[boonloo@gmail.com: DB Seminar, Fri 10/7 1:10pm, 380 Soda Hall]

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Subject: DB Seminar, Fri 10/7 1:10pm, 380 Soda Hall

Friday, Oct 07, 2005
380 Soda Hall
1:10-2:30 pm

Title: Database Publishing at Nature
Speaker: Timo Hannay (Nature)

Abstract:
Following the rise of the web, formal scientific communication takes place
mainly through two channels: journals and databases. To date these two realms
have tended to be quite separate, but this is changing. Not only are journals
and database beginning (at last) to link more effectively to one another, but
there are also signs that each is starting to learn lessons from the other.
This may eventually lead to a new generation of hybrid publications that offer
the benefits of both. This talk will illustrate these trends by describing some
projects at Nature Publishing Group that are exploring the interface between
scientific journals and databases.

Bio:
Timo Hannay is Director of Web Publishing at Nature Publishing Group (NPG). His
main role is to use emerging web technologies to create new products and
services that assist scientific communication. He was previously head of New
Technology at NPG and before that worked in Tokyo running their Asian language
sites at NatureAsia.com. Timo has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from
Imperial College, London and a doctorate in neurophysiology from the University
of Oxford.

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