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LENGUAS NATURALES, SISTEMAS COGNITIVOS HUMANOS, Y LOS LÍMITES DEL CEREBRO LINGÜÍSTICO
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No full textOur poster presents the background, current work, and future plans for the Research Data Curation Network Norway, established through a project funded by the National Library of Norway.
1. Why do research data need to be curated by curators in the first place?
Research needs to be reproducible so that findings may be tested and verified or disputed. This requires data to be available and correctly understood. Trained curators will carefully assess the quality of metadata and other information about the data, and suggest improvements where needed, before the data are archived. The Norwegian Research Data Curation Network will support its members in the curation task, to optimize and FAIRify archived and published research data.
2. Why do we need a national network focusing on curation of research data?
Curation of research data can at times be straight forward. But quite often the curator role can be challenging and include tasks that involves complex problem solving. This is where a network of curators will be most valuable. Questions may be raised and discussed among all the network members, issues may be elaborated through organised webinars and get-together-sessions, and guidelines may be developed and published. This will not least be highly valued by curators at smaller institutions with just one or a few curators.
3. Why do the efforts within the network need to be coordinated?
To maximize the benefits from a network of curators, tasks may be distributed among the network members. This includes working groups with dedicated tasks and organising webinars and (regular) meetings within the network. To achieve this, efforts need to be coordinated.
The Research Data Curation Network Norway will furthermore be a node in The Research Data Alliance (RDA), and also within EOSC. Our Network will be able to utilize the work and the knowledge these organisations hold, if the Network is well organised and coordinated.
4. What are our plans for the future?
We need to agree upon, and establish an organisational model, including a Governing Board and regulations including how to secure a sustainable financing model for the Network, to be presented at a first General Assembly. Membership will be available to individual curators in Norwegian Higher Education and research institutions. At the same time, institutional membership will likely be needed, in order to commit institutions to support the Network financially (e.g. through membership fees) and also to form an organisational fundament for the Network.
But first of all, we need to spread the word about the Network, and make sure everyone working with research data curation will see the benefit and join the Network.
The MOSAIC project: the challenge of sharing the results of unique research.
No full textOne of the major challenges of many funded research projects is, of course, to validate and perpetuate an approach, methodologies and results, as well as trying to maintain this dynamic beyond the project itself. Some of the European funding for types of project such as those dedicated to "Centres of Vocational Excellence" requires participants to make all their results and deliverables freely available. MOSAIC (Mastering Job-Oriented Skillls in Arts and craft thanks to Centres of vocational excellence) is a European ERASMUS plus project involving seven countries and 15 main partners (universities, training centres and companies). The main aim of MOSAIC is to improve the quality of vocational training in the arts and crafts in order to meet the challenges posed by digital, environmental and socio-economic developments, by proposing to generate innovations from three angles: technical, educational and social. The complexity of MOSAIC is reflected in the very architecture of the project. By deciding to bring together seven countries - Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France and Italy - and above all by anticipating a possible and relevant dialogue between very different partners: company directors, teachers, researchers, project managers, product designers, communication managers, technology advisers, craftsmen, designers and others, MOSAIC has banked on the possibility of fruitful collaboration, in scientific terms, between researchers and non-researchers. In this context, the question of disseminating the results of the research has taken on a new urgency. While publication in journals and participation in scientific events are obvious for researchers, they are much more complex and less obvious for non-researchers. It is in this sense that MOSAIC\u27s main deliverable should be understood: a European Observatory of Art Professions, i.e. an online platform that will contain all the knowledge developed throughout the project in order to make all the data and deliverables produced during the project available to everyone. Conceived as part of a joint approach, this open-access structure, defined in its specifications as scalable, interactive and dynamic, has a strong desire to break away from a culture of silos where each player is in some way inward-looking. It should enable each of the project\u27s partners to play their part in disseminating the results. It also has the ambition, through its structure, to continue to bring people together long after the end of the project.
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A practical workshop on Diamond OA publishing: New European DIAMAS tools to support you in your work
No full textDiamond Open Access publishing faces challenges that include fragmentation across the landscape, varying standards of quality, visibility and financial sustainability. Nonetheless, this ‘no fee’ publishing model can be the path towards more equitable and more diverse scholarly publishing. It is important to work together to secure the future of Diamond OA publishing.
