Welcome back after the holiday weekend!
As our University Easter term begins, we hope you enjoy this month's digest of open research news, resources, events and jobs.
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Summary of Jisc Research Notebook demo workshops are now available
Jisc recently held two Research Notebook demo workshops in Glasgow and Sheffield. A summary of the events is now available.
University of Bristol joins the Digital Preservation Coalition
The University of Bristol became the newest organization to join the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) as Associate Member this month.
The not-for-profit DPC is an international advocate for digital preservation, helping members around the world to deliver resilient long-term access to digital content and services through community engagement, targeted advocacy work, training and workforce development, capacity building, good practice and standards, and through good management and governance. Bristol joins a group of more than 30 dedicated Higher Education and research institutions within the Coalition who are committed to ensuring future generations can continue to access our digital legacy.
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SPARC Europe launches survey of Open Science policy and patterns of rewards and incentives used by European research funders
The survey has been sent to more than 200 international funding bodies, national funding agencies, major charities and foundations, national academies and key research performing organisations. Its aim is to shed light on Open Science policy, and on rewards and incentives practices used by Europe's research funders to encourage openness to the research they fund. SPARC Europe hopes to increase policy development amongst funders in Europe, in order to support the more rapid implementation of Open Science.
Qeios aims to help scientists reach a consensus on scholarly definitions
Qeios, a new free Open Science publishing platform, has recently gone live with more than 800 registered researchers.
The platform aims to help scientists to reach a consensus on scholarly definitions, and the team behind Qeios would like to start with defining Open Science terms.
Open Science gurus are invited to kick-start the discussion with the first definitions of Open Science, Open Access, and related terminology.
Peer Community In - a non-profit creating specific communities of researchers reviewing and recommending preprints in their field.
Heard about @PeerCommunityIn? It's a non-profit scientific organisation aiming to create specific communities of researchers reviewing and recommending (for free) unpublished preprints in their field. Find out more and check out @PCIEvolBiol, @PCI_Ecology and @PCI_Paleo.
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The latest post from the OSC blog
- A fast-track route to open access - since the REF 2021 open access policy came into force, our OA Team has received an ever increasing number of manuscript submissions for archiving in Apollo, Cambridge's institutional open access repository. This blog introduces the greatest overhaul of our workflows since the service began: a new ‘Fast Track’ deposit system. Helping us work harder, better and faster!
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Blogs we've enjoyed this month
- Emerging trends in the academic publishing cycle Tulley, C. Guest post for The Scholarly Kitchen, 27 March.
- As Elsevier Falters, Wiley Succeeds in Open-Access Deal Making Kwon, D. The Scientist, 26 March.
- Open Access Publishing: New Evidence on Faculty Attitudes and Behaviors (Schonfeld, R.C., The Scholarly Kitchen, 15 April.
- Researcher to Reader (R2R) Debate: Is Sci-Hub Good or Bad for Scholarly Communication? Anderson, R. The Scholarly Kitchen, 16 April.
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A wealth of material to use and share freely
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- How to identify peer-reviewed publications: Open-identity labels in scholarly book publishing, Kulczycki, E, Rozkosz, E.A., Engels, T.C.E., Guns, R., Holowiecki, M., Pölönen, J. (2019), PLoS One. 14(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214423
- Figure errors, sloppy science, and fraud: keeping eyes on your data, Williams, C.L., Casadevall, A. and Jackson, S. (2019), J Clin Invest. 130. [ePub ahead of print, 25 March]. doi: https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI128380
- FAIRsharing as a community approach to standards, repositories and policies. Sansone, S-A., McQuilton, P., Rocca-Serra, P., Gonzalez-Beltran, A., Izzo, M., Lister, A.L., Thurston, M. & the FAIRsharing Community (2019), Nature Biotechnology, 37, pp 358–367. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0080-8
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Lunch and learn: ASAPbio presents a lunchtime discusion on preprints and transparent publishing
26 April, 12:30-1.30pm, Newman Library, Postdoc Centre @ Biomedical Campus
Join Naomi Penfold of ASAPbio for an hour of relaxed, small group discussions on how and why publishing is changing to become more transparent, and what this means for you.
Bring your lunch and join a 'discussion table' to explore questions such as...
- why change academic publishing?
- who and what is transparency good for?
- what should we not change?
- what are preprints and why bother?
- where does peer review fit in?
ASAPbio is a scientist-driven non-profit ensuring the voices of science and the scientist are represented in innovation to improve transparency in life science communication.
This event is open to all, although will be of particular relevance to those in biomedical and life sciences.
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Cambridge Data School, 3-6 June
Apply by 1 May 2019
Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH) is happy to announce that applications for the first Cambridge Data School are now open. The Cambridge Data School will be based on open and free access principles, and course content will be structured around the life-cycle of a digital research project, covering principles of research design, data collection, cleaning and preparation, methods of analysis and visualisation, and data management and preservation practices.
People and organisations interested in learning more about digital methods are invited to submit their application. Participation is free of charge.
Getting started with peer review (for early career researchers and third and fourth year PhD students in STEM disciplines)
9 May, 2-4.30pm, Newman Library, Postdoc Centre @ Biomedical Campus
If you have recently started peer reviewing, or are ready to get involved, this is an unmissable chance to pick up tips and best practices.
Postgraduate Certificate in Science Communication
Apply by 17 May for a place on the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education's Postgraduate Certificate in Science Communication
This course engages with history, policy and theory to enable creative and relevant communication in a wide range of social, political and cultural contexts. It develops practical skills, opens up career opportunities, supports public and policy engagement, and builds capacity for developing and delivering impact.
Wednesday Webinars for library staff
Third Wednesday of the month, 12 noon - 1pm GMT
We’ve had great participation in our series of OSC Wednesday Webinars. Follow these links to catch up on what you've missed, and put the upcoming dates in your diary!
Each month we explore a different topic of interest to library staff providing research support, from metrics to mirror journals. Webinars last approximately 45 minutes with plenty of time for questions. All sessions are recorded and made available to those unable to attend on the day.
(recorded on 20 March)
(recorded on 17 April)
15 May, 12 noon
19 June, 12 noon
17 July, 12 noon
Open Research training for PhD students in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The Easter programme of workshops for HASS PhD students is now open for booking.
Tuesday 30 April, 11am
Tuesday 7 May, 11am
Tuesday 14 May, 11am
Tuesday 21 May, 2pm
Tuesday 28 May, 11am
Tuesday 04 June, 11am
Tuesday 11 June, 11am
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Centre for Open Science survey: 'Signals of trust in preprints'
The Center for Open Science is seeking graduate students, post docs, researchers and academic faculty to participate in survey to investigate the factors that affect the perceived credibility and use of preprints. Participation in this study involves:
- A time commitment of up to 20 minutes.
- Survey involving your qualitative, subjective evaluation of factors related to the credibility of preprints.
Currently using preprints (either uploading preprints or reading preprints) is not a prerequisite to participating in the study. You must be 18 or older to participate. If you would like more information, please contact this project’s research lead, Courtney Soderberg.
07 May, London
14 May, 10am - 5pm, Belle van Zuylenzaal, Academiegebouw, Utrecht
14-17 May, TU Delft
Call closes 17 May
24 May, Goldsmiths, University of London
Call closes 24 May
24 May, 9am-1pm, Nationaal Archief, The Hague
27-28 May, Ghent, Belgium
29 May, Birmingham
10-13 June, Hamburg, Germany
19 June, 3.45-7.30pm, TU Delft
24-25 June, Dublin, Ireland
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