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Publié in Open Evidence
Auteurs Christopher Steven Marcum, Ph.D., F.G.S.A.

It’s been a very long time since I had my own blog. In recent years, I’ve had the privilege of guest blogging for various outlets, including The White House, The Good Science Project, dataindex.us, and Upstream (among others). I’ll continue to guest blog from time-to-time when a topic is appropriate for a specific venue. However, I can’t always find a home for some of my perspectives and this blog will fill that void in my publishing portfolio.

Federal-dataOpen-dataAnglais
Publié in Open Evidence
Auteurs Christopher Steven Marcum, Ph.D., F.G.S.A.

Metadata for nearly 60,000 new datasets were added to the Federal Data Catalog (FDC) on Data.gov in the first two weeks of 2026. The totals reported on the Data.gov landing page rose from 376,504 on midnight January 1st to 433,944 at noon January 13th. Almost all of that increase was the result of adding new federal data assets to the catalog, which now appear to total 397,191.

Lab LifeResearchAnglais
Auteurs Lisa Matthias, Heinz Pampel, Christopher Onzie Khamis, Laura Rothfritz, Jannis Köster

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new guide from the BMFTR-funded (Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space) project “Professionalisierung der Open-Access-Repositorien-Infrastruktur in Deutschland (Pro OAR DE)”: “Forschungsdaten: Handlungsfeld für institutionelle Open-Access-Repositorien. Pro OAR DE Handreichung” (available in German only). Matthias, L., Pampel, H., Khamis, C. O., & Rothfritz, L. (2025).

Anglais
Publié in Blog - Metadata Game Changers

Ted Habermann and Erin Robinson, Metadata Game Changers During May 2025 we presented results of measurements of DataCite metadata completeness for four FAIR Use Cases: Text, Identifiers, Connections, and Contacts. We identified repositories who are succeeding at creating FAIR metadata despite facing challenges like those faced by the whole community.

Arte, Cultura E HistoriaArtes VisualesHistoria PolíticaHistoria SocialEspagnol
Publié in BLOG ATARRAYA
Auteur Atarraya

por Aída López Sosa Flores de primavera, luna de otoño: ¿cuándo acabáis? ¿Hasta qué punto se conoce el  pasado? Li Yu. Emperador chino Ayer como hoy, el comportamiento de los altos funcionarios es cuestión de Estado.

NeuerscheinungenOA PublikationsfondsArchitekturBTU Cottbus-SenftenbergDigitalisierungAllemand
Publié in Open Access Brandenburg
Auteur Team OA Brandenburg

Im letzten Quartal des Jahres 2025 sind mehrere wissenschaftliche Publikationen erschienen, die durch den Publikationsfonds des Landes Brandenburg gefördert und im Open Access veröffentlicht wurden. Sie stammen aus unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen und zeigen die thematische Breite der Forschung in Brandenburg.

LeadershipAbimbola SeyeAubel JudiDecolonialGender In EmergenciesAnglais
Publié in Reda Sadki
Auteur Reda Sadki

Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) is a practical tool designed for humanitarian emergencies that allows aid workers to quickly understand how a crisis affects women, men, boys, and girls differently. Because there is often no time for long, detailed studies when lives are at risk, RGA provides a practical method to gather “good enough” information immediately to ensure that aid is safe, fair, and effective. It works by using existing data