| By Anthony England,
on Friday, 03 August 2007
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Published in : The News, Latest News |
VISIBILITY - THE FACE OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD'S RESEARCHERS ON THE INTERNET
A Platform for the Communication of Science, Research & All Fields of Study between the Scientists and Researchers of the Developing and Developed Worlds
Welcome to a brand new part of Mangosteen's website.
Today, on the internet the scientists of the Developing World are mostly invisible!
In most cases, out of sight and out of mind to the Developed World and other Developing Regions. They're there, and their active, doing a lot of important work, but we just can't see them!
Only very few researchers in the world's Developing and Least Developed Countries have a profile of their professional activities on the web.
Their contact details and email addresses are often almost impossible to locate.
Many universities and research institutions too lack effective websites.
Mangosteen aims to go some way to correcting what is a very obvious problem by establishing Visibility.
Visibility aims to make the researchers and scientists of the Developing World a little more ... visible!
Hence easier to contact, to get to know and to network and collaborate with. No one in science can work successfully in isolation, the community relies on each other, and effective communications are everything.
Science and scientific researchers are just the beginning - we believe that Visibility's approach is equally applicable to all fields of study - everything from theoretical physics and synthetic chemistry to economics, law and archaeology.
Here Developing World researchers are invited to:
Create your own Individual Website - upload your contact details, research interests, details about your institution etc. Build your own profile on the internet, absolutely free of charge.
Join the Visibility Forum - Network with researchers from around the world. Ask questions, get answers, request or offer assistance, build relationships and collaborations. You name it, if it happens in science and research we aim to give it a place in the Forum.
Write a Blog - write about any aspect of your professional activities - daily, weekly or whenever you have time. Tell your story to the world! An online diary of what you want people to know about the work you are doing.
The Directory - Add your details and that of your university, company or organization, academic publications, conferences and anything else that might be of interest to the Visibility Directory. We intend that this will become the most comprehensive up to date resource for science and research in the Developing World on the internet (or in print!). It's a Directory for people who are committed to doing good work and eager to communicate with their colleagues with similar interest across the globe - we believe that it's the beginning of a very important and potentially extremely powerful document. But it's nothing without your input!
The Document Library - Upload and store document files of that you believe will be of interest to other members of the site, on any topic pertaining to the scope of Visibility. (Sorry, no copyrighted material - these can be brought to the attention of other by adding an appropriate link to an entry in the Directory.)
Events Calendar - List forthcoming conferences, workshops and other events of general interest to the community.
And more, the features listed here are just for starters - Visibility is currently under construction and only the essential elements are in place. The site will be regularly updated over the coming months, with new features added. If there's a feature that you would like to see added please just let us know - we'll do our best to help you communicate more effectively with your colleagues in both the Developed and Developing worlds. (This site is based on Joomla! - http://www.joomla.org - if Joomla! has an application that you think should be added to the site please just let us know.)
IMPORTANT - Before you start adding text to your own personal pages on this site, please don't type directly into the web browser. Please back up your content by first writing into a file stored on your computer (ideally into an HTML editor, there are many freely available for download on the internet - or use Microsoft Word or other text editor to save the text) - and then copy and paste it into your website or blog. This ensures that you have a backup should this website temporarily go offline for any reason, or should your internet connection drop for any reason. Back it up to be safe!
PLEASE NOTE - This is a professional website for the exchange of information only. We will remove any inappropriate content from the site without warning or explanation. Please respect the site - we believe it has the potential to be an extremely valuable resource, but only provided that it is not abused and that the user generated content is of the highest quality - it's success relies on you. So, if you believe in Visibility please also police the site and report any inappropriate content to the administrator.
Finally for now - please be patient with the site - it is new, it is undergoing testing at present and there may be problems or bugs with the way it works - it is a work in progress. If you find an error or bug please let us know by email.
Questions and problems -
email:
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telephone: +31-(0)30-214 5715
Enjoy it. Make the most of it. We hope it helps.
And the last word - if you like the concept behind Visibility - please spread the word!
(It couldn't be easier - the link with an envelope above will allow you to directly email this article to a friend or colleague.)
Cheers
Anthony F. England, Ph.D.
Founder, President of Mangosteen
Last update: Friday, 07 September 2007
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