{"id":368,"date":"2004-05-10T15:31:34","date_gmt":"2004-05-10T22:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefangeens.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2004-05-10T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2004-05-10T22:31:34","slug":"swedish-research-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefangeens.com\/2001-2013\/2004\/05\/swedish-research-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Research News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s what I was up to over the weekend: Readying Swedish Research News<\/em><\/a>, a new site that syndicates news about discoveries and innovations made by researchers at Swedish universities.<\/p>\n

It’s something of an experiment, and its continued existence will depend on whether it is useful to, and hence used by, a community of readers. The experiment involves trying to find better ways of collecting and then disseminating existing information, so that it has more impact.<\/p>\n

Swedish universities tend to put news of their research successes on their own individual websites — always in Swedish, sometimes in English. Until recently, there was no central repository of Swedish research news in English, making it difficult for non-Swedish speakers to keep tabs on the fruits of Swedish research. A few months ago, with the help of the Swedish Research Council<\/a>, Study in Sweden<\/em><\/a> began carrying aggregated items on its site.<\/p>\n

But the content management system behind Study in Sweden<\/em> is not blog-savvy. And the news items do not get pride of place, as the site’s focus lies elsewhere. What is lacking are the features that make such news accessible to readers: RSS and Atom newsfeeds, the ability to automatically ping other sites, categorization, and commentingCheck out how the Americans aggregate their research news<\/a>. Research news in Swedish is available here<\/a>, but it too lacks newsfeeds.<\/span>.<\/p>\n

You can find all these features on Swedish Research News<\/em>. Now, every time Study in Sweden<\/em> receives a new item from the Swedish Research Council, it will be edited and posted to both sites. Basically, Swedish Research News<\/em> is an attempt to bring the link-generosity at the heart of the blogging mindset into an institutional setting via a back-door. If it works, over time the site will become more official-lookingOne caveat: The news is often written by the researchers themselves, and hence is a bit press releasy, and usually has been translated from Swedish with varying degrees of success. Eventually, it is hoped more time will be spent polishing the prose.<\/span>.<\/p>\n

So go and have a look at the site. Then, please provide feedback. In addition, consider forwarding news of this site to people who might enjoy reading it or be in a position to contribute to it. Currently, news is heavily tilted towards the sciences. Research news from humanities faculties is very welcome, however.<\/p>\n

Ideally, one day, universities will submit their own stories directly to this site for vetting, editing and publication. But that will only happen if Swedish Research News<\/em> turns out to be of use. Meanwhile, help get the word out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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