Contribution to Book
Collaboration Using Open Notebook Science in Academia
Collaborative Computational Technologies for Biomedical Research
(2011)
Abstract
Technology has a profound effect on how scientists can communicate with
each other. This affects how quickly science can progress and what kinds of
collaboration are possible. Although the printing press and the subsequent
establishment of scientifi c journals dramatically increased the ability of
researchers to disseminate their results and ideas, close collaborations between
geographically separated individuals had to await the availability of telecommunication
technologies, particularly the development of the Internet.
Today, the ubiquity of sophisticated and easy - to - use tools to exchange information
is enabling the creation of a “ shared presence ” between people, regardless
of their geographical location. Researchers can share not only their data
but also details regarding how they processed their data, their interpretation
of their results, and their future plans. However, the ability to share only translates
into actual sharing if there is a motivation to do so. In this chapter we
will provide examples of what is possible when researchers choose to share
their experimental work in progress. The chapter presents a chronological
timeline of some key events in the history of these examples.
Keywords
- future of collaboration,
- open notebook science,
- open science
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 3, 2011
Editor
Sean Ekins, Maggie A. Z. Hupcey, and Antony J. Williams
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
DOI
10.1002/9781118026038.ch25
Citation Information
Andrew Lang, Jean-Claude Bradley, Steven Koch and Cameron Neylon. "Collaboration Using Open Notebook Science in Academia" Hoboken, NJCollaborative Computational Technologies for Biomedical Research (2011) p. 423 - 452 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew-sid-lang/18/
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