Start a book club and connect with like-minded STEM enthusiasts
worldwide.
Club Creation Guidelines
To maximize your chances of finding engaged members, please follow these best
practices:
Choose a well-known textbook or resource in your field
Set a realistic reading pace and meeting schedule
Provide clear expectations for participation
Consider the target audience and difficulty level
Recommended Resources
GitHub – great for versioning and
project management. It's also a useful tool to compile group resources, like notes,
links (conveniently placed in a README.md file or similar) and to make sure
knowledge isn't lost - as long as your team remembers to commit. Importantly, it is
free to use, and is the standard in many STEM disciplines.
Obsidian – for note-taking and
knowledge management. Being able to take and organize notes digitally is very useful
when your group is online, rather than sharing pictures of handwritten notes. There
are many tools for this purpose, which you can find online, Obsidian is just a
personal recommendation, and it is free (Syncing is not, but you should be uploading
your notes to GitHub anyway).
Overleaf – for writing formal
documents and research. If a member is experienced with LaTeX, then having an
Overleaf page to formalize your work is incredibly useful for creating presentable
work from your studies. It does support group collaboration, however this is a paid
feature.
Email – works for some people, but can be quite isolating and
disconnected. However I mention it here since it can be very useful for bigger group
updates, as you can typically share content including attachments in one bulk email
to all members. Aim to keep all attachments on GitHub if you use any, so that
nothing is lost.
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