"DOAJ operates an education and outreach program across the globe, focussing on improving the quality of applications submitted." [1] DOAJ is an independent, free of charge, online directory that indexes Open Access and peer-reviewed journals - with the help of many volunteers who are evaluating the new applied journals. It is funded 40% from sponsors and 60% from members and publisher members. Strategy Meeting After stops in cities like Rome, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Barcelona the Di...

Let's be honest, it's not always easy to find your way in the jungle of research data management services. Because we hope to learn from each other , Ghent University (Belgium) shares 4 challenges 1 towards the development of it's institutional research data support and what they learned along the way 2 .  1.Where in the world to begin?   The challenge of starting something: Policy work  Chances are you don't need to start from scratch . Research data management is integrated in t...