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Data Diversity Podcast #2 – Dr Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau
In our second instalment of the Data Diversity Podcast, we are joined by archaeologist Dr Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau, a Senior Teaching Associate in Quantitative and Computational Methods in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and Data Champion. As is the theme of the podcast, we spoke to Alfredo about his relationship with data and learned from his experiences as a researcher. The conversation also touched on the different interpersonal, and even diplomatic, skills that an archaeologist must possess to carry out their research, and how one’s relationship with individuals such as landowners and government agents might impact their access to data. Alfredo also sheds light on…
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Thomas Roulet on sustainable publishing models
Knowledge Rights 21 recently published a short video by Thomas Roulet, Professor of Organisational Sociology and Leadership at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. In it, Prof. Roulet discusses the operations of M@n@gement, the no-fee open access journal published by L’Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS). The journal is a good example of the turn to community-led forms of open access publishing and how publishing can be organised by communities and sustained by professional associations. This video is reproduced under a CC BY licence and with the permission of Prof. Roulet. The original video was shared on the Knowledge Rights 21 blog here: https://www.knowledgerights21.org/video/sustainable-publishing-models-thomas-roulet/
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Thoth Archiving Network goes live at Cambridge
Dr Agustina Martínez-García, Head of Open Research Systems, Digital Initiatives Cambridge University Library (CUL) is piloting participation in the Thoth Archiving Network, which allows small presses to use a simple deposit option to archive their publications in multiple repository locations, creating the opportunity to safeguard against the complete loss of their open books catalogue, should they cease to operate. Participation in the pilot has allowed us to explore the implementation of suitable infrastructure, built on interoperable, open, and widely adopted platforms to support discovery, access, and long-term availability of open scholarly works. Work done so far We are pleased to share that the Cambridge repository platform participating in the Thoth…
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Diamond Open Access Journals platform launch at Cambridge
Dr Agustina Martínez-García, Head of Open Research Systems, Digital Initiatives We are pleased to announce that our Diamond Open Access Journals at Cambridge platform has launched in May and can be accessed at https://diamond-oa.lib.cam.ac.uk/home. This service will be available initially as part of a one-year pilot project undertaken by the Open Research Systems (ORS) and Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) teams within Cambridge University Library (CUL). Project overview The main aim of the Diamond project is to support Cambridge’s research community in the context of a changing open research and scholarly publishing environment. To meet increasing demand to share research findings we are scoping, assessing, and implementing future services…
