Thank you for your comments and questions about this. There are several options available to see the newest content posted to OpenABM, including models:
- When browsing the Model Library, by default the selection is sorted by Title, but you can change the sort order by clicking on the different descriptors at the top of the models list, including Author and Submitted. Each time you click the list descriptor, it toggles the sort between Ascending order and Descending order. By clicking "Submitted" the model order will switch to the order in which they were submitted to the library. - We have several RSS news feeds<http://www.openabm.org/story/openabm-rss-feeds>available to which you can subscribe using a news reader, like Feedburner or Google Reader. This permits you to see when new content has been posted to OpenABM, without having to browse our site to find it. The link to these feeds is available at the bottom of the webpage, by clicking the orange RSS Icon. There are currently four feeds available to choose between, depending on what you are interested in following: Announcements, Newest Models, Newest Events, and Newest Content (everything). - OpenABM and CoMSES also have a Twitter account<https://twitter.com/#!/openabm_comses>, and all new posts to OpenABM are posted automatically to the Twitter account. We are working on making improvements to the site and making it as easy to use as possible. A Frequently Asked Questions section is being developed to provide additional tips and assistance on using the site. We appreciate and look forward to the contributions from you and your students to the website. Best, Nathan -- Nathan Rollins PhD Student, Anthropology Research Assistant, OpenABM & CoMSES Network <http://www.openabm.org> Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity <http://csid.asu.edu/> School of Human Evolution and Social Change <http://shesc.asu.edu> Arizona State University On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 9:01 PM, John Bragin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Although I find that this collection contains a large number of > interesting and useful simulation models for myself and for my students, I > also find that as a collection it is nearly impossible to re-access easily, > unlike, for example, the Netlogo Community Models Library. > > Why is this? > > Because an alphabetical listing of models, rather than one by date added, > does not make user-friendly sense, imho. > > I would like to be able to re-visit OpenABM from time to time to see what > new items have been posted that I might like to download, that I have not > seen before. > > However, to do so now, I have to go through the entire site! At least, if > I could search by date added, I could look over new items, but this is not > possible, either. > > Now, maybe I am not using the site properly. If so, would someone please > correct me. > > If not, could Michael, Marco, Lil or someone else involved with OpenABM > work to make such a a re-visiting means possible, or please let me know why > it might be thought that it is either not necessary or not possible. > > Sincerely, > > John Bragin > UCLA > Lecturer (periodic) in Complex Systems Science > > jbragin-at-ucla-dot-edu > > Personal Website: http://ucla.academia.edu/JohnBragin > > "Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions, and can never > pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them." > David Hume (1710-1776) > > "An Outline of Complex Systems Science": > http://ucla.academia.edu/JohnBragin/Papers/461970/_An_Outline_of_Complex_Systems_Science_Goals_Scope_and_Methods > > > > > On Dec 8, 2012, at 12:58 PM, ComSES Network wrote: > > > Dear CoMSES community, > > > > Recently, we've made some improvements to the CoMSES Net Computational > Model Library at www.openabm.org. Now, models in the library display > model *author(s)* instead of just the person who uploaded the model. > > > > If you have any models in the model library, please make sure that you > and any co-authors receive proper credit and citation for your model. We > are asking that you edit any models you have in the library to make sure > that the appropriate author name(s) are stored with the model. When you are > logged in to OpenABM, your models can be found at > http://www.openabm.org/models/mymodels In order to update the author > information for your model, you must select each model, edit it, and add > your name and those of any co-authors you wish to include. > > > > Also, if you have published a paper based on or referencing a model you > have placed in the library (or have an article accepted for publication > that does so), we can issue a persistent internet resource identifier for > citing your model. With the collaboration of the ASU Library, we are > creating unique "handles" for published models (these are equivalent to > DOI's which are, in fact, a type of "handle"). This will provide a > permanent, reliable weblink for the model citation. Please let us know if > your model has been published and qualifies for a handle. > > > > Finally, we ask that you visit your profile (accessible from the My > Profile button on the main page) and also update your name on your Profile > as well as any other details of your profile that might be out of date. To > edit your profile details, make sure you are logged in to OpenABM. If you > have to log in, you should be taken to your Profile automatically. > Otherwise, click "My Profile" in the navigation menu on the left side of > the screen. Click the "Edit" tab and then "Profile." > > > > Thanks for making CoMSES Net an even more valuable resource for members > and others using scientific computation > > > > > > Michael, Marco, and Lil >
