« There is a growing movement to review the recognition and rewards systems for academics in Europe, notably in the transition to Open Science. Since research is global, the European University Association (EUA) and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) are joining forces and would like to welcome you…
« The final report of the HFD Community Working Group Competence Badges predict three possible future scenarios for the use of digital skill certificates.
The resulting minimum, medium and maximum scenarios are based on structured discussions with different stakeholder groups. (…) »
« Are you a librarian with responsibility for data management? If so, you may gain valuable insights from a recent SSHOC investigation into research data and metadata interoperability problems among project partners. (…) »
« To speed up discovery and impact health, we must transform our approach to science. Innovations in biomedical science and big data technology have brought hope, and are powered by a new way of doing science: Open Science. This is the concept of freely sharing research data and materials, and removing…
« CORE Discovery helps users find freely accessible copies of research papers that might be behind a paywall on the publisher’s website. It is backed by our huge dataset of millions of full text open access papers as well as content from widely…
« The LIBER-Communia guidelines come in addition to detailed library guidelines on the Digital Single Market Directive, published last week by LIBER, EBLIDA, IFLA and SPARC Europe. Both documents seek to explain the Directive as it stands to librarians, researchers, government and civil society, and to provide…
« Scholarly publishers can help to increase data quality and reproducible research by promoting transparency and openness. Increasing transparency can be achieved by publishers in six key areas: (1) understanding researchers’ problems and motivations, by conducting and responding to the findings of surveys; (2) raising awareness of issues and encouraging behavioural…
« Lorsque la création d’une base de données comportant des données de santé est envisagée, le responsable de traitement doit déterminer si elle permettra la réalisation ultérieure de plusieurs traitements (« entrepôt ») ou s’il s’agit d’une recherche, étude ou évaluation ponctuelle. En fonction de ce choix, le régime juridique et…
« (…) Ce rapport résume les résultats du sondage du Groupe de travail sur la conservationnumérique (GTCN) de l’ABRC sur la capacité de préservation numérique et les besoins des institutions de la mémoire au Canada. Le sondage visait à brosser un tableau complet et à jour des activités de préservation numérique…
