web: e-research pamphlet / book
web: Overview Facilitator – David Fergusson Scribe – Gillian Sinclair Dave F, Gillian, Simon H, Eduardo, Gabor, Matthew, E-research book / pamphlet, online glossary, OGF working group Break out group from the session “Continuation of Communication problems between computer scientists and scientist who use computers”
web: Discussed – eResearch book Dave F produced the outline of the book “Research in a Connected World”. Appox. 110 pages with each section written by diff contributors Hopefully available by June Available as print to order copy on the web. Also available as a pdf on the web Suitable for non-computer scientists – undergrad / postgrad level Can be sliced and diced as an introductory text
web: Discussed (cont.) People were happy with the coverage of the book Glossary of terms such as NGS, OMII-UK, NeSC, e-SI proposed – online and in the book Low level working group suggested including NGS, OMII-UK and NeSC etc to ensure better collaboration regards online glossary, Wikipedia etc. Two levels of definitions in the glossary / knowledge base – one for computer scientists and one for users / potential users Possible potential for an OGF working group on user community
web: Discussion (cont.) OGF working group – identify the people to take this forward (users, NGS, OMII-UK, NeSC) Find a mechanism of support for users to attend OGF meetings For users to contribute as moderators Plan a workshop to identify which resource to use for the knowledge management (e.g. MyExperiment, Facebook, Gridipedia, Digital Library) But first of all decide what we want the tool to do before we choose the tool Question driven for users e.g. how can I make my databases available?
web: Conclusions Still need to address ability to make the whole area visible to the broad range of users Need to hook into the Learned Societies such as Royal Society of Chemistry through case studies, book reviews but all written by users 6
web: Future work Write book Publicise book Set up OGF working group Identify suitable users for the OGF working group Identify glossary tool Collate / create glossary then publicise