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Open Annotation Tools
Open annotation is the ability to freely contribute to online, usually web-based, content, such as documents, images and video. Open annotation as a concept has been embraced predominantly by scholars in the Digital Humanities, a group that has a long history of online collaboration.
How the 2018 Federal Budget Impacts Research in Canada
The 2018 federal budget, released on February 27, 2018, significantly benefits research in Canada. The budget includes $925 million over five years in funding that is committed to the Tri-council agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Comment le budget fédéral de 2018 affecte la recherche au Canada
Le budget fédéral de 2018, publié le 27 février 2018, profitera grandement à la recherche au Canada. Le budget comprend un financement de 925 millions de dollars sur cinq ans accordés aux organismes des trois conseils: Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC), Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie (CRSNG) et Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH).
Partner Response to Open Access Publishing Negotiations in Europe
Some European countries are trying to make progress, but unfortunately, the solution they advocate often revolves around agreements like the big deal, publish & read, read and publish, etc. These countries want the national license to include free circulation of articles published by national authors.
Réponse des partenaires aux négociations sur l’édition en libre accès en Europe
Certains pays européens tentent en effet de faire bouger les lignes. Malheureusement, la solution qu’ils préconisent tourne souvent autour des ententes de type OA big deal, publish&read, read&publish, etc. Ces pays visent que la licence nationale inclut une diffusion libre des articles publiés par les auteurs nationaux.
Open Access Publishing Negotiations in Europe
In Europe, where publisher negotiations are often done at the national rather than the institutional level, universities are pushing for scholarly journals to become open access, in part due to the E.U.’s mandate to make all scientific articles freely available by 2020.
Négociations de l’édition à libre accès en Europe
En Europe, où les négociations d’éditeurs se font souvent au niveau national plutôt qu’institutionnel, les universités font pression pour que les revues savantes deviennent libre accès, en partie grâce au mandat de l’UE de rendre tous les articles scientifiques disponibles gratuitement d’ici 2020.
Open Government
Open government indicates that citizens have access to the publications, records and data of the government, in order to enable the public to observe government activity and for the government to be open to public scrutiny. Often associated with transparency and accountability, open government is widely considered to be a hallmark of the modern democracy. Open government also allows for more effective dissemination of information, which facilitates a higher level of civic engagement.