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New! Job opportunity for Researcher for Agriculture data sector package

07/06/2016

An experienced researcher is sought to lead the research, development and stakeholder coordination around an ‘Agriculture data sector package’ sponsored by Open Data 4 Development (OD4D), GODAN, the Open Data Institute, the Government of Mexico (TBC), and supported by the Technical Working Group of the Open Data Charter. Aim: Develop ...

Free Webinar: “Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians”. Save the Date: June 15th, 2016

06/06/2016

“Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians” is the next session of the IFLA /ALA 2016 webinar series “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations”.“Big data is here. It is coming to your world faster than you expect. Business, the tech world, and higher education are ...

The open science landscape is shifting

06/06/2016

 At the meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels May 27, ministers for research and innovation talked Open Science, unanimously agreeing to make all European scientific articles free by 2020Chairing the Council, Sander Dekker, State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands told the council:“Open Science is ...

Webinar@AIMS: OKAD & F1000Research: a very different approach to publishing agricultural research

03/06/2016

Webinar on OKAD & F1000Research: a very different approach to publishing agricultural research28th June 2016  - 16:00 Rome TimeOpen access has been a positive force in scientific publishing. But the removal of paywalls and restrictive licencing are not the only issues that need to be tackled; unnecessary delays to publication, irreproducible ...

Wikipedia’s Year of Science 2016 helps students get to grips with science communication

03/06/2016

Students are writing Wikipedia articles instead of term papers in a bid to fill knowledge-gaps on the site and promote women in scienceLike smartphones and social media, it’s hard to imagine a world without Wikipedia. 90% of Americans turn to the web to find out information, and around 70% use it ...