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Tag Archives: All Sciences
What researchers want for research data support – A SURF Foundation Report
The full report can be found on the SURF Foundation site. via SURF Foundation publications page: A review of literature describing what researchers want with regard to storage of and access to research data This publication reviews recent literature describing … Continue reading
What Scientists Think about Open Access Publishing
Highlights from the SOAP project survey. What Scientists Think about Open Access Publishing was posted on arXiv.org Abstract from arXiv.org: The SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing) project has run a large-scale survey of the attitudes of researchers on, and … Continue reading
What Nature Publishing Group is up to
Cameron Neylon, in this post on his Science in the Open blog, digs into some of the details about open access publishing and what Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is doing to produce a PLoS-like publication. I know, not too exciting… … Continue reading
Creating a Data Management Framework
The Australian National Data Service has released a guide titled: Creating a Data Management Framework from announcement to Research Data Management list: Creating a Data Management Framework is designed for institutions which are committed to improving their research data management … Continue reading
The Language of Data
In a brief Wired column, Clive Thompson addresses the importance for all of us to hone our data “reading” skills, with statistics as the “grammar”. I think I need to break out my Biometry textbook. These kinds of skills are … Continue reading
Data management plans – a satirical view
The news of NSF’s impending requirement for data management plans has prompted a few more or less humorous responses. For instance, see this data management plan from the Daily Life in an Ivory Basement blog. I’m not sure that I … Continue reading
