RE: [PIUG List] Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches

I realize this is raising the adoption bar quite a bit, but let me offer a
suggestion: Develop an open standard via which universities/companies can
bulk load and update their data, rather than having to have every individual
do it themselves. Of course, adoption will be slow and you can still offer
individual sign-up, but that might be the way to get more comprehensive
coverage in the end.

Sincerely,
James Ryley, Ph.D.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Price [mailto:richard.price_at_all-souls.ox.ac.uk]
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 3:23 PM
> To: PIUG Discussion List @ Listbox
> Subject: [PIUG List] Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a Fellow in philosophy at All Souls College Oxford, where I recently
> finished my Ph.D on the philosophy of perception.
>
> I've just launched a website, www.academia.edu, which does two things:
>
> - It displays academics around the world in a 'tree' format,
> according to what university/department they are affiliated with.
> - It enables an academic to have an easy-to-maintain academic
> webpage. My webpage on Academia.edu is here:
> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
>
> My hope for the site is that it will list every academic - Faculty
members,
> Post-Docs, and Graduate Students - in the world, and display where they
are
> working. I also hope people will use the site to keep track of what people
> in their field are working on.
>
> Academia.edu covers all research interests. There are currently people on
> Academia.edu in 7 different areas of Chemistry:
>
> - Analytical Chemistry
> - Biochemistry
> - Cheminformatics
> - Quantum Chemistry
> - Inorganic Chemistry
> - Physical Chemistry
> - Theoretical Chemistry
>
> Furthermore, people can add any research interest they like to the site.
The
> research interests are fully editable by any user.
>
> Some professors who are on Academia.edu include Stephen Hawking
> (http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking), Richard Dawkins
> (http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins), and Noam Chomsky
> (http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky).
>
> I'm trying to spread the word about www.academia.edu, so, if you have a
> minute, please visit the site, and add yourself to your department. If
your
> department/university is not there, you can add it/them by clicking on the
> arrows coming out of the department/university boxes.
>
> And do spread the word to your friends and colleagues if you can.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Richard
>
> Dr. Richard Price,
> Prize Fellow,
> All Souls College,
> Oxford,
> OX1 4AL
> richard.price_at_all-souls.ox.ac.uk
>
> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
>
>
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