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Local Network Lead sought for Reproducible Research Cambridge

Reproducible Research Cambridge & UK Reproducibility Network: Join as our new Local Network Lead! Next term the University will officially launch Reproducible Research Cambridge (RRCam), part of the national UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN). More details: https://www.reproducibleresearchcambridge.co.uk RRCam will be a...

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Research Data Management Drop-in Clinics for Love Data Week 2025

Two Research Data Management Drop-in Clinics will be popping up for Cambridge University researchers this February in conjunction with Love Data Week 2025. If you would like to find out more about research data management and sharing, want to learn some quick strategies to get on top of your research data and file...

Towards Enriched Open Scholarly Information: Integrating DSpace and OpenAlex

The University of Cambridge is to develop an integration between DSpace repositories and OpenAlex , which is a free, open catalogue of the world’s scholarly research systems. This project is in partnership with D-space provider 4Science, and has the support of the Vietsch Foundation . The integration will allow for the...

Journal of Electronic Publishing seeks papers on Open Research for AHSS

The Journal of Electronic Publishing is seeking papers on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) for a special issue. Open research as it has emerged from scientific communities does not always neatly fit into AHSS working practices or research cultures. While openness is practised in AHSS, it is...

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Cambridge University Libraries seeks Open Research Community Manager

Cambridge University Libraries is seeking an Open Research Community Manager at an exciting time to contribute to the advance of open research at the University of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge is committed to developing an open research culture to accelerate the pursuit of knowledge and foster international...

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5000 datasets now in Apollo

Research data takes many different forms: numerical data, digital images, sound recordings, films, interview transcripts, survey data, artworks, texts, musical scores, maps, and fieldwork observations. Apollo collects them all. Managed by the Research Data team at Cambridge University Library, Apollo stores and preserves...

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Cambridge Data Champions in podcast spotlight

The way the Data Champions scheme works to the benefit of researchers at the University of Cambridge features in a recent Code for Thought podcast . This podcast, produced by podcaster Dr Peter Schmidt who has a science and software engineering background, looks at the champion schemes at Cambridge and Imperial College...

You’ve flipped to Diamond. But how to stay independent?

The list of journals flipping to Diamond Open Access from commercial publishers is growing. But what kind of community governance structure can ensure those journals remain safely independent? Dr Caroline Edwards, Executive Director of the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) at Birkbeck, University of London, explores the...

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Museum Data Service Launches

The first 3m records of the Museum Data Service are now live online. This launch is described by its Board chair Dr Katie Eagleton, University Librarian at St Andrews, as a ‘transformative moment for the UK’s cultural sector’. The Museum Data Service launch marks a new consolidation of the UK’s museum records. Funded by...

Social media falls for research

OSC’s Request a Copy service noticed an increase in requests for Cambridge theses after a Cambridge University video on TikTok inviting applications for the university’s postgraduate degrees went viral, and started trending on Instagram . In the video, husband and wife Dr Will Deacon and Dr Harum Mukhayer describe one...