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ScienceOnline09: The day wends on
Posted by Alice on January 17, 2009 So the day is getting on, and the bloggers are congregating around the plugs because their laptops are running out of juice, and I need to confess I’ve been taking notes all the time but I need to digest the notes more, and the wireless is flaky. So liveblogging is occurring offline, to be uploaded…
Alice’s gender and science session: How can we be allies?
Posted by SciWo on January 17, 2009 Gender and science session – Alice, Zuska, and Abel Non-chronological note-taking from a great session. What is an ally? How do you become an ally? You can be an ally for any oppressed group. (http://partnersinchange.umich.edu/page1_2.html) Be an ally all the time, not just in front of the person to whom you are allied. (Zuska) There…
Open Access publishing at ScienceOnline 2009
Posted by Alice on January 17, 2009 So ScienceWoman and I will be sharing live-blogging duties today, at least until our batteries give out. We’re both starting at the Open Access publishing session, although I was also intrigued by Peggy Kolm’s session about science fiction on science blogs. I’ll have to catch up with her later. Also, please note: this is liveblogging.…
Overwhelmed at ScienceOnline 2009
Posted by Alice on January 17, 2009 OMG I am at ScienceOnline! In (also cold) RTP! And I’ve now met ScienceWoman! And let me say she is as lovely in person as she is online. And I’ve met a whole bunch of other folks, but am still trying to sort out the politics of pseudonymity. Hopefully I’ll get to post some official…