The Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) and the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) have partnered to advance open science and research data management in the region. Through support from DataCite’s Global Access Fund (GAF), this collaboration focuses on building the technical infrastructure needed to support experimental data in line with the FAIR principles.

In most scientific disciplines, the standard way to share new research findings is to publish a research article in a peer-reviewed journal. Increasingly, however, the standard approach to scientific publishing is complemented by alternative approaches, the most significant one being the publication of non-peer-reviewed research articles on preprint servers.

Die jüngst erschienene Studie Jenseits des Bolschewismus: Lebenswege Weimarer Linkskommunisten zwischen den Systemen des 20. Jahrhunderts von Rhena Stürmer (Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt [Oder]) ist im Open Access verfügbar und wurde durch den Publikationsfonds des Landes Brandenburg gefördert.

Is it time for you to update your Open Journal Systems (OJS) installation? What else can you do to keep your installation secure and take part in the shared responsibility? What resources are available to you? Continue on to get answers to these questions. Is it time to upgrade? No matter what version of OJS […] The post Memo: Keeping your OJS Installation Secure appeared first on Public Knowledge Project.

RAND Report: Why biology still favors the offense in biosecurity

Licensing spans areas of library work such as promoting open access, helping people navigate publication rights, advocating for open infrastructure, and the technological elements of research and learning. When used well, open licences can underpin a lot of possibilities for finding, accessing, creating, and preserving scholarly work.

I’ve always been uncomfortable around historical re-enactors at museums – people who are walking around in period costume while visitors in modern clothes are browsing the exhibits.

Ein Gastbeitrag von Rômulo Lima Lateinamerika gilt seit Jahrzehnten im Bereich Open Access als Vorreiter. Das Diamond-Open-Access-Modell (DOA-Modell) für wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften ist in der Region sehr weit verbreitet. Bei diesem Modell zahlen weder Autor*innen noch Leser*innen Gebühren.

Generative AI (genAI) is now ubiquitous in research. The field of academic publishing is struggling with an overwhelming mass of genAI slop and where to draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable genAI use. GenAI not only offers new opportunities, as is widely touted, but also creates numerous new problems and challenges, not least for responsible research. What does it mean to use genAI responsibly? Is it even possible?

Die gesellschaftspolitische Debatte über Flucht und Migration ist von einem Versicherheitlichungsdiskurs geprägt, der Zuwanderung als Sicherheitsrisiko konstruiert, restriktive Maßnahmen zum Schutz der nationalen Sicherheit begünstigt und dabei häufig neue Unsicherheiten für Geflüchtete erzeugt.

Today, exactly 20 years ago I started this blog. Two years ago I decided to upgrade my blog to one with version control. A decision I am still very excited about. It allowed me to start innovating my blog again. As part of this, and following the step Lars took ealier, I registered my blog with Rogue Scholar and I started migrating blog posts from blogger.com to my new location. I completed the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 now.