Science and society at the Wellcome Library
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Science and society at the Wellcome Library Louise Simon Information Officer Wellcome Library
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Science and society at the Wellcome Library. Louise Simon Information Officer Wellcome Library. Overview. Public and science Audiences Wellcome Library’s collection A web gateway Other resources. The public and science. Opportunities for libraries?. Science writers and journalists - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Science and society at the Wellcome Library
Louise Simon
Information Officer
Wellcome Library
Overview
Public and scienceAudiencesWellcome Library’s collectionA web gatewayOther resources
The public and science
Opportunities for libraries?
Science writers and journalistsScience communication practitionersScientistsStudentsAcademicsScience teachers
Wellcome Trust
Independent research-funding charity Interest in the role of science and
societyPublic engagement awardsCommissions public attitudinal researchSchool science (professional
development; citizenship)Sci-art
Science CentreStage
Wellcome Library
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/Science and society
Biomedical ethicsScience policyPublic engagement with science and
technology (PEST)Popular science
What we collect
Ethics of human gene therapy. - Walters, L. Forward look 2003: government funded
SET. - OST Evaluation of national programs of science
awareness. - Gascoigne, T. Public Understanding of science; New
Scientist Press cuttings
How has collection developed?
Public engagement issuesChange from “deficit” model to public
participation [PUS to PEST]Government focus on lifelong learningPractical information / what works/
experience of othersScience and art
Reflected by more ...
Citizen participation researchCommunication risk Informal learning researchEvaluations of PEST projectsSci-art projects
Library audiences
Support work of TrustPublic - students, health
professionals, social science researchers, journalists, writers
Outreach activities / promotion
Academic coursesLocal schools and collegesTours and talksOutreach officer
Making the double helix
The web
psci-com discussion forumhttp://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-
com.htmlpsci-com gateway
http://psci-com.ac.uk
psci-com - gateway to public engagement with science
http://psci-com.ac.uk/Database of high quality web resourcesDatabase of journal, newspaper and
book referencesForthcoming events
Part of BIOME hub - RDN
psci-com
Subject coverage
psci-com - what it covers
Practical resourcesAcademic resourcesExemplar web sites
Typical records
psci-comlit
Bibliographic database of journal, newspaper and book references
Monthly bibliography
Journal references
Other sources of information
Government: OSTBA (British Association)Association of British Science Writers
(ABSW)Planet ScienceEmail lists and discussion forums
Thoughts
Science and society information needs are both academic and practical based
Audience is diverseOpportunities for libraries
