A new blog post, hot off the press, written by myself and Sammie Buzzard from UCL, on motivating researchers to do good software (and data) management: https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2018-02-05-motivating-researchers-develop-good-software-practices
(The authors, yesterday.)
A beautiful video, this, which shows rather than tells…
Really enjoyed this post about combining Open Data wrangling with hobbies such as cricket, music, and, er, collecting fountain pens…
http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2017/12/29/thinking-about-cricket-and-open-data-and-platforms/
Whatever floats your boat!
Forgot to mention this at the time of publication (early September) – a post I wrote for the LSE Impact blog on the DCC and SPARC Europe’s analysis of national Open Data and Open Science policies in Europe.
If we’ve missed any, do get in touch.
I’m on the Digital Preservation Coalition‘s Communication and Advocacy sub-committee, and recently they asked us all to propose ideas for blog posts.
Here’s what I came up with in tandem with my old pal Jez Cope, Research Data Manager at the University of Sheffield. [LINK]
Here’s an unusual RDM problem…
Yet another thing to consider when writing your next data management plan…
Northern Mon-pek-Syel pic.twitter.com/VSIFnlvj4a
— Uncharted Atlas (@unchartedatlas) August 30, 2016
This relates to what I’ve always said about synthesised data: you have to be very careful with it in case people mistakenly think it’s real…
(via wired.com)
A little light relief, which never hurts… (courtesy of the peerless McSweeney’s)
Here’s a nice paper from Rebecca Grant at the Digital Repository of Ireland, entitled “Identifying HSS Research Data for Preservation: A Snapshot of Current Policy and Guidelines”.
My paper on policy and guidelines for HSS research data preservation is now available! https://t.co/CNPkmMDVKp
— Beck (@Beck_Grant) January 7, 2016
It cites a paper I co-authored with Marieke Guy and Laura Molloy a few years back, on the challenges of defining research data in creative arts environments.
As it happens, I was invited to speak about this topic at an event in Warsaw towards the end of last year. The presentations were recorded, so I’ll add a link to this post whenever mine emerges.
(Update: here’s the video)
De Gruyter asked me to write a post for their Open Science blog about the Horizon 2020 open data pilot, specifically how it might affect the social sciences.
Horizon 2020 and the social sciences: an overview by @mkdDCC from @digitalcuration http://t.co/S6D8LAD5Vg @EU_H2020 pic.twitter.com/ywYobmszMa
— De Gruyter Open (@DeGruyterOpen) October 1, 2015
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