November 18, 2009 – 1:21 pm
Washington, DC–The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) E-Science Working Group surveyed ARL member libraries in the fall of 2009 to gather data on the state of engagement with e-science issues. An overview of initial survey findings was presented by E-Science Working Group Chair Wendy Lougee, University Librarian, McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota Libraries, at [...]
November 4, 2009 – 9:31 am
nbsp;http://www.vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/1…
The link below points to a consultation on a proposed researcher development framework. I have not read it yet, but such a framework is surely a place where the core principles of curation should be introduced. We (and you) have until 11 December to comment…
http://www.vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/1…
Chris Rusbridge
Director, Digital Curation Centre
source: RESEARCH-DATAMAN at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
September 21, 2009 – 7:20 am
nbsp;http://www.innovation.gov.au/ScienceAndR…\
The Australian Government’s response to Building Australia’s Research Capacity – the final report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities – was tabled on 17 September 2009.
The report included 38 recommendations across a wide range of issues relating to [...]
September 17, 2009 – 8:19 am
nbsp;http://www.arc.gov.au/general/research_s…
The Australian Research Council (ARC) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), in association with the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS), will hold a Research Administrators’ Seminar in Canberra on 5 and 6 November 2009.
Day One will be held at the National Convention Centre, 31 Constitution Avenue Canberra.
Day Two will be held at the [...]
nbsp;http://www.rin.ac.uk/RIN-annual-review-2…
The RIN has produced it’s first annual review, covering our project work and other activities during 2008, and giving you a preview of our work for 2009, available to download from the link below.
The RIN supports the development of effective information strategies and practices for the UK’s research community. Through conducting research, providing guidance [...]
February 9, 2009 – 10:46 am
nbsp;http://www.nordbib.net/Initiatives—Rep…
Keynote: Research Visibility: Why and How
Presentation of the Nordbib state-of-the-art report on Nordic research information systems and repositories
Institutional repositories and CRIS systems – infrastructure, concepts and organisation
Why should (or shouldn’t) researchers support OA publication?
The result of the JISC study: Economic Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models – based upon the Australian study by John Houghton
Quality, [...]
February 3, 2009 – 2:01 pm
nbsp;http://www.info.scopus.com/researchtrend…
contents include:
Is e-publishing affecting science?
Recent research indicates that e-publishing is influencing citation patterns and reader behavior, but disagrees on the effects. Are researchers taking full advantage of the wider choice in reading materials or are they searching so specifically that they are missing the reading they might previously have found along the way?
Women in [...]
December 8, 2008 – 10:28 am
nbsp;http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/is…
Report on research issues in Australian universities tabled
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation has completed its inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities. The associated report, ‘Building Australia’s Research Capacity,’ was tabled on 1 December 2008 and highlights three key issues:
the importance of primary and secondary [...]
December 1, 2008 – 7:00 am
nbsp;http://www.lternet.edu/
The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is a collaborative effort involving more than 1800 scientists and students investigating ecological processes over long temporal and broad spatial scales.
The Network promotes synthesis and comparative research across sites and ecosystems and among other related national and international research programs.
source: IRN
November 19, 2008 – 2:07 pm
nbsp;http://www.go8.edu.au/index.php?option=c…
This Go8 Backgrounder outlines the strategies being adopted increasingly across countries to focus their investment in areas of research excellence.
In recent years, most of Australia’s comparator countries have been intensifying their investment in their leading research universities as a means of raising their
competitiveness in the global knowledge economy.
Australia has failed to take the necessary steps, [...]
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