{"id":3688,"date":"2016-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pl-asapbio.local\/asapbio-newsletter-vol-4-technical-workshop-new-website-features-ambassadors\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T21:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:38:28","slug":"asapbio-newsletter-vol-4-technical-workshop-new-website-features-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/asapbio-newsletter-vol-4-technical-workshop-new-website-features-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"ASAPbio newsletter vol 4 \u2013 Technical workshop, new website features, ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear ASAPbio subscriber,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what\u2019s new:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>We held a successful <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/asapbio-technical-workshop\"><b>Technical Workshop<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to discuss the feasibility of creating a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/summary-of-a-central-preprint-service-model\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">central preprint service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. All the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/tw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">notes are online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and you can also view the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sKDvA_CIdpc&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=36m15s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">archived video stream<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re working on a request for information to identify potential suppliers, their implementation strategies, and their predicted costs and development timescales. We will present all reasonable responses to a group of funders as part of our response to a request that emerged from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/summary-of-the-asapbio-funders-workshop\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASAPbio Funders\u2019 Workshop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. More details about our planned process can be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/cs-appendix-2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>We\u2019ve added some new features to the website.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/preprint-info\/preprint-faq\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAQ section on scooping<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/events\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">calendar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for keeping track of events related to preprints (please add relevant events using the form below the calendar!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A list (assembled from twitter) of news about preprint policies (on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">front page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A similar list of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/preprint-info\/preprint-stories\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">positive experiences with preprints<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The ambassador program kicked off in earnest.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/asapbio-ambassadors\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the map<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to see who\u2019s near you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s also not too late to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdL1kNB7aV2QRltjWgnPds_igjUPZdAAG7HkZUZqRFRh8iKFA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sign up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 we\u2019re looking for people willing to act as local points of contact about preprints. We\u2019re also providing resources to help ambassadors give talks about preprints at their home institutions or while traveling to conferences and other meetings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please let us know if you hear of any exciting developments in preprints in life sciences!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica Polka, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director, ASAPbio<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear ASAPbio subscriber, Here\u2019s what\u2019s new: We held a successful Technical Workshop to discuss the feasibility of creating a central preprint service. 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