. This is ironic [...]

]]> By: Science Commons news - A web without science … - Creative Commons http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/comment-page-1/#comment-24029 Science Commons news - A web without science … - Creative Commons Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:02:06 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/09/04/a-web-without-science/#comment-24029 [...] the Science Commons blog … James Boyle’s latest column in The Financial Times - “The irony of a web [...] [...] the Science Commons blog … James Boyle’s latest column in The Financial Times – “The irony of a web [...]

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