by Caroline Winter | 23 October 2020 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
On May 6 and 7, 2019, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL–ABRC) hosted Advancing Open, an unconference-style gathering for Canadian scholarly communication practitioners to discuss ways to advance open scholarship in Canada.
by Caroline Winter | 23 October 2020 | French, Observations, Observations and Responses
Les 6 et 7 mai 2019, l’Association canadienne des bibliothèques de recherche (ABRC–CARL) a organisé Advancing Open, un atelier de style non-conférence pour les praticiens canadiens de la communication savante afin de discuter des moyens de faire progresser la science ouvertes au Canada.
by Caroline Winter | 25 September 2020 | French, Observations, Observations and Responses
Dans un article pour The Scholarly Kitchen en juin 2020, Alice Meadows soutient que maintenant, alors que la pandémie COVID-19 a conduit à des niveaux sans précédent d’ouverture et de collaboration entre les chercheurs du monde entier, la construction d’une infrastructure de recherche solide et stable est plus importante que jamais (Meadows 2020; voir aussi « Science Ouverte et COVID-19 »).
by Caroline Winter | 25 September 2020 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
In a post for The Scholarly Kitchen in June 2020, Alice Meadows argues that now, as the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented levels of openness and collaboration among researchers around the world, building a strong and stable research infrastructure is more important than ever. Meadows announces that, as part of its efforts to support and expand open access (OA) in the UK, Jisc is working to establish a UK Persistent Identifier (PID) Consortium.
by Caroline Winter | 21 August 2020 | English, Observations, Observations and Responses
At the UNESCO General Conference in fall 2019, the organization was tasked with developing a Recommendation on Open Science. UNESCO describes open science as comprising open access, open data, and being “open to society” (UNESCO n.d. p. 2). It notes, however, that although the Open Science movement is gaining worldwide momentum, there is to date no consensus about how to define open science or its goals.
by Caroline Winter | 21 August 2020 | French, Observations, Observations and Responses
Lors de la Conférence générale de l’UNESCO à l’automne 2019, l’organisation a été chargée d’élaborer une Recommandation sur la science ouverte. L’UNESCO décrit la science ouverte comme comprenant le libre accès, les données ouvertes et « ouverture vers la société » (UNESCO s.d. p. 2). Il note, cependant, que bien que le mouvement de la science ouverte gagne du terrain dans le monde entier, il n’y a à ce jour aucun consensus sur la manière de définir la science ouverte ou ses objectifs.