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Archaeology in the Open: An Interview with Lisa Lodwick

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Robert Darby

We invited Lisa Lodwick from our Department of Archaeology to tell us about her work in Open Research. Hello, please introduce yourself Hi, I’m Dr Lisa Lodwick, a post-doctoral research assistant in the Department of Archaeology, SAGES (ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-2589). Tell … Continue reading →

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CentAUR statistics for February 2017

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Karen Rowlett
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Science is a social process: facilitating community interactions across the research lifecycle

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Robert Darby

Modern day research practice is incredibly collaborative, increasingly interdisciplinary and a very social process. Sierra Williams underlines the importance of researchers and publishers alike recognising publication as one aspect of a much wider social process. By way of introduction to … Continue reading →

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5 things to do with data in 2017

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Robert Darby

Let us not curse them with the name of New Year’s Resolutions. It’s a bit late for that anyway. But here are five simple and positive things you can do with your research data this year. 1. Be ‘as open … Continue reading →

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Towards Open Research: a new report from the Wellcome Trust

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Robert Darby

October this year saw publication of Towards Open Research: Practices, experiences, barriers and opportunities, a study investigating researcher’s attitudes and behaviours in respect of open research, commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, and based on surveys of researchers and focus groups … Continue reading →

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An open data snapshot

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Robert Darby

The State of Open Data, a selection of articles and analyses based on a survey of over 2,000 researchers, was published in October this year by Digital Science, owners of the popular figshare research outputs repository. Key survey findings are … Continue reading →

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