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 | 11 September 2020 | Community News, English, Observations and Responses
This article explores the background and process that led to the merger of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network / Réseau canadien de documentation pour la recherche and Canadiana.org in 2018. Seizing a moment of opportunity in a rapidly shifting digital research landscape, the two organizations “spun in” to each other in order to leverage their complementary mandates and overlapping memberships. The new merged organization is now better positioned to meet the challenges of collaborative work in research and Canadian heritage content acquisition and access.
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.
by Caroline Winter | 7 August 2020 | English, Observations and Responses, Responses
At CRKN, we are now well into the first year of our 2019-2024 Strategic Plan, launched in October 2019 at our annual Conference. It has been an exciting and fruitful first year, and we are looking forward to continuing to enact our strategic goals in collaboration with our members and stakeholders.
