In early June, the Repositories Support
Project (RSP) held an interesting and well-received event on "Scholarly
Communications: New Developments in Open Access." The event was attended
by librarians, repositories specialists, research officers and copyright
consultants. Presentations were held on open access, social media, data
citation, and research networking.
Christine Borgman, of the UCLA Department of Information Studies, has
written an interesting in-depth discussion
paper on "the conundrum of sharing research data":
In the most recent issue of D-Lib Magazine, Natasha Simons examines the
growing culture of data citation around use of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) System. In
discussing the recent collaboration between ANDS and DataCite to produce the Cite My Data Service,
and the implementation of DOIs at Griffith University, she reveals the
complexities and benefits of adopting DOIs for research data collections i
Open access to research has long been a topic of concern in
the academic field. Beginning with open access to articles, and whole journals,
the movement has been followed by opening up access to data, including
government data.
Applications for NHMRC Program
Grants for funding commencing in January 2014 are now open. Closing dates
for applications are June 5, 2012, and, the UQ internal
closing dates for full applications is Friday May 18th,
2012.
Over a third of all articles published in international journals are
internationally collaborative, up from a quarter 15 years ago, according to
Knowledge,
Networks and Nations, a Royal
Society project.
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