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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 ...

The Open Speakers Database : find experts on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data

13/12/2017

The Open Speakers Database is a crowd-sourced database of regional experts on Open Access, Open Education and Open Data, put together by the Right to Research Coalition and OpenCon. When possible, clicking on the name will allow you to email the speaker.Contribute to Open Speakers DatabaseKnow someone in your ...

Scholarly Communication, Digital Skills & Services and Research Infrastructure : LIBER Strategy (2018-2022)

13/12/2017

LIBER’s Vision for the research landscape in 2022 is that the role of research libraries will lie in Powering Sustainable Knowledge in the Digital Age. To make this happen, LIBER intends to provide the most added value through its three Strategic Directions (2018 - 2022): (1) Innovative Scholarly Communication, (2) Digital Skills & Services and (3) ...

AgroPortal: a backbone for data integration and standardization in Agronomy

12/12/2017

After having reviewed state of the art of vocabularies and ontologies in agronomy, food, plant sciences, and biodiversity, a recent article in ScienceDirect "AgroPortal: A vocabulary and ontology repository for agronomy" has focused on features, ontology organization and sources in AgroPortal. Below you will find some highlights of the article. ...