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Organise your own Open Science Cafe & FOSTER Open Science!

15/12/2017

One of the main blockades for the actual shift to Open Science is that most people, even within the Open Science community, operate in separate silos.In order to overcome this, we need other formats than presentations and panels.Open Science Cafes do have the potential to connect different stakeholders, ...

Report on Business Models for Sustainable Research Data Repositories (OECD & CODATA, 2017)

15/12/2017

On 11 December 2017, the OECD released an OECD Global Science Forum and CODATA Report on Business Models for Sustainable Research Data Repositories Keywords: Open science, Research, Data, Business models, Repositories, Sustainability, Open DataThere is a large variety of repositories that are responsible for providing long term access to data that is ...

Supporting Data Literacy : recorded LIBER Webinar

14/12/2017

Research libraries are increasingly focusing on providing better support and training for Data Literacy, both to their staff and to their community of users. Two experts in this area are data librarians Robin Rice of the University of Edinburgh and John Southall, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.They recently shared ...

Open Science - Altmetrics and Rewards - Incentives and Rewards to engage in Open Science Activities

14/12/2017

This thematic report (published by European Commission, Research & Innovation) provides a systematic overview of the advantages and challenges of supporting Open Science activities, and the incentives and rewards that most effectively encourage the adoption and implementation of Open Science policies. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________Building on discussions among participants in the Mutual Learning Exercise ...

ORCID : Connecting Research & Researchers : Distinguish Yourself in Three Easy Steps

14/12/2017

ORCID is a nonprofit organization helping create a world in which all who participate in research, scholarship and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions and affiliations, across disciplines, borders, and time.The ORCID community advocates for assigning and managing persistent and unambiguous personal identifiers for use in ...