« The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) aims at defining standards and/or best practices for the new generation of library discovery services that are based on indexed search. These discovery services are primarily based upon indexes derived from journals, ebooks and other electronic information of a scholarly nature.…
« Using a database of recent articles published in the field of Global Health research, we examine institutional sources of stratification in publishing access outcomes. Traditionally, the focus on inequality in scientific publishing has focused on prestige hierarchies in established print journals. This project examines stratification in contemporary publishing with a…
« (…) we invited 14 experts from 10 countries to participate in the FOSTER Book Sprint which was organized in collaboration with the TIB Hannover. From 12-16 February 2018 the selected authors came together in Germany to write an Open Science training handbook collaboratively. The result is amazing:…
« Introduction: Open Data and Africa
This introduction outlines the contents of the special collection “Open Data and Africa”, which documents the goals and aspirations associated with Open Data means in Africa today: what opportunities they offer, what challenges they pose and what the implications follow from the increasing political and…
« Le rapport sur les bibliothèques d’Erik Orsenna et Noël Corbin, intitulé « Voyage au pays des bibliothèques, lire aujourd’hui, lire demain », a été remis par leurs auteurs à la ministre de la Culture, Françoise Nyssen, en présence du président de la République, Emmanuel Macron, lors d’une visite à…
« Creative Nation uses official, open and web data to map the creative industries in the UK, their evolution, contribution to local economic development, the strength of their support ecosystems – including research and informal networking – and their connections with each other. Ultimately, it seeks to contribute to our understanding of…
« Data Pitch announced to fund 18 start-ups with €100,000 grants, accelerating data-driven businesses. This European Union open innovation programme brings together data owners (both corporate and from the public-sector) with start-ups and SMEs working with data. (…) »
« (…) In the Research Bill Knowledge in Collaboration the Government states that open access to research results contributes to maintaining and furthering excellence in research. Open access to research output can advance science by making it possible for more researchers to validate and build on previous work. Further, that open…
« Le 22 février 2018, se tiendra à l’IMéRA le premier séminaire du cycle Recherches numériques – humanités numériques sur l’impulsion de Pierre Livet, philosophe. Pour cette première session, le thème de l’après-midi est celui des incidences sociologiques économiques, politiques et juridiques du numérique sur…
« Le 12 février 2018, le Conseil scientifique de l’Institut national des sciences de l’univers (INSU) a adopté deux recommandations : l’une sur « l’appel de Jussieu » et les évolutions de l’édition scientifique et l’autre sur le partage des données et des résultats de la…
