On 16 April 2024, the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information was published. Its focus is on reforming how metadata about scientific outputs is shared and used – specifically making sure that such data is open and not closed. The Declaration has far-reaching consequences. It makes numerous strategic demands of not just university libraries, but..
Author: Alastair Dunning - page 2
(note: some links are to internal only sources) Like all universities, TU Delft offers a wide range of support services to researchers. This can include services for getting project funding, agreeing consortium agreements or research contracts, advice and guidance over data management, and tailor-made assistance with publishing journals or books. And like most larger universities,..
“Our research system is a perplexing paradox. Each year, approximately $1 trillion of public funds are spent on research worldwide. Whole careers are spent making incremental improvements to research methods. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on a single clinical trial. And yet, the global system for sharing research results is a costly mess…