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The other option is to find a friend who has Adobe Acrobat and get them to stitch the chapters together, doesn't that long... Or email the authors and ask for a pdf of the whole thing. Many organisations still live in a print-centred world since most people just end up printing out the pdf anyway!! ________________________________ From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Kenward Sent: 25 July 2006 15:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Engaging Science: Thoughts, deeds, analysis and action The option to retrieve chapters is, indeed, a great idea. Well done. But the "whole book" option is also useful. This is how the Department of Trade and Industry lets you retrieve the latest energy review, for example. http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/review/index.html Not that I gold this up as a good site, it is awfully slow and would not let me get at some of the files over the weekend. There are several reasons for wanting one big file. For example, it is not possible to "electronically index" a paper copy on a PC. I have software that allows me to find words in PDF files, so I could home in on the relevant bits of the report without having to hold lots of little files. I mention this on this list partly because we have already had one recent example of user hostile PDF files. (Not, I hasten to add, that separate chapters are really that bad.) And because the means of communication probably mean more to the people on this list than they do to other "e-groups". The web has changed the way in which communication works, and yet many organisations still seem to live in a print centred world. ____________________________ Michael Kenward ABSW e-minder http://www.absw.org.uk <http://www.absw.org.uk/> http://absw.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paterson ,Lesley Sent: 25 July 2006 10:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Engaging Science: Thoughts, deeds, analysis and action No deep and meaningful perceived lack-of-broadband reason. As the book is free and available to order online (http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX032132.html) - we thought if you wanted the whole book - you'd request a hard copy, yet also wanted to provide the option of being able to download specific chapters/ essays of interest. Cheers Lesley Dr Lesley Paterson Project Manager, Engaging Science Public Engagement Development Group 215 Euston Road The Wellcome Trust London NW1 2BE 0207 611 7346 www.wellcome.ac.uk/funding/publicengagement ........................................................................ ....... The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no. 210183. Its sole Trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company registered in England, no. 2711000, whose registered office is 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. ________________________________ From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Kenward Sent: 24 July 2006 23:30 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Engaging Science: Thoughts, deeds, analysis and action Thanks. Any reason why you don't offer the whole book as a single file? After all, this is broadband Britain. ____________________________ Michael Kenward ABSW e-minder http://www.absw.org.uk <http://www.absw.org.uk/> http://absw.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ size=2 width="100%" align=center tabIndex=-1> From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paterson ,Lesley Sent: 19 July 2006 14:55 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PSCI-COM] Engaging Science: Thoughts, deeds, analysis and action A major new book on public engagement with science in now available from the Wellcome Trust. "Engaging Science: Thoughts, deeds, analysis and action" features essays from leading researchers, practitioners and commentators. It examines what we have learned about the relationships between these groups over the past decade and what the implications are for future practice. Topics include public attitudes to science, the role of the media in public engagement, the scientists' perspective, implications for education, linking the public to policy making and the role of campaigning groups. "Engaging Science" also includes summaries of key Wellcome Trust-funded projects and initiatives supported over the past decade. Copies are available free of charge. To order your copy, visit: www.wellcome.ac.uk/publications Best wishes Lesley Dr Lesley Paterson Project Manager, Engaging Science Public Engagement Development Group 215 Euston Road The Wellcome Trust London NW1 2BE 0207 611 7346 www.wellcome.ac.uk/funding/publicengagement ........................................................................ ....... The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no. 210183. Its sole Trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company registered in England, no. 2711000, whose registered office is 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. 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