New international coalition takes crowd-funding style approach to secure the future of open science - November 10, 2017
In an effort to strengthen and secure the network of non-commercial services that underpin the burgeoning field of Open Science, a newly-formed coalition of international organisations, including SPARC Europe, is spearheading an unconventional appeal. The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), which formed… Read More
SPEC Survey webcast on Libraries, Presses, and Publishing - November 9, 2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of free webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2017.… Read More
Elsevier and Seven Bridges awarded NIH Data Commons grant - November 8, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, and Seven Bridges Genomics have announced that The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded them a grant for the development of a comprehensive, open-source data analysis ecosystem as part of its… Read More
Registrations for SCOAP3 Forum 2017 now open - November 7, 2017
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) will be hosting its annual online Forum - an open event presenting achievements after almost four years and an outlook into the future of the initiative, on December 7, 2017. The Forum also offers an… Read More
American Medical Informatics Association outlines priorities for data science research - November 3, 2017
Nation's health and biomedical informatics professionals have urged the National Library of Medicine to lead Data Science efforts across the National Institutes of Health. In comments submitted recently, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) offered numerous suggestions on how the National Library of Medicine (NLM)… Read More
European University Association publishes statement welcoming EU’s current Open Science policies - November 2, 2017
The European University Association (EUA) has recently published a statement welcoming the efforts of National Governments and the European Commission in promoting Open Science values in their national research funding schemes and in the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme. This statement follows the previous… Read More