« The Open Data Maturity assessment 2021 benchmarks the development of European countries in the field of open data.1 This is the seventh consecutive annual report by data.europa.eu2 (formerly conducted by the European Data Portal). This report aims to support countries to better understand their level of maturity, to capture their…
This Strategy Report consists of four interconnected parts. First, it describes the MAIN FEATURES AND OUTCOMES OF THE ROADMAP 2021. Secondly, it presents WHAT IS NEW IN THE ROADMAP 2021 edition in comparison to its predecessor. In the third part, it analyses the LESSONS LEARNT from this…
« (…) This report provides a detailed account of how big data research is pursued in academic contexts, focusing on identifying typical methodologies, workflows, outputs, and challenges big data researchers face. Full details and actionable recommendations for stakeholders are offered in the body of the report, which offers guidance to universities,…
« This report summarises the results of a survey of European libraries on Open Education (OE) and Open Education Resources (OER) prepared by SPARC Europe. It was done in consultation with the European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL). (…) »
« Reforming research assessment is increasingly considered a priority to ensure the quality, performance and impact of research. Reform, however, requires cultural and systemic changes which are proving to be very complex and slow to implement. During the period March-November 2021, the European Commission consulted European stakeholders on how to facilitate…
« Research information management (RIM) is a rapidly growing area of investment in US research universities, capable of advancing research, supporting strategic decision making, and streamlining administrative workflows. In 2020-21, OCLC Research convened a team of current and past RIM system managers to examine the RIM practices at US institutions. (…) »
« Reproducibility and transparency can be regarded (at least in experimental research) as a hallmark of research. The ability to reproduce research results in order to check their reliability is an important cornerstone of research that helps to guarantee the quality of research and to build on existing knowledge. The digital…
« The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Partnership will bring together institutional, national and European initiatives and engage all relevant stakeholders to co-design and deploy a European Research Data Commons.
The Partnership will seek engagement with the Member States and Associated Countries on two levels: i) via a “Steering Board”…
« An independent study by management consultancy Charles Beagrie Ltd. has found that the data resources managed by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) offer exceptional value for money. The report estimated that the return on investment in research and development depending on EMBL-EBI managed data is worth £1.3…
« This report explores how publishers and authors can promote, nurture, and facilitate interaction with openly available books. (…)
The main communities we want to reach with this report are publishers and authors/scholars (or communities of scholars), to explore how they, by experimenting and often just making simple adjustments, can…
