[Cz-biology] [Cz-health-sci] [5] Merck proposal

[Kevin M. Kelly]

I agree!

'We' need to associate the compendium with authorative sources.  Association
with Merck is a no brainer.

Now a belated hello.  I am digging out from under my wave of obligations.


Best regards,

Kevin

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Grey
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [Cz-health-sci] [5] Merck proposal

Dear All,

I think this is an excellent idea. I have used the Merck Manual for many
years. I frequently refer my students to this source.

Best regards,
Michael.

MJ Grey, PhD
Associate Professor

Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology & Department of Exercise and
Sport Science University of Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.cph-ncm.ku.dk/mgrey/



Larry Sanger wrote:
> All,
>
> The following is a proposal we received.  I have some comments after it.
>
> ========
> First, let me applaud your effort to provide a wiki with content from 
> expert contributors. There is a great deal of information available 
> free online, though not all of it is reliable.
>
> Second, I propose a collaboration between Citizendium and the Merck 
> Manuals department at Merck & Co., Inc. This department, of which I'm 
> a staff member (Executive Editor, Electronic Publications), publishes 
> The Merck Manual, a print and online textbook created by expert
contributors.
>
> We are prepared to place links in your External Links section of 
> Citizendium topics to related material in our online version of The 
> Merck Manual. Two
> examples:
>
> Subject: Guillain Barre Syndrome. 
> Your page: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Guillain-Barre_syndrome
> The link in External Links would go to:
> http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec16/ch223/ch223d.html
>
> Subject: Otitis Externa. 
> Your page: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Otitis_externa
> The link in External Links would go to:
> http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec08/ch088/ch088c.html
>
> Unfortunately, we are not in a position to author material for you, 
> but we'd be delighted to add value to your pages with links to our 
> material. We invite you to visit The Manual at 
> http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html to determine for yourself whether 
> links to this content is acceptable and desirable. In a preliminary 
> review, I found 40 to 50 Citizendium topics to which we could contribute.
>
> Please let me know if you are interested in such a collaboration.
> ========
>
> I can say (publicly on this list) that this would be welcome to me.  
> Merck has an excellent reputation, and it seems unlikely that there 
> would be anything in their manuals that we should not send users to.
>
> More important, perhaps, is that this very small request (it's 
> basically just a request to add 50 links to CZ) might be the beginning 
> of a useful collaboration.
>
> I'm inclined to say "yes," but I wanted to get your feedback first.
>
> --Larry
>
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