Category Archives: research

Researcher development framework consultation

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

Australian Government Response to “Building Australia’s Research Capacity”

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 [...]

Research Administrators’ Seminar 5 – 6 November 2009

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 [...]

Communicating research in the digital age – RIN annual review 2008

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 [...]

Nordbib workshop on ‘Research visibility – managing quality for better evaluation’

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, [...]

Research Trends: An insight into scientific trends, Issue 9 (Elsevier)

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 [...]

Building Australia’s Research Capacity

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 [...]

Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network

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

The international tendency to concentrate research capability

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, [...]

Inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities

nbsp;http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/is…
Interim Report
On Friday 24 October 2008, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation, tabled its interim report on the inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities.

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