Hi all
This new initiative may be of interest.
Best wishes,
Jill
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:03:20 -0700
From: Richard Price <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Academia.edu: 'tree diagram' of academics launches
Dear all,
I'm a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where I recently finished my
Ph.D
on the philosophy of perception.
With a group of people from Stanford University and Cambridge
University,
I've just launched a website, www.academia.edu, which does two things:
- It shows researchers around the world organized into a 'tree' format,
according to which institution/department they are affiliated with.
- It enables academics to view updates on the latest news in their
field -
the latest people, papers and talks.
Our hope is that Academia.edu will list eventually every academic in the
world -- Faculty members, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students. Academics
can
add their departments, and themselves, to the tree by clicking on the
arrows.
Recently 150 people have been adding themselves to the tree a day. More
than
9,000 academics have added themselves to the Academia.edu tree in the
last
two months. Some professors on the site include:
- Richard Dawkins - http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins
- Stephen Hawking - http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking
- Paul Krugman - http://princeton.academia.edu/PaulKrugman
- Noam Chomsky - http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky
We're trying to spread the word about Academia.edu as much as possible.
It
would be terrific if you could visit the site, and add yourself to your
department on the tree. If your university is not there, you can add it
by
clicking on the arrows coming out of the 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
http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
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