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I am pleased to announce the new, improved NSCSS website. Using Drupal, NSCSS members (not just yours truly) will be able to post blog entries.
From Scientific American:
...blogging, tagging and social networking, dubbed Web 2.0, have ... expanded people’s ability ... to publish it, edit it and collaborate about it—forcing such old-line institutions as journalism, marketing and even politicking to adopt whole new ways of thinking and operating....
A small but growing number of researchers ... have begun to carry out their work via the wide-open tools of Web 2.0. And although their efforts are still too scattered to be called a movement—yet—their experiences to date suggest that this kind of Web-based “Science 2.0” is not only more collegial than traditional science but considerably more productive.
In principle, ... scientists should find a transition to Web 2.0 perfectly natural. After all, since the time of Galileo and Newton, scientists have built up their knowledge about the world by “crowdsourcing” the contributions of many researchers and then refining that knowledge through open debate. “Web 2.0 fits so perfectly with the way science works. It’s not whether the transition will happen but how fast,” ...
... for Science 2.0 advocates, the real significance is the technologies’ potential to move researchers away from an obsessive focus on priority and publication toward the kind of openness and community that were the supposed hallmarks of science in the first place. “I don’t see the disappearance of the formal research paper anytime soon,” Surridge says. “But I do see the growth of lots more collaborative activity building up to publication.”
from Karl Glassener:
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| The National Science Foundation and Department of Energy Office of Science did not receive sufficient funding in accordance with America COMPETES Act for fiscal year 2008. Please call the President and your Representative and Senators today and urge them to provide additional funding for scientific research and science education in the supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal year 2008. The failure to appropriate the funds called for last year in the America COMPETES Act, endorsed by both the President and Congress, is now having significant ramifications for U.S. universities, research centers and laboratories. This action is consistent with both the President and Congress' promises to support science funding. It would prevent the permanent loss of critical scientific jobs and national scientific and technological capabilities and it will keep America competitive. The additional funding also would send a clear signal to students studying in these fields that both Congress and the President do, in fact, assign a high priority to science and engineering. It is not too late to fix this funding problem, so call and ask that Congress and the President restore funding for critical science programs by including it in the upcoming fiscal year 2008 supplemental funding bill. Thank you for supporting scientific research and science education! Note to USDA and University employees: Please be advised to check with your supervisor about any regulations concerning citizen advocacy prior to taking part in this action. American Society of Agronomy
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As of last week, NSCSS' LinkedIn membership rose above 10%. We also now have an NSCSS LinkedIn group, which 3% of our members have joined. A link to the group has been placed on the NSCSS home page.
It only takes a few minutes a day (8 minutes is enough), to get the most out of LinkedIn:
Add Job Details to Your Profile. Let viewers know about your interests and accomplishments.
Add Education to Your Profile. Make it easy for fellow alumni to reconnect.
Choose Your Vanity URL. (www.linkedin.com/in/yourname) This professional touch makes it easier for colleagues to catch up with you when you enable your public profile.
Import Your Address Book. This is the most effective step you can take in expanding your network.
Install the Outlook Toolbar. If you have Outlook (I don't).
Install the Internet Explorer Toolbar. I don't use MSIE much so I installed the alternative companion for Firefox. Now, when I use Gmail, I can click through to see if a senders email address is registered with LinkedIn. An invitation to join my trusted network is one-click away.
Enable Your Public Profile. Places your LinkedIn profile in web search results so that the professional image you earned is presented to the world.
Please call your Senators Today- Support National Soil Resolution (S RES 440)
Showing appreciation and support for the soil resource, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and George Voinovich (R-OH) introduced S. RES. 440, the National Soil Resolution, on February 5. Today they are circulating the Resolution to their 98 fellow Senators seeking additional co-sponsors. The more co-sponsors a bill has, the greater likelihood that it will be passed.
Please take a moment today and call your Senators and urge them to co-sponsor S. RES. 440, the National Soil Resolution! To view the text for the Resolution please visit http://science-policy.blogspot.com/2008/02/please-help-support-senate-resolution.html.
Note to USDA and University employees: Please be advised to check with your supervisor about any regulations concerning citizen advocacy prior to taking part in this action.
Thanks for supporting the National Soil Resolution!
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