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Open Research in the Humanities: CORE Data
Authors: Emma Gilby, Matthias Ammon, Rachel Leow and Sam Moore This is the third of a series of blog posts, presenting the reflections of the Working Group on Open Research in the Humanities. Read the opening post at this link. The working group aimed to reframe open research in a way that was more meaningful to humanities disciplines, and their work will inform the University of Cambridge approach to open research. This post reflects on the concept of FAIR data and proposes an alternative way of thinking about data in the humanities. As a rule, data in the arts and humanities is collected, organised, recontextualised and explained. We are therefore…
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Open Research at Cambridge Conference – Opening session
The Open Research at Cambridge conference took place between 22–26 November 2021. In a series of talks, panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions, researchers, publishers, and other stakeholders explored how Cambridge can make the most of the opportunities offered by open research. This blog is part of a series summarising each event. The opening session, chaired by Dr Jessica Gardner (University Librarian and Director of Library Services) included talks by Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith (Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research), Professor Steve Russell (Acting Head of Department of Genetics and Chair of Open Research Steering Committee), Mandy Hill (Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press) and Dr Neal Spencer (Deputy Director for Collections and…
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Open Data Sharing and reuse
The Open Research at Cambridge conference took place between 22–26 November 2021. In a series of talks, panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions, researchers, publishers, and other stakeholders explored how Cambridge can make the most of the opportunities offered by open research. This blog is part of a series summarising each event. The session described here was on ‘Open data sharing and reuse’ and is summarised by the session chairs, Dominic Dixon (Research Librarian) and Dr Sacha Jones (Research Data Manager) at the Office of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries. The recording of the event can be found here: Have you wondered how research data is used after it has been…
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Cambridge Data Week 2020 day 1: Who are the winners and losers of good data practices?
Cambridge Data Week 2020 was an event run by the Office of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University Libraries from 23–27 November 2020. In a series of talks, panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions, researchers, funders, publishers and other stakeholders explored and debated different approaches to research data management. This blog is part of a series summarising each event. The rest of the blogs comprising this series are as follows:Cambridge Data Week day 2 blog Cambridge Data Week day 3 blog Cambridge Data Week day 4 blog Cambridge Data Week day 5 blog Introduction The first day of Cambridge Data Week 2020 kicked off with a tantalisingly open question: who are…
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Cambridge Data Week 2020 day 2: Who is reusing data? Successes and future trends?
Cambridge Data Week 2020 was an event run by the Office of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University Libraries from 23–27 November 2020. In a series of talks, panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions, researchers, funders, publishers and other stakeholders explored and debated different approaches to research data management. This blog is part of a series summarising each event. The rest of the blogs comprising this series are as follows:Cambridge Data Week day 1 blogCambridge Data Week day 3 blogCambridge Data Week day 4 blogCambridge Data Week day 5 blog Introduction Reuse of data is the final element of the FAIR principles and has long been argued as a central benefit of data sharing, allowing others…
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Cambridge Data Week 2020 day 3: Is data management just a footnote to reproducibility?
Cambridge Data Week 2020 was an event run by the Office of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University Libraries from 23–27 November 2020. In a series of talks, panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions, researchers, funders, publishers and other stakeholders explored and debated different approaches to research data management. This blog is part of a series summarising each event: The rest of the blogs comprising this series are as follows:Cambridge Data Week day 1 blogCambridge Data Week day 2 blogCambridge Data Week day 4 blogCambridge Data Week day 5 blog Introduction The third day of Cambridge Data Week consisted of a panel discussion about the relationship between reproducibility and Research Data…
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Cambridge Data Week 2020 day 4: Supporting researchers on data management – do we need a fairy godmother?
Cambridge Data Week 2020 was an event run by the Office of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University Libraries from 23–27 November 2020. In a series of talks, panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions, researchers, funders, publishers and other stakeholders explored and debated different approaches to research data management. This blog is part of a series summarising each event: The rest of the blogs comprising this series are as follows:Cambridge Data Week day 1 blogCambridge Data Week day 2 blogCambridge Data Week day 3 blogCambridge Data Week day 5 blog Introduction How should researchers’ data management activities and skills be supported? What are the data management responsibilities of the funder, the institution, the research group…
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Cambridge Data Week 2020 day 5: How do we peer review data? New sustainable and effective models
Cambridge Data Week 2020 was an event run by the Office of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University Libraries from 23–27 November 2020. In a series of talks, panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions, researchers, funders, publishers and other stakeholders explored and debated different approaches to research data management. This blog is part of a series summarising each event: The rest of the blogs comprising this series are as follows:Cambridge Data Week day 1 blogCambridge Data Week day 2 blogCambridge Data Weekday 3 blogCambridge Data Week day 4 blog Introduction Cambridge Data Week 2020 concluded on 27 November with a discussion between Dr Lauren Cadwallader (PLOS), Professor Stephen Eglen (University of Cambridge) and Kiera McNeice (Cambridge University Press) on models of data peer…
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Research Data at Cambridge – highlights of the year so far
By Dr Sacha Jones, Research Data Coordinator This year we have continued, as always, to provide support and services for researchers to help with their research data management and open data practices. So far in 2020, we have approved more than 230 datasets into our institutional repository, Apollo. This includes Apollo’s 2000th dataset on the impact of health warning labels on snack selection, which represents a shining example of reproducible research, involving the full gamut: preregistration, and sharing of consent forms, code, protocols, data. There are other studies that have sparked media interest for which the data are also openly available in Apollo, such as the data supporting research that reports the development of a wireless device that can convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a carbon-neutral fuel. Or, data…
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Data sharing and reuse case study: the Mammographic Image Society database
The Mammographic Image Society (MIAS) database is a set of mammograms put together in 1992 by a consortium of UK academic institutions and archived on 8mm DAT tape, copies of which were made openly available and posted to applicants for a small administration fee. The mammograms themselves were curated from the UK National Breast Screening Programme, a major screening program that was established in the late 80s offering routine screening every three years to women aged between 50-64. The motivations for creating the database were to make a practical contribution to computer vision research – which sought to improve the ability of computers to interpret images – and to encourage…
