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Garrett Eastman

Mandated data archiving greatly improves access to research data - 0 views

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    "The data underlying scientific papers should be accessible to researchers both now and in the future, but how best can we ensure that these data are available? Here we examine the effectiveness of four approaches to data archiving: no stated archiving policy, recommending (but not requiring) archiving, and two versions of mandating data deposition at acceptance. We control for differences between data types by trying to obtain data from papers that use a single, widespread population genetic analysis, STRUCTURE. At one extreme, we found that mandated data archiving policies that require the inclusion of a data availability statement in the manuscript improve the odds of finding the data online almost a thousand-fold compared to having no policy. However, archiving rates at journals with less stringent policies were only very slightly higher than those with no policy at all. At one extreme, we found that mandated data archiving policies that require the inclusion of a data availability statement in the manuscript improve the odds of finding the data online almost a thousand fold compared to having no policy. However, archiving rates at journals with less stringent policies were only very slightly higher than those with no policy at all. We also assessed the effectiveness of asking for data directly from authors and obtained over half of the requested datasets, albeit with about 8 days delay and some disagreement with authors. Given the long term benefits of data accessibility to the academic community, we believe that journal based mandatory data archiving policies and mandatory data availability statements should be more widely adopted."
Garrett Eastman

What do Librarians Need to Know About MOOCs? - 0 views

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    From the abstract:" This article examines the MOOC phenomenon, identifying aspects that academic librarians should consider in the coming years, including how these courses interact with scholarly resources and library services. Methods for integrating library services in these courses are evaluated, with recommendations for the best course of action. "
Garrett Eastman

Digital resilience in higher education - 0 views

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    Abstrat: "Higher education institutions face a number of opportunities and challenges as the result of the digital revolution. The institutions perform a number of scholarship functions which can be affected by new technologies, and the desire is to retain these functions where appropriate, whilst the form they take may change. Much of the reaction to technological change comes from those with a vested interest in either wholesale change or maintaining the status quo. Taking the resilience metaphor from ecology, the authors propose a framework for analysing an institution's ability to adapt to digital challenges. This framework is examined at two institutions (the UK Open University and Canada's Athabasca University) using two current digital challenges, namely Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Access publishing."
Garrett Eastman

OpenAIRE/LIBER workshop "Dealing with Data. What's the Role for the library?" - 0 views

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    Slides and video available from May 28 event in Ghent
Garrett Eastman

The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data: A Focus on Developing Countries:... - 0 views

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    from the description; "he theme of this international symposium is the promotion of greater sharing of scientific data for the benefit of research and broader development, particularly in the developing world."
Garrett Eastman

The Future of Scientific Knowledge Discovery in Open Networked Environments: Summary of... - 1 views

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    Description: "The focus of this project was on computer-mediated or computational scientific knowledge discovery, taken broadly as any research processes enabled by digital computing technologies. Such technologies may include data mining, information retrieval and extraction, artificial intelligence, distributed grid computing, and others. These technological capabilities support computer-mediated knowledge discovery, which some believe is a new paradigm in the conduct of research. The emphasis was primarily on digitally networked data, rather than on the scientific, technical, and medical literature. The meeting also focused mostly on the advantages of knowledge discovery in open networked environments, although some of the disadvantages were raised as well."
Garrett Eastman

Uses Cases and Requirements for the Open Data Directory - Draft Open for Comments - 0 views

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    Towards "a curated directory of valuable organized references that are considered a must know for any Open Data stakeholder, including public administration, academia, civil society, private sector, non-governmental institutions, professional consultants, media and publishing industries or topic specialists among others." Use Cases and Requirements draft also available for viewing
Garrett Eastman

Dealing with Data: Science Librarians' Participation in Data Management at Association ... - 0 views

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    Survey of science librarians at ARL member institutions
Garrett Eastman

Data Curation Profiles Directory | Purdue University - 0 views

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    "A Data Curation Profile is a resource for Library and Information Science professionals, Archivists, IT professionals, Data Managers, and others who want information about the specific data generated and used in research areas and sub-disciplines that may be published, shared, and preserved for re-use."
Garrett Eastman

Information handling in collaborative research - 0 views

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    Abstract: "UK public policy makers have a growing interest in collaborative research, where academics work with public, private or third sector partners on a joint project which supports the partner's aims. This paper reports on the findings of five case studies, looking at how information is sourced, managed, used and shared within collaborative research projects. It finds that researchers within collaborative projects have similar information management issues as are known to exist within academia more broadly, but that the specific conditions which govern research collaborations mean that interventions to improve or support information management must be carefully tailored."
Garrett Eastman

Open Educational Resources - a historical perspective - 1 views

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    A review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement, with emphasis on UK initiatives
Garrett Eastman

Altmetrics: A 21st-Century Solution to Determining Research Quality - 0 views

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    A review of new scholarly publishing metrics and how they compare to traditional impact measures.
Gosia Stergios

http://dmmsclick.wiley.com/view.asp?m=j9ybrem9mdunr73v4iq8&u=10731797&f=h - 1 views

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    What Authors Want From Open Access Publishing
Gosia Stergios

Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access (by Alma Swan, 2012) - 0 views

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    Decision-makers, administrators and research managers should focus on Sections 8 and 9 that capture all relevant issues of OA policy development.
Garrett Eastman

Program Overview | 2012 e-Science Symposium - 0 views

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    Fourth Annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Hoagland-Pincus Center Shrewsbury, Mass. features presentations and posters
Gosia Stergios

Faculty Advisory Council Memorandum on Journal Pricing § THE HARVARD LIBRARY ... - 1 views

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    "We write to communicate an untenable situation facing the Harvard Library. Many large journal publishers have made the scholarly communication environment fiscally unsustainable and academically restrictive"
Gosia Stergios

Finch Fiasco in Figures - S. Harnad - 0 views

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    with good overview and stats for OA growth
Garrett Eastman

De-Mystifying the Data Management Requirements of Research Funders - 1 views

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    Abstract "Research libraries have sought to apply their information management expertise to the management of digital research data. This focus has been spurred in part by the policies of two major funding agencies in the United States, which require grant recipients make research outputs, including publications and research data, openly available. As many academic libraries are beginning to offer or are already offering assistance in writing and implementing data management plans, it is important to consider how best to support researchers. Our research examined the current data management requirements of major US funding agencies to better understand data management requirements facing researchers and the implications for libraries offering data management services for researchers."
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