The workshop will showcase a toolsuite for supporting Diamond OA publishing that has been developed by the DIAMAS project https://diamasproject.eu/ based on good practices. It is both a chance for participants to start to utilise DIAMAS resources to make their work easier and an essential moment for the DIAMAS team to test how their outputs are working.
In interactive sessions, participants will be walked through how to use two different outputs of the DIAMAS project:
The Diamond OA Standard or DOAS, that enables self-assessment of the quality of Diamond OA publications (the Diamond OA Standard or DOAS),
The Diamond OA Sustainability Check, that enables self-assessment of the financial sustainability of Diamond OA services
When they are used together, these resources can help Diamond OA publishers and service providers to ensure the quality of their publications, improve their operations and plan strategically for the future.
Participants will also be able to sign up to join the registry of Diamond OA publishers and services providers and the Diamond OA knowledge-exchange hub (the Common Access Point or CAP) that DIAMAS will launch in 2025.
We hope that this post conference workshop will be useful to university presses, library publishers, service providers and journal editors, whether they already publish Diamond OA or would like to do so in future
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Text (EDIT) Publication Grant: A Utrecht University Library Publishing Grant to promote Equity and Global Collaboration in Research
No full textThe objective of this poster is to present a new and unique upcoming initiative by the Utrecht University library, the EDIT (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Text) Publication Grant, bringing together OS values such as equity, collaboration, and bibliodiversity in the publishing ecosystem.
The geographic, linguistic, and economic barriers to access to research have proven to be pervasive, affecting both the publication process and access to research outputs. The current research landscape privileges established over early career researchers, larger institutions and industries over smaller ones, the needs of the global North over those of the global South, and well-funded areas of research over equally important, but less well-resourced areas In response, UNESCO’s recommendation on Open Science emphasizes the need to not only ensure that scientific knowledge is accessible but also that “the production of that knowledge itself is inclusive, equitable, and sustainable.”[2] One way to promote a fair redistribution of both funding and scientific attention is increased collaboration between researchers from the global North and the global South. In practice, however, such collaborations are often hindered by other inequalities, such as the (over)emphasis on English as a scientific lingua franca[3] and the prioritisation of journal articles over other output types that are more accessible or useful to the communities directly affected by the research.
Acknowledging the critical role of libraries in knowledge equity, we at the UU library have proposed a new publishing grant that will reward best practices in research. We aim to identify publication projects that demonstrate a deliberate commitment to Open Science (OS) practices, like openness and global collaboration. The grant will award a broad spectrum of publishing services to the selected projects, allowing them to publish in diverse languages and accessible modes and formats. We hope to have a twofold impact: first, shifting emphasis from traditional metrics to best practices in knowledge production; and second, promoting greater accessibility and diversity with regards to underserved groups, languages and output types. In the long term, we also hope to establish measurable alternative metrics that will guide a formal reshaping of rewards and recognition.
This presentation will highlight the underlying philosophy of the grant, alongside the project\u27s desired outcomes, and metrics for evaluation. In designing the grant, we also surveyed UU researchers over their publication preferences, challenges, and views on global collaboration, receiving over 60 insightful responses. The key findings of this survey will also be discussed, highlighting how they inform the grant’s design, also in line with Utrecht University’s ongoing efforts and future vision towards equitable publishing.
Finally, the aim of this poster is as much for us to be informed as to inform our audience: while we hope that some of the ideas presented will be informative and inspiring for other universities, we also welcome feedback from the community before the rollout of the grant early next year
Shaping the Future of Open Access Books: Recommendations for Open Access Book Policies
No full textBooks continue to play an important role in scientific communication, especially in the humanities and social sciences. Unfortunately, open access in academic communication in the journal sector has progressed much further than in the area of books. The PALOMERA project investigates the reasons for this asymmetrical development and develops open access book policy recommendations for shaping the transformation towards an open access book system and bringing a strong and stable foundation and commitment to this important sector.
