Are You Ready for Your Closeup?
Relayed by my colleague Robert Michaelson (Northwestern U)
From Chronicle of Higher Education:
The National Science Foundation, the Public Library of Science, and the San Diego Supercomputing Center are hoping that their new Web site billed as a YouTube for scientists will help demystify important research papers.
The site, called SciVee http://www.scivee.tv/ will allow scientists to upload highly technical papers. But it will also let the researchers post accompanying video presentations that serve as quicker, more approachable guides to their work...
... the site stresses that its goal is “widespread dissemination and comprehension of science.” To that end, SciVee offers guidance on video production, and it allows professors to make their recordings available as podcasts. Brock Read
