Every year we release metadata for the full corpus of records registered with us, which can be downloaded for free in a single compressed file. This is one way in which we fulfil our mission to make metadata freely and widely available.
Last Friday, thousands of scientists protested against US government cuts on research funding with the Stand up for Science movement. There were more than 30 demonstrations all over the US, and a handful in other countries (several of them taking place in France). So, what does it mean to “Stand up for Science”?
Die Fachzeitschrift Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis veröffentlichte soeben einen Call for Papers, auf den wir auch gern an dieser Stelle kurz hinweisen. Thema sind offene Bildungsmethoden bzw. Open Educational Practices (OEP). Diese Hier werden also die Ideen und Ziele von Open Access auf den Bereich der Bildung übertragen. Wie auch bei Open Access können auch bei den OEP Bibliotheken eine tragende Rolle übernehmen.
I remember when synthetic biology was supposed to be the existential threat. The conferences, the white papers, the Senate hearings filled with grim predictions of a world where DNA synthesis and gene editing would put pandemic-class pathogens in the hands of anyone with a credit card and an internet connection. It hasn’t quite turn out that way, yet.
Ronald J Planer and Claudio Tennie review The Human Evolutionary Transition, by Magnus Enquist, Stefano Ghirlanda and Johan Lind
Knowing how to conduct ecological surveys reveals hidden secrets of nature’s delicate balance – but where should you begin?
Man Amazed to See Rare Eagle in Marlow A marvel of nature recently graced the skies over Marlow, leaving one man awestruck. The sighting of a rare eagle, a bird not typically seen in this region, has caught the attention of bird enthusiasts and onlookers alike. Spotting the Rare Eagle During what seemed to be an ordinary day, a man found himself witnessing an extraordinary spectacle.
As part of our Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Science grant, we organized a Chemistry Development Kit User Group Meeting (#CDK25UGM), of which yesterday was the “conference” day, and today a hackathon. I opened the session with a few slides welcoming everyone at Maastricht University (and our Dept of Translational Genomics, and explaining the NWO grant.
The Rogue Scholar dashboard is taking shape. The statistics page has been renamed to dashboard , still linked from the Rogue Scholar footer. More work has been done to expose key indicators of the science blog archive, focussing on OpenSearch Search Facets.
por Luis del Castillo Múzquiz Actualmente, en 2024, existe en una colección particular de arte una pieza especial. Se trata de una pintura al óleo, anónima, pero es posible saber que data del siglo XVIII. Lo que se puede apreciar en ella es un escudo de armas; compuesto a su vez de varios cuerpos en los cuales hay pequeños escudos correspondientes cada uno a un apellido.
In which I’m reflecting on critical code studies, distant reading source code and my recent workshop at the DHd 2025.