Presentation by the ROER4D Curation and Dissemination Manager, Michelle Willmers, on Science Communication to the “Middleware for Collaborative Applications and Global Virtual Communities” (Magic) project.
Presentation to 2014 University of Guelph Accessibility Conference Perspectiv...Shawna Reibling
This Presentation was delivered to 2014 University of Guelph Accessibility Conference. Title: Perspectives on accessibility of university research: language, location and AODA compliance
Who: Krista Jensen, York University and Shawna Reibling, University, Waterloo & Anne Bergen, University of Guelph
CNZ2013 Keynote | Trust in Digital Preservation | Natalie Harrowerdri_ireland
Keynote address to the 2013 Czech Digital Preservation Society conference, Czech National Archives, Prague, October 1, 2013. Discusses two conceptions of trust: one that is technical, one that is about relationship-building
Presentation to 2014 University of Guelph Accessibility Conference Perspectiv...Shawna Reibling
This Presentation was delivered to 2014 University of Guelph Accessibility Conference. Title: Perspectives on accessibility of university research: language, location and AODA compliance
Who: Krista Jensen, York University and Shawna Reibling, University, Waterloo & Anne Bergen, University of Guelph
CNZ2013 Keynote | Trust in Digital Preservation | Natalie Harrowerdri_ireland
Keynote address to the 2013 Czech Digital Preservation Society conference, Czech National Archives, Prague, October 1, 2013. Discusses two conceptions of trust: one that is technical, one that is about relationship-building
This presentation was provided by Heidi Nance of The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, during Session Six of the NISO event "Assessment Practices and Metrics for the 21st Century," held on December 6, 2019.
Presentation on how DOAJ is striving to increase the transparency and credibility of open access publishing throughout research communities.
Presentation at the 4ª Conferencia internacional sobre calidad de revistas de ciencias sociales y humanidades (CRECS 2014) Madrid, 8-9 de mayo de 2014
Acceptance speech for Directory of Open Access Journals winning the Ugena prize, awarded by the Sociedad Latina de Comunicación Social.
Part of collaborative citizen science presentation with James Stewart and co-developed with Eugenia Rodrigues, for the UoE Institute for Study of Science, Technology and Innovation Retreat. 9th June 2015.
The LinkedUp Project will be creating an Open Education Handbook as one of its deliverables. The first step in this process is a one-day (10am – 4pm) booksprint to be held at C4CC, London on Tuesday 3rd September. During the booksprint participants will be involved in group discussions, constructing the table of contents, agreeing on chapter themes, negotiating with others on concepts and hopefully coming up with some agreement on basic definitions!
Presentation given by Sarah Jones at the DCC data management roadshow in London on 21-22 May 2012
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/data-management-roadshows/dcc-roadshow-london
Introducing the Information Culture Framework as a Component of the Digital C...DigCurV
Presentation by Fiorella Foscarini, University of Toronto and Gillian Oliver, Victoria University of Wellington at the DigCurV International Conference; Framing the digital curation curriculum
The first workshop of the series "Services to support FAIR data" took place in Prague during the EOSC-hub week (on April 12, 2019).
Speaker: Kostas Repanas (EC DG RTD)
In this workshop (Master in Translational Medicine-MSc Cellex, University of Barcelona's Faculty of Medicine, 9 March 2016) I summarised the benefits which can be gained from use of social media (specially blogs, Twitter and other socialnetwork sites) to support research activities, and I provided examples of these innovative emerging resources as tools for scientific communication related to translational medicine, as well as discussed their implications for digital scholarship. Structure of the lecture: Introduction, Blogging, Active listening, Microblogging, Networking, Sharing, Health 2.0, Follow the leaders, To deepen..., Conclusions.
This presentation was provided by Heidi Nance of The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, during Session Six of the NISO event "Assessment Practices and Metrics for the 21st Century," held on December 6, 2019.
Presentation on how DOAJ is striving to increase the transparency and credibility of open access publishing throughout research communities.
Presentation at the 4ª Conferencia internacional sobre calidad de revistas de ciencias sociales y humanidades (CRECS 2014) Madrid, 8-9 de mayo de 2014
Acceptance speech for Directory of Open Access Journals winning the Ugena prize, awarded by the Sociedad Latina de Comunicación Social.
Part of collaborative citizen science presentation with James Stewart and co-developed with Eugenia Rodrigues, for the UoE Institute for Study of Science, Technology and Innovation Retreat. 9th June 2015.
The LinkedUp Project will be creating an Open Education Handbook as one of its deliverables. The first step in this process is a one-day (10am – 4pm) booksprint to be held at C4CC, London on Tuesday 3rd September. During the booksprint participants will be involved in group discussions, constructing the table of contents, agreeing on chapter themes, negotiating with others on concepts and hopefully coming up with some agreement on basic definitions!
