« On behalf of cOAlition S and ALPSP, we are seeking expressions of interest from people who would like to work on shared principles, data, licenses, and workflows to underpin Open Access agreements between libraries/consortia and smaller independent publishers. Ideally, we would like a diverse array of people knowledgeable about the…
« The Commission has published the reports by Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Microsoft and Google on measures taken in June to combat coronavirus disinformation. The current signatories and the Commission are also calling on new companies to join the Code of Practice on disinformation as it will help broaden its impact and…
« As part of its work on Open Science, the Knowledge Exchange (KE) are currently exploring the role of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) within modern-day research. To better understand what is needed to build and exploit a well-functioning PID infrastructure for research, we wish to commission a consultant to…
« Research software is a fundamental and vital part of research worldwide, yet there remain significant challenges to software productivity, quality, reproducibility, and sustainability. Improving the practice of scholarship is a common goal of the open science, open source software and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) communities, but improving the…
« (…) Les enjeux de la science ouverte (Open Science) et du libre accès aux publications scientifique se prolongent donc par la mise à disposition des données de la recherche (Open Research Data), mais pour provoquer des usages et des citations, le simple partage ne suffit pas : il faut des données…
« What should a Plan S for books look like? This is a question we’ve been thinking about at the Open Access Books Network (OABN) — and we want to hear from as many members of the OA books community as possible as we seek to answer…
« The Architecture Working Group is releasing three documents delivered by its Task Forces on Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI), Persistent Identifiers (PID) and Scholarly Infrastructures for Research Software (SIRS).
The first two documents (AAI & PID) describe the architectures designed by the Task Forces. The…
« On behalf of cOAlition S, the European Science Foundation is exploring the feasibility of procuring an online, web-based service that provides:
a secure means by which academic journal publishers, who publish research articles funded by cOAlition S organisations, can upload price and service data, as specified in either of« The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), an academic network created in 1967 and today gathering 680 research centers in 51 countries, is inviting the scientific community to share views on principles and recommendations for research evaluation, recently drafted by the Latin…
« Dans le cadre de la mission Politique publique de la donnée, une consultation est lancée pour avoir un « avis sur les freins actuels à l’ouverture des données, des codes sources, et des données d’intérêt général et les solutions à mettre en œuvre pour libérer le potentiel…
