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Digital capability checklist for organisations
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The Evolving Landscape of Federated Research Data Infrastructures
No full textIn 2016 the Knowledge Exchange Research Data expert group identified a need for better understanding of the nature and consequences of research and data infrastructure being more and more federated. Work was designed to find answers to questions such as ‘Which are the main drivers for federating RD infrastructures and services ? What are the expected benefits? What are the consequences for research and researchers? What challenges and issues arise when making a federated research data infrastructure function well?'
To understand more of the complexity, sixteen federated RD infrastructures (FRDI’s) in the six member countries have been interviewed, as a first step to get a grip on the phenomenon FRDI. The responses have been analysed and outcomes are documented in the report ‘The evolving landscape of Federated Research Data Infrastructures’. The publication describes the situation in the six partner countries, and presents nine main conclusions on a variety of aspects.
The report, written by Stephane Goldstein of InformAll, demonstrates that ‘federated’ can mean different things. Federation can refer to different elements, levels and processes within the infrastructure, to governance and funding structures or to any coordinative activity. Federations are the result of push and pull factors, and in many cases the environment in which they operate can be characterised as fragmented.
The report does not attempt to provide a final definition of a federated infrastructure but hopes – through the variety of examples that were analysed - to help the research community to understand more about the rationale behind and the implications of RD infrastructures being federated. In times when Europe sees massive FRDI’s emerge (e.g. EUDAT, EOSC and OpenAIRE, along with various national initiatives), this report may be a mirror and inspiration for future developments
Assessment Patterns: a review of the possible consequences - programme view
No full textAssessment Patterns: a review of the possible consequences - programme vie
Open access good practice initiative: Final project report
No full textOpen access good practice (OAGP) was a community-based support activity producing advice aimed at helping the higher education sector to implement open access (OA).
Nine open access good practice pathfinder projects (http://ji.sc/oa-good-practice) ran from May 2014 to July 2016 and investigated several aspects of open access implementation. The pathfinders, involving over 30 institutions, have shared their experiences and resources with the community over the last two years.
This report summarises the individual pathfinder projects, their activities, outputs and impact.
(The outputs themselves and a handbook of good practice based on the experiences of the projects, are available on the project page https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/open-access-good-practice
Defining a digitally capable graduate / course leaver
No full textA draft staff development resource providing prompts for staff to identify from a learners perspective what a 'digitally capable' course leaver or graduate looks like from their subject perspective
