Agriculture would benefit hugely from a common data ecosystem. This is the main argument of the GODAN discussion paper A Global Data Ecosystem for Agriculture and Food. A newly set up GODAN Data Ecosystem Working Group (WG) will explore the daring vision of catalyzing the creation a global, common data ...

In November 2016, the Open Education Research Hub (OER Hub) launched an open text book about open research. Besides the latter issue, the book focuses on  ‘Ethics in the Open’, ‘Open Dissemination’ and ‘Reflecting in the Open’. “Open Research is an open textbook based on the award winning course of the ...

The ideal candidate – to begin in April of 2017 - is a suitably experienced leader with a demonstrated ability to engage with the members, Council and senior stakeholders of the RDA, and the ability to be a key driver of the RDA mission of rapidly building the social and technical bridges ...

In 2016,  the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD) published a book that connects some of the key goals behind ‘Open Innovation’, ‘Open Science’ and ‘Open to the World’. The book also highlights actions that are already taking place in the implementation of the Tree Os’ and those are being ...

International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB) 2017: Call For Papers Theme: Expanding Perspectives on Open Science: Communities, Cultures and Diversity in Concepts and Practices. If you have a proposal for a presentation or for a session, please  consider a submission. The deadline for submission to ELPUB2017 has been extended to January 15, 2017. __________________________________________________________________________________________________...