OpenAIRE recently signed a letter initiated by the Public Library of Science along with a number of organisations to STM. The letter calls for a withdrawal of the new model licenses that are proposed by STM
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At the Research Data Alliance's fourth plenary in Amsterdam, Christine Borgman (Professor Information Science, UCLA) “Data, data everywhere, but not a drop to drink” reminded us in her excellent key-note of the challenges the RDA audience are facing when managing data. Her focus was more on how the institution can help science teams rather than on big data. Here are a few short observations:
Stepping up Open Science: Combining infrastructures, incentives and active support
OpenAIRE and COAR have released a joint response to the European Commission’s recent Science2.0 consultation. This consultation reflects a new phase of scientific practice and organisation, and, as such, gathering input from a wide range of stakeholders is a critical step.Both initiatives welcome the European Commission’s consultation on Science 2.0.
An international group of repository organisations, initiated by COAR, are now working together to ensure global interoperability across networks..
In Horizon 2020, the European Commission announced that the Open Access Pilot would oblige all H2020 projects to provide Open Access to their scientific peer reviewed publications. Find out how OpenAIRE supports this.