SciVee Talk @ BML, 2/28

January 28, 2008 on 5:31 pm | In News & Events |

On February 28, 2008, Dr. Philip E. Bourne, a Professor in the UCSD Department of Pharmacology and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, will give a talk at the Biomedical Library from noon-1pm, “SciVee: A New Form of Scientific Communication and Dissemination.”

Today’s students, who are the leading scientists of tomorrow, are well-versed in the use of online video and social networking in their personal lives, yet these habits have yet to significantly impact their professional lives. SciVee (http://www.scivee.tv) is one of a number of internet sites that is attempting to bring about this change. A unique feature of SciVee is the integration of open access paper content with a video made by the paper authors in what is termed a “pubcast.” This and other features will be described in the context of whether the libraries might become the scholarly video store of the future.

Dr. Bourne is the Co-Director of the Protein Data Bank, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal, PLoS Computational Biology.

This is the fourth talk in the Biomedical Library lunchtime lecture series. Space is limited so please RSVP to Vicky Anderson at vkanderson@ucsd.edu by February 25. Feel free to bring a discreet lunch; cookies and water will be provided.

h/t: BML