Introduction Registration is now open for the RDA’S 17th Plenary meeting on 20-23 April 2021. This event is hosted by the Digital Curation Centre in collaboration with Jisc and UKRI. As you’d expect, considering the current situation, this plenary has moved to being a fully virtual event. Despite the disappointment of not being able to meet up in Edinburgh, […]
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General news on Jisc’s research activity
This is a guest blog by Bernie Folan, Communications, Engagement and Outreach Manager for the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) OASPA is pleased to announce the publication of an in-depth report and associated recommendations arising from a study of open access journals across the world that are free for readers and authors, usually referred […]
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FAIR enough?
FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable. We all think FAIR is a “good thing” don’t we (given the likely audience for this blog that is [almost] a given). Who could be against something that, once stated, is so blindingly obvious? If it’s not findable, and usable then why are we spending time, money and resources keeping […]