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YouTube for scientists
:: 30 August, 2007
A Web site entitled “YouTube for scientists” (“YouTube for the scientists”) was launched. It should make it possible the public to approach science.
SciVee makes it possible to the scientists to download articles published, as well as a balado presenting the article. The site being relatively recent, the contents are still rather poor. The people with the head of the initiative are however convinced that this innovation will contribute to the generalized diffusion and the comprehension of science.
“SciVee, created by and for the scientists, transports science beyond the world of printed and the benches of the university. It uses Internet in so much mean of communication where the scientists, young people and less young people, have a place and word”, explains the Web site.
The scientists have the advisability of diffusing their research with a vaster and potentially new public. They can also create a professional profile and join scientific groups. The scientific community as a whole can reach new scientific information like with comments concerning the publications. It can also subscribe to relevant chains and groups.
In order to download their article on Scivee, the authors must previously have published it in a review with open access.
This dynamic form of presentation could also encourage a public not initiated to be interested in science. The interest of general public for a Web site depends however on the quality of the contents as in the way in which the work of the scientists is presented. The users can mark, evaluate, and make comments on the videos.
The current offers all are centered on biology, and cover subjects going of the evolution with proteins. The majority of these offers are relatively complex for a nonscientific public, although Dr. Eric Scheeff, who subjected his article entitled “Structural Evolution of the Protein Superfamily Kinase-Like” (“Evolution structural of the superfamille of the protein kinase”), introduces the family of the protein kinase in a series of slides before proceeding to the more technical aspects of the article.
The initiative has three important avaliseurs: the public scientific Library (Public Library of Science - PLoS); the national Foundation for science (the National Science Foundation - NSF) and the Center of supercalcul of San Diego (San Diego Supercomputer Center - SDSC).
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SciVee is about the free and widespread dissemination and comprehension of science.
SciVee, created for scientists, by scientists, moves science beyond the printed word and lecture theater taking advantage of the internet as a communication medium where scientists young and old have a place and a voice.
SciVee is operated in partnership with the Public Library of Science (PLoS), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). Please see our Partners page to learn more about them. SciVee allows scientists to communicate their work as a multimedia presentation incorporated with the content of their published article. Other scientists can freely view uploaded presentations and engage in virtual discussions with the author and other viewers. SciVee also facilitates the creation of communities around specific articles and keywords. Use this medium to meet peers and future collaborators that share your particular research interests.
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