Steward Application Draft
Steward Application Draft
The Digital Universe
The Digital Universe is a network of subject-specific websites (called Portals) with reliable information from trusted sources covering a wide range of subjects. It is being built by experts — known as Stewards — from around the world. These Stewards assemble the best and most reliable information available and organize it for easy access to the general public.
If you are an expert in a field and would like to become the Steward of an existing Digital Universe Website or a new Digital Universe Website in that field please sign up for a user account and then send an email with the following information and a pdf attachment of your resume or curriculum vitae to admin@dufoundation.org.
Basic Information
- User name
- Real full name
- Email address
- Highest relevant degree(s) and subject(s)
- Degree granting institution(s) and year(s)
- URL of your home page if you have one
- Current position (If relevant to the Website, otherwise optional)
- New or existing Digital Universe Website name
New Digital Universe Website Name
This should correspond to a topic no broader than that studied by subdiscipline(s) (e.g., fundamental particles; the nature of moral principles; 19th-century French literature; probate law; role-playing games) in which you would like to work. If possible, please do not specify a discipline, but instead the topic(s) that the discipline studies (e.g. Sun, not Solar Physics). Bear in mind that website topics will eventually be very fine-grained/specialized, but that at this point we need volunteers at many levels of generality in every field. Note that you may be asked to work collaboratively with other well-qualified Stewards, particularly on more general topics; you will not necessarily be the permanent Steward for a given website.
What Next?
For a new Digital Universe Website: If the name looks reasonable and a good match with your credentials, your requested new Digital Universe Website will be created and added to the navigator. You will be added as a member of the Website with administrator privileges. The Website will be tagged as a "Digital Universe Candidate."
For an existing Digital Universe Website that is not yet being stewarded: If it looks like a good match with your credentials, you will be added as a member of the Website with administrator privileges. The Website will be tagged as a "Digital Universe Candidate."
For an existing Digital Universe Website that is already being stewarded: If it looks like a good match with your credentials, you will be added as a member of the Website with contributor privileges. Content you post with contributor privileges will require the approval of a member with publisher, admin or owner priveleges before it is publicly visible. To "upgrade" your privileges, contact a member with owner or admin privileges.
What You Will be Able to Post
- Encyclopedia Articles
- News items
- Blogs
- Photo Galleries (under Media)
- Videos (under Media)
- Upcoming Events (under Calendar)
- Resources (links to outside websites)
The Author
Bernard Haisch, Ph.D., is an astrophysicist and author of over 130 scientific publications. He served as a scientific editor of the Astrophysical Journal for ten years, and was Principal Investigator on several NASA research projects. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Haisch did postdoctoral research at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. His professional positions in ... (Full Bio)
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