SGER: SciTube.tv: Video Delivery of Papers Published in PLoS Journals

SciTube.tv.是一个为科学信息的传播和共享提供新场所的项目。 最初，与公共科学图书馆（PLoS; www.plos.org）合作，SciTube.tv为作者提供了一个网络资源，供他们上传与PLoS期刊上发表的论文相链接的视频剪辑。 视频剪辑将包括语音评论、演讲者的图片流、PowerPoint演示文稿以及视频演示文稿和期刊文章之间的链接。SciTube.tv演示文稿提供了介于科学论文的典型摘要和论文全文之间的中间详细程度。SciTube.tv将特别吸引熟悉当今流行文化中流行的视频技术的新一代科学家。 该资源的技术方面由圣地亚哥超级计算机中心（SDSC; www.sdsc.edu）通过其网络基础设施频道技术（www.cichannel.org）提供。该探索性项目SciTube.tv的一个关键目标是评估作者上传视频剪辑和观看这些剪辑的观众的接受度。评估将考虑格式的长度和类型，以及观众是否有一个有益的观看体验，增加他们对传统科学期刊文章所呈现材料的理解。此外，SciTube.tv还提供了一个评级系统，并为虚拟社区提供了围绕特定“视频文件”进行讨论的机会。该项目的结果将为未来的实施工作提供信息，预计将包括将作者的范围扩展到PLoS期刊之外，以开发大型科学内容视频档案，在知识共享许可框架下提供这些内容，以最大限度地重复使用，并开发独特的搜索功能。正在考虑的其他想法包括使实验室能够拥有自己的SciTube.tv频道，在那里他们可以存储协议、教育视频材料等，并提供教育材料、模拟等供公众使用。 提供一个可访问的和强大的视频资源可以产生非常广泛的影响，使新的手段传播科学信息和促进合作，在开发新的教育模式，并在沟通的兴奋和科学的承诺，向公众。

SciTube.tv. is a project to provide a new venue for the dissemination and sharing of scientific information. Initially, in collaboration with the Public Library of Science (PLoS; www.plos.org), SciTube.tv is providing a Web resource for authors to upload a video clip linked with a paper published in a PLoS journal. The video clip will include a voice commentary, a pictorial stream of the presenter, a PowerPoint presentation, as well as links between the video presentation and the journal article. SciTube.tv presentations provide an intermediate level of detail between a typical abstract of a scientific paper and the full paper. SciTube.tv will appeal particulary to the new generation of scientists conversant with the video technologies prevalent in today's popular culture. The technical aspects for this resource are being provided by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC; www.sdsc.edu) by way of their Cyberinfrastructure Channel technology (www.cichannel.org).A key goal of this exploratory project, SciTube.tv, is to evaluate the acceptance both of authors uploading video clips and viewers watching those clips. The evaluation will consider both the length and type of format and, for each, whether the viewer has a rewarding viewing experience that increases their comprehension of the material being presented over conventional scientific journal articles. Additionally, SciTube.tv provides a rating system and the opportunity for virtual communities to gather around a particular "videopaper" through which a discourse can take place. The results of this project will inform future implementation efforts which are expected to include extending the scope of authors beyond PLoS journals to develop a large video archive of scientific content, making this content available under a creative commons license framework to maximize reuse, and developing unique capabilities for searching. Additional ideas under consideration include enabling laboratories to have their own SciTube.tv channel where they can store protocols, educational video materials and so on, and provision of educational materials, simulations etc. for use by the general public. The availability of an accessible and robust video resource can have very broad impact in enabling new means for disseminating scientific information and promoting collaboration, in developing new paradigms for education, and in communicating the excitement and promise of science to the general public.