I strongly agree! This list is invaluable, especially for the younger list members like me. The amount and variety of information delivered straight to you is extremely helpful in building up your career and getting a bit of a grasp of what is going on in our field. Of course, one could scan through hundreds of blogs etc., but who has the time to spend all day doing that as it is a time consuming activity...
I am grateful this list exists, and I really hope it won't change it's format considerably!
Best,
Kat
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> Datum: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:40:41 +0000
> Von: Aaron Gould <[log in to unmask]>
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: Re: [PSCI-COM] Is pscicom list a dinosaur?
>
> As someone who considers himseld a "younger/more forward looking" member
> of the science community I feel the psci-com mailing list is invaluable.
> Certainly the forums and blogs that exist are extremely valuable in specific
> ways, but in my experience there's no substitute for the delivery of
> diverse informed opinions directly to your inbox - for many people forums are
> difficult to access in the work place even when very relevant, and for others
> it is time consuming to identify useful blogs and inconvenient to register
> (where required) and seek out topic streams rather than receiving direct
> emails.
>
> I would urge all list members to maintain their use of the psci-com list,
> if only in addition to other media.
>
> Aaron Gould
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:54:22 +0000> From: [log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [PSCI-COM] Is pscicom list a dinosaur?> To:
> [log in to unmask]> > Hello,> > In a recent converstion with me, a new young science writer
> expressed> surprise that this mailing list was still so active. The idea of
> mailing> lists seemed old-fashioned to him, given the rise of forums and
> blogs> etc. So I wondered what other people on the list thought. Is our list>
> coming to an evolutionary dead end? Have mailing lists had their day?> Has
> the younger/more foreward looking science communication community>
> migrated to other watering holes in the virtual world? If you are> talking/sharing
> science communication or PUS issues elsewhere, I'd> really like to hear
> about it.> > Lalita> > Lalita Kaplish> Wellcome Library> Wellcome Trust > 183
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