Open Access
We Can’t Succeed Alone
Within the realm of research data management, libraries spend resources building and providing tools that are not within researcher workflows and/or are not aligned with researcher values. By doing this, we are setting ourselves up for failure. As mentioned in previous posts, part of my work is focused on incentivizing UC researchers to publish their […]
OA Week 2017: Maximizing the value of research
By John Borghi and Daniella Lowenberg Happy Friday! This week we’ve defined open data, discussed some notable anecdotes, outlined publisher and funder requirements, and described how open data helps ensure reproducibility. To cap off open access week, let’s talk about one of the principal benefits of open data- it helps to maximize the value of […]
OA Week 2017: Transparency and Reproducibility
By John Borghi and Daniella Lowenberg Yesterday we talked about about why researchers may have to make their data open, today let’s start talking about why they may want to. Though some communities have been historically hesitant to do so, researchers appear to be increasingly willing to share their data. Open data even seems to […]
OA Week 2017: Policies, Resources, & Guidance
By John Borghi and Daniella Lowenberg Yesterday, through quotes and anecdotes, we outlined reasons why researchers should consider making their data open. We’ll dive deeper into some of these reasons tomorrow and on Friday, but today we’re focused on mandates. Increasingly funding agencies and scholarly publishers are mandating that researchers open up their data. Different […]
OA Week 2017: Stories & Testimonials
By John Borghi and Daniella Lowenberg Because of the tools and services we offer, we here at UC3 spend a lot of time talking about how to make data open. But, for open access week, we’d also like to take some time to talk about why. We think this is best illustrated by comments we […]
Welcome to OA Week 2017!
By John Borghi and Daniella Lowenberg It’s Open Access week and that means it’s time to spotlight and explore Open Data as an essential component to liberating and advancing research. Let’s Celebrate! Who: Everyone. Everyone benefits from open research. Researchers opening up their data provides access to the people who paid for it (including taxpayers!), […]