As a quick follow-up to last night’s Vic event on Web 2.0, science communicators and museums, I’ve put together a quick list of some of the social media/news references made during the discussion:

Transformations in Scientific & Cultural Communication conference details:
http://www.mavic.asn.au/events-training/2009/03/#56
http://nlablog.wordpress.com/conference-2009/

The 2008 version of the Transformations… event
http://nlablog.wordpress.com/conference-2008

Angelina Russo & Jerry Watkins’ home pages at Swinburne
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/ourpeople/staff/Angelina-Russo-ID50.html
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/ourpeople/staff/Jerry-Watkins-ID45.html

Niall Byrne’s details
http://www.scienceinpublic.com

Museums Australia (Victoria)
http://www.mavic.asn.au

Mythbusters
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mythbusters
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=25BA2E43B30816A7&playnext=1&v=QW0DocsxRmo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythbusters

Colossal squid defrosted
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/CollectionsAndResearch/CollectionAreas/NaturalEnvironment/Molluscs/ColossalSquid/

Giant squid dissection
http://museumvictoria.com.au/giantsquid

CSIRO Publishing
http://www.publish.csiro.au/

Einstein A Go Go
http://einsteinagogo.net/about-2/

Melbourne Writers Festival
http://www.mwf.com.au/

Eureka Prizes
http://amonline.net.au/eureka/

Flickr groups
http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=australia+science+&m=names

Twitter
http://twitter.com/search/users?q=science
http://twitter.com/search/users?q=news

British wildlife surveys (public engagement)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/doonething/simple/surveys.shtml

An unsuccessful albatross tracking project (NB: not the one Niall referred to)
http://www.ladbrokes.com/bigbirdrace/bettingandform.html

ICOM definition of a Museum
http://icom.museum/definition.html

CERES
http://www.ceres.org.au/

‘Peter Mac’ (Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre)
http://www.petermac.org/