With apologies for any cross-posting
ALPHAGALILEO eNEWS - July 2002
CONTENTS
* Embargo breaks
* Is it news?
* Adding pictures - it's easy
* Going on holiday?
* AlphaGalileo at the Festival
* New partners
* Site statistics
* The Hits Parade
* Contact details for AlphaGalileo
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EMBARGO BREAKS
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IS IT NEWS?
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ADDING PICTURES - IT'S EASY
Want to increase the allure of your release to journalists? All it takes
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Select the file you wish to upload (usually by double clicking it). Once
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GOING ON HOLIDAY?
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ALPHAGALILEO AT THE FESTIVAL
This year's British Association's Festival of Science is being held at
Leicester University 8 - 13 September. The AlphaGalileo Team will be
dividing its staff between this and the HEERA conference being held
simultaneously in Nottingham. Please take the opportunity to meet us at
either of these events and bring your technical queries or constructive
criticisms.
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NEW PARTNERS
We are very pleased to announce that Sweden has now joined the
AlphaGalileo project and Swedish will soon be available as a language on
the site.
We are also in discussion with potential partners in the Netherlands,
Spain and Ireland. If your organisation would like to be part of the
management group representing your country on the site, please contact
the Project Director Peter Green (contact details at the end of eNews).
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SITE STATISTICS
On the 28 May the site had:
Journalists 2985
Contributors 1415
Experts 3289
Press Releases 8664
Events 1161
Books 59
Library 345
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THE HITS PARADE
The top five releases by hits for June:
24/Jun/2002 'The Romans preferred small-scale solutions to aqueducts and
sewers' NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) 1243 hits
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readRelease&ReleaseID=1001
5
17/Jun/2002 'The Privilege Of Sharing A Grave With A Horse' Informnauka
(Informscience) Agency 980 hits
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readRelease&ReleaseID=9955
12/Jun/2002 'When are two dads better than one? ...when the women are in
charge - new research' University of East London 897 hits
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readRelease&ReleaseID=9918
18/Jun/2002 'The manikin that sweated' Institute of Physics 691 hits
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readRelease&ReleaseID=9969
19/Jun/2002 'The flying lemur a close relative' Lund University (posted
by the Swedish Research Council) 650 hits
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readRelease&ReleaseID=9970
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