Scientific social networks, visibility and open access | Rumor

[From Google's English] "I attended on November 19, the day of study corresponding IST (CorIST) of INSHS. I could attend only part of the day but what I've seen, including the Roundtable on Wikipedia as a tool for the promotion of research, was interesting and I hope will be of a report. Framing of the themes can be found here . I acted for my part in a round table on science social networks and their use by researchers. Beyond the finding of an intensive use of these tools it is true very diverse, two cross-cutting issues appear. Networks and transform priori improve the visibility of researchers as well as the work they need to continue and expand their business. Through this issue of visibility, it is also one of the open access publishing is being transformed, not without contradiction with the policies pursued by our guardianship to develop Open Access notably through Hal. WIDELY INTEGRATED INTO THE DAILY WORK OF RESEARCHERS SOCIAL NETWORKS The round table was introduced by Brigitte Perucca , communications director of the CNRS, which featured a recent survey on the use by researchers of social networks (apparently not yet online). These practices appear solid and are in most cases largely integrated in professional activity - it is difficult to distinguish from personal activity. Relevant networks are mostly generalists (Facebook, Twitter) and strictly for scientific networks are less known and less used. SHS researchers are generally more intensive users of social as those of other disciplines networks ..."