This presentation will show which information sources were evaluated in the PALOMERA project, which methods were used to analyse over 500 policy documents from more than 30 countries, and, in particular, which recommendations for the design of open access book policies were finally deduced from our data. The centrepiece of the presentation are the policy recommendations for the development for open access books. They were developed from the data collected in the project (already existent policies, interviews, surveys and contextual documents) and address the relevant stakeholders in the field: research funding organisations, research performing organisations, infrastructure providers and libraries, policy makers and publishers. The last part of the presentation is dedicated to a critical assessment of future developments in the book market and ends with questions on the implementation of measures for more open access books.
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Unlocking the power of Open Education: Exploring stakeholder benefits through interactive card play
No full textThe workshop will be based on the ENOEL Toolkit, a resource developed by the network librarians and supported by SPARC Europe. The ENOEL Toolkit aims to help raise awareness of the importance of Open Education by pointing out the benefits of its adoption for students, teachers, institutions, librarians and society at large. One way to discover and interact with the ENOEL Toolkit is by playing with one of its tools, which will be available before the MUNIN Conference. In this workshop, the facilitator will launch a conversation and community-focused problem-solving session to address the challenges that we face in Open Education. Participants in the workshop will enact a way to find and finesse solutions that players can work towards implementing in real life. The activity participants will experience is designed to be adaptable to local needs. During the workshop, the facilitator will suggest one of the possible ways to use it and share the rules to shape this experience
Report Evaluating Safety Culture at UiT
No full textThe system of safety associated with lab and fieldwork at UiT The Arctic University of Norway’s Tromsø campus is in serious need of improvement. A volunteer working group of employees evaluated current safety conditions at NT-faculty and beyond, and found a wide range of issues with many overlapping causes. This report contains their findings related to three overarching problem areas: communication, accountability, and training; as well as a range of topical safety areas such as chemicals, fieldwork, and biohazards. The report concludes that significant reform is needed from the top and at all levels to prevent both physical injury and further damage to the working environment
Cruise report HHUMLT24: Longyearbyen–Tromsø, July 3–10, 2024
No full textR/V Helmer Hanssen is an ice class research vessel owned by UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The HHUMLT24 cruise onboard R/V Helmer Hanssen was an initiative by The Arctic University Museum of Norway (UMAK, UiT). Sampling was conducted for the following four projects: 1. The Scalidophora of Norway, 2. The role of microRNAs in animal evolution, 3. The diversity of benthic fauna around Svalbard and the Barents Sea, 4. Reconstruction of past ecosystems using sedimentary ancient DNA. For the first project, which aimed to sample scalidophoran fauna, primarily kinorhynchs, for the Scalidophora of Norway project funded by Artsdatabanken, box cores were taken. The second project employed plankton nets, box cores, and a triangular dredge. The third project used samples from box cores, plankton nets, and a triangular dredge to collect marine macrofauna for the museum collections. All macrofauna present in plankton nets, box cores, and triangular dredge samples were photographed, and records were uploaded to GBIF. The fourth project took gravity cores. The cruise leader was Andreas Altenburger (UiT).F/F Helmer Hanssen er et isklassifisert forskningsfartøy eid av UiT – Norges arktiske universitet. HHUMLT24-toktet om bord på F/F Helmer Hanssen var et initiativ fra Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum (UMAK, UiT). Prøvetaking ble utført for følgende fire prosjekter: 1. Scalidophora i Norge, 2. Rollen til mikroRNAer i dyreevolusjon, 3. Mangfoldet av bentisk fauna rundt Svalbard og Barentshavet, 4. Rekonstruksjon av tidligere økosystemer ved bruk av sedimentært DNA. For det første prosjektet, som hadde som mål å samle prøver av scalidophoran fauna, hovedsakelig kinorhynker, for prosjektet Scalidophora i Norge finansiert av Artsdatabanken, ble bokskjerner tatt. Det andre prosjektet brukte planktonnett, bokskjerner og en trekantskrape. Det tredje prosjektet brukte prøver fra bokskjerner, planktonnett og en trekantskrape for å samle marin makrofauna til museumsamlingene. All makrofauna til stede i planktonnett, bokskjerner og trekantskrape ble fotografert, og opptegnelser ble lastet opp til GBIF. Det fjerde prosjektet tok tyngdekjerner. Toktleder var Andreas Altenburger (UiT)
