(Image Credit: DataCite)Have you followed up on news from the LoveYourData International Week, 13-17 February 2017? Similar to Open Access Week, the purpose of the Love Your Data (LYD) campaign is to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics related to Research Data Management (RDM), sharing, preservation, ...
On Wednesday, 22 February, 2017, OASPA will host an hour-long live Twitter chat about open access (OA) publishing in the Global South, at 1pm BST. Join this event on Twitter by tweeting your questions about OA publishing in the Global South using the hashtag #OASPAChat. Date & Time:Wednesday 22nd February 20171pm -2...
The OpenUP project - that is studying practices in open peer review, innovative dissemination and alternative impact measurements among European researchers - is conducting a SURVEY on these topics. The Project team would be grateful if you could contribute by filling in this SURVEY. It is opened until Friday, 17 February. ...
After the joint efforts of GODAN and RDA-IGAD activities, a new Working Group (WG ) on Soil Data was laucnhed on 15 February, 2017. It will connect ongoing efforts and share information in connection with the WG on Soil Information Standards of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) and soil-related actions in ...
On 14 February 2017, the preprint AgriXiv site was launched with support from Open Science Framework (OSF), as part of fulfilling its objective of “development of community e-infrastructure, capacity building and framework for policies related to Open Access, Open Data and Open Education”.___________________________________________________________________________________________________“Everything else can wait, but not Agriculture”, - Jawaharlal ...