by Caroline Winter | 9 March 2020 | Community News, English, Observations and Responses, Uncategorized
Every day, Canadian researchers are coming up with new ideas with the potential to tackle some of the biggest challenges we face today. By freely sharing and collaborating on these innovations, we can ensure a dynamic and transparent research community. The Government of Canada can now bolster its efforts in making federal science open and accessible to all thanks to the Roadmap for Open Science — a set of ten recommendations delivered by Canada’s Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Mona Nemer.
by Caroline Winter | 6 March 2020 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
In April 2019, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) published their White Paper on Wikidata: Opportunities and Recommendations. This white paper shares the findings of the ARL’s Task Force on Wikimedia and Linked Open Data, which was established in 2018 to investigate the potential of using Wikidata as a repository for libraries’ linked open data and to explore how libraries can use Wikidata to improve discoverability and community engagement.
by Caroline Winter | 12 February 2020 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
With the goal of improving the discoverability of gold open access journals, CRKN maintains a list of open access journals supported by CRKN member institutions. Formerly managed through Simon Fraser University’s CUFTS software, this list is now distributed to link resolvers to allow more researchers to see and access this content through library catalogues.
by Caroline Winter | 13 December 2019 | English, Observations
As an open, non-proprietary, international, and discipline non-specific tool for identifying researchers, the ORCID iD is an important component of digital research infrastructure. For more information about ORCID iDs, see the observation ORCID: Connecting Research and Researchers.
by Caroline Winter | 29 November 2019 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
As a tool for sharing knowledge and building networks among researchers and the public, social media plays an important role in open social scholarship. For the scholarly community, participating in social media can be an effective way to discover research, build professional networks, and engage with the broader community. It is also a space in which scholars can construct and curate their digital identity (Hildebrandt and Couros; Marshall 2015; Willinsky 2010).
by Caroline Winter | 1 November 2019 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
The Canadian–Australian Partnership for Open Scholarship (CAPOS) is a collaboration between the INKE Partnership and a collective of Australian researchers and research groups, policy makers, computing organizations, libraries and library associations, and universities.
