{"id":3074,"date":"2012-04-19T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/ofschemesandmemes\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2012-09-04T11:50:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:50:54","slug":"sonycs-1st-birthday-retrospective-part-2-digital-publishing-online-tools-for-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/ofschemesandmemes\/2012\/04\/19\/sonycs-1st-birthday-retrospective-part-2-digital-publishing-online-tools-for-scientists","title":{"rendered":"SoNYC’s 1st birthday retrospective: part 2 – digital publishing, online tools for scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month, SoNYC, our monthly discussion series in NYC about all aspects of communicating and carrying out science online, turns one! We’re\u00a0hosting a party<\/a>\u00a0on May 2nd to\u00a0<\/em>celebrate, and to warm up we’re taking a look back at all the SoNYC events from the past year.<\/em><\/p>\n

SoNYC is co-organised by\u00a0Lou Woodley<\/a>\u00a0of nature.com,\u00a0John Timmer<\/a>, Science Editor at Ars Technica and\u00a0Jeanne Garbarino<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Joe Bonner<\/a>\u00a0at Rockefeller University. We follow a rotating 3-month editorial cycle to ensure we cover all angles of science online:<\/em><\/p>\n

In month 1 we cover topics relating to science communication and outreach.\u00a0<\/em>Month 2 focuses on online tools for scientists, including digital publishing and m<\/em>onth 3 of the cycle looks a “implicational” issues such as legal and policy discussions.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this post we round up all of the SoNYC events around online tools for scientists and digital publishing.\u00a0You can read the recap of the events from the science communication and outreach strand\u00a0here<\/a>, and the implicational issues \u2013 legal, policy and community here<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Are scientists anti-social when it comes to adopting online tools for science?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

On Monday the 16th May 2011 the second SoNYC<\/a> took place.\u00a0The sharing of information and materials is an integral part of the scientific process.\u00a0 Many communities have found that online tools can greatly enhance this sort of sharing, but the scientific community appears to be lagging behind when it comes to the adoption of social software, even though scientists have embraced various digital tools as part of their regular workflow. The panel discussed the technical challenges of creating social media software for researchers, the difficulty of attracting a scientific audience and looked at why it’s so hard to get a group of scientists to agree on anything. The panel included:<\/p>\n