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Phil Bourne
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Last seen 11.3 years ago
Hi:
Over the past couple of years my laboratory has become interested in
scholarly
communication. To this end we have established a resource
www.scivee.tv
<http: www.scivee.tv=""/> where you can upload scientific video
content. Of
particular interest, and the reason for this email, is the ability to
upload a
5-10 minute video describing your scientific paper. For one of our
first
examples see http://www.scivee.tv/node/53.
We cannot tell you what will be the long term impact of making a
Pubcast, but
data for the short term (see http://www.scivee.tv/worth_it) indicates
that it
renews interest in your paper. It also adds a human element to the
work which
can be particularly important to young graduate students. The video
also offers
an alternative means for the viewer to comprehend complex material,
hopefully
furthering scientific dissemination.
More details on making a video can be found at
http://www.scivee.tv/help/list/39. The video is made available under a
Creative
Commons 3.0 license (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
. Our data
from PubMed Central indicate your paper may be published under a more
restrictive license so please be careful you do not violate any
copyrights when
making the video.
We hope you will join us in this experiment. If you have questions
please see
the FAQ at http://www.scivee.tv/faq. If you fail to find an answer
send email to
info at scivee.tv
This work in furthering scientific dissemination is supported by a
grant from
the US National Science Foundation.
Sincerely,
Philip E. Bourne PhD
Professor, The University of California San Diego
Editor in Chief, PLoS Computational Biology
