{"id":3711,"date":"2016-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pl-asapbio.local\/asapbio-newsletter-vol-1\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T21:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:38:36","slug":"asapbio-newsletter-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/asapbio-newsletter-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"ASAPbio newsletter \u2013 vol 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for subscribing to ASAPbio\u2019s newsletter! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">followup<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to last month\u2019s productive <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/meeting-information\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meeting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ASAPbio organizers and attendees have been working to spread discussions about preprints to the broader community. Recent articles at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/02\/the-rainbow-unicorn-trying-real-hard-to-transform-biology-publishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wired<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/16\/science\/asap-bio-biologists-published-to-the-internet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NYTimes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/science-and-technology\/21694990-old-fashioned-ways-reporting-new-discoveries-are-holding-back-medical-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Economist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have certainly moved the needle in this regard!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please help keep the conversation going by taking one or more of the following actions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Take the survey <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on preprint preferences<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/feedback\/preprint-server-preferences\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We\u2019re trying to understand what attributes of preprint servers are most desired by the community \u2013 and whether one or several would be most beneficial. You responses will remain confidential. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Post a submission selfie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 take a photo of yourself and your coauthors celebrating a preprint submission and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/submission-selfies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post it here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Become an ASAPbio Ambassador<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/asapbio-ambassadors\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to act as a representative for ASAPbio efforts at your institution. We\u2019ll get in touch to provide materials to make organizing local \u201ctown hall\u201d events easier. We are preparing this material now and it should be available within one month at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/preprint-info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preprint info center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASAPbio.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Help us keep track of progress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by leaving a comment with any news (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a change in journal policies, a local event \u2013 even in the early stages of organization \u2013 a new article, etc,) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/community-news\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASAPbio organizers<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for subscribing to ASAPbio\u2019s newsletter! 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