« (…) The first two drafts were released respectively on April 24th and May 1st indicating huge progress in the space of 4 weeks, and were opened for comment. The various sub-group drafts collected here reflect different approaches and initial work efforts: drafts 4 and 5 will synchronize these efforts into…
« An increasing number of LIBER institutions—and also institutions and consortia worldwide—are looking to integrate their Open Access strategies with Transformative Agreements. Such agreements enable institutions to repurpose their subscription expenditures to support open access publishing rather than paywalls. (…) this webinar will present two case studies of TA negotiated by…
« In February, the Chinese government released two documents that set forth important changes in policies governing science research evaluation. One of the most eye-catching changes is the requirement for researchers to publish one third of their representative papers in domestic Chinese journals, which is being hailed…
« We present our approach for the identification of cited text spans in scientific literature, using pre-trained encoders (BERT) in combination with different neural networks. We further experiment to assess the impact of using these cited text spans as input in BERT-based extractive summarisation methods. (…) »
« Les signataires de cette déclaration lancent un appel aux États, aux entreprises et aux institutions de recherche du monde entier pour leur rappeler la nécessité de bien documenter leurs décisions et leurs actions, tant aujourd’hui que demain.
S’inspirant de la déclaration de l’UNESCO intitulée :
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« Europe’s incoming Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market contains two new exceptions allowing text and data mining (TDM). The Directive is currently being implemented by all member states and must come into force no later than June 2021. (…) »
« The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease has affected millions of lives, forcing most of us to stay at home and work. However, there is an immediate need to conduct research on potential drugs against COVID-19. In this article, the extent to which major publishers have provided access for the public to…
« The Association of American Publishers has submitted public comments in response to a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Request for Information on “Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research.” (…) »
« This report was prepared as part of Jisc’s work in response to Prof. Adam Tickell’s recommendation “Jisc to lead on selecting and promoting a range of unique identifiers, including ORCID, in collaboration with sector leaders with relevant partner organisations. Funders of research to consider mandating the use of an agreed…
« Edmond, the now well-established open research data repository of the Max Planck Society, continues to grow steadily: the number of data collections increases on average weekly, recently almost daily. (…) »