Tag: data
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Ordnance Survey maps to go free online
The government is to explore ways of making all Ordnance Survey maps freely available online from April, in a victory for the Guardian’s three-year Free Our Data campaign. The move will bring the UK into line with the free publication of maps that exists in the US. Gordon Brown announced the change at a joint…
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Open Science and Data
As part of JISC’s ‘Research 3.0 – driving the knowledge economy’ activity which launches at the end of November, a new Open Science report released today trails key research trends that could have far-reaching implications for science, universities and UK society. The report written by UKOLN at the University of Bath and the Digital Curation…
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Open Access enhances scholarly communication by making the results of research electronically available
The rhetoric within this JISC promotion of Open Access is a little naive (ie. as if researchers haven’t always communicated their research results), but still there is some good information here about JISC’s initiatives. Also, check out the podcast by Harvard Historian Robert Darnton (link). Opening the knowledge base to all means more researchers can…
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Dealing with Data
A seminal report for those who deal with data; published by JISC in June 2007. This Report explores the roles, rights, responsibilities and relationships of institutions, data centres and other key stakeholders who work with data. It concentrates primarily on the UK scene with some reference to other relevant experience and opinion, and is framed…