Presentation given by Sarah Jones at the DCC data management roadshow in London on 21-22 May 2012
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/data-management-roadshows/dcc-roadshow-london
Introducing the Information Culture Framework as a Component of the Digital C...DigCurV
Presentation by Fiorella Foscarini, University of Toronto and Gillian Oliver, Victoria University of Wellington at the DigCurV International Conference; Framing the digital curation curriculum
The first workshop of the series "Services to support FAIR data" took place in Prague during the EOSC-hub week (on April 12, 2019).
Speaker: Kostas Repanas (EC DG RTD)
In this workshop (Master in Translational Medicine-MSc Cellex, University of Barcelona's Faculty of Medicine, 9 March 2016) I summarised the benefits which can be gained from use of social media (specially blogs, Twitter and other socialnetwork sites) to support research activities, and I provided examples of these innovative emerging resources as tools for scientific communication related to translational medicine, as well as discussed their implications for digital scholarship. Structure of the lecture: Introduction, Blogging, Active listening, Microblogging, Networking, Sharing, Health 2.0, Follow the leaders, To deepen..., Conclusions.
Science dissemination 2.0: Social media for researchers. Practical workshop. Xavier Lasauca i Cisa
This practical workshop complements the lecture that I gave in University of Barcelona's Faculty of Medicine (Master in Translational Medicine-MSc Cellex, University of Barcelona-Hospìtal Clínic, 9 March 2016) where I summarised the benefits which can be gained from use of social media (specially blogs, Twitter and other socialnetwork sites) to support research activities, and I provided examples of these innovative emerging resources as tools for scientific communication related to translational medicine, as well as discussed their implications for digital scholarship. You can access to the lecture at: http://www.slideshare.net/xavierlasauca/science-dissemination-20-social-media-for-researchers-59551716
The following decks will be presented on 25 Jan 2017 to increase the understanding in dissemination and science communication, outside the the standard requirements, eg: journal article etc.
Dissemination 2.0 - the role of social media in research disseminationPetter Bae Brandtzæg
Dissemination 2.0 - the role of social media in research dissemination.
My talk at The 6th Munin conference 2011 – Enhancing publications. Tromsø, Norway, 23.11.2011 http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/ocs/index.php/Munin/MC6
The open academic: Why and how business academics should use social media to ...Ian McCarthy
Abstract: The mission of many business schools and their researchers is to produce research that that impacts how business leaders, entrepreneurs, managers, and innovators, think and act. However, this mission remains an elusive ideal for many business school academics because they struggle to design and produce research capable of overcoming the "research-practice gap." To help those scholars address this gap, we explain why and how they should use social media to be more 'open' to connecting with, learning from, and working with academics and other stakeholders outside of their field. We describe how social media can be used as a boundary-spanning technology to help bridge the research-practice gap. To do this, we present a process model of five research activities: networking, framing, investigating, dissemination, and assessment. Using recently published research as an illustrative example, we describe how social media was used to make each activity more open. We conclude with a framework of different social media-enabled open academic approaches (connector, observer, promoter, and influencer) and some dos and don'ts for engaging in each approach. This paper aims to help business academics rethink and change their practices so that our profession is more widely regarded for how its research positively impacts practice and societal well-being more generally.
Currently, investments in research and development in Africa are about 0.6% of the global total of R&D investment, significantly lower than other regions. One of the foremost strategies to address this knowledge imbalance would be the packaging of African knowledge products in such a way that they are available and accessible on the internet. There is no doubt that Africans are producing lots of knowledge in their informal conversation as in formal engagements of varying types. This knowledge is being produced daily in villages and urban spaces, by African government officials and businesses, by students and researchers. Traditional healers are also applying indigenous knowledge to offer cures for COVID-19. Thus, the problem from an African perspective is less that of knowledge production and more one of the gathering, packaging and dissemination of the knowledge.
This training present practical tools, platforms and strategies to effectively disseminate your research results to various stakeholders. It would help you make your research visible beyond academia and create more impact in society.
Curating an Effective Digital Research Presence - Nicola Osborne, EDINANicola Osborne
Slides from "Curating an Effective Digital Research Presence", Nicola Osborne's opening keynote for the Making Research Visible event at the University of Edinburgh Moray House School of Education on 6th June 2018. More on the event can be found at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-research-visible-tickets-45238206694
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Maryann Martone, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego
Open Research comprises open access to the broad range of research outputs, from journal articles and the underlying data to protocols, results (including negative results), software and tools. Open Research increases inclusivity and collaboration, improves transparency and reproducibility of research and underpins research integrity.
This workshop focuses on the benefits of practicing open research for you as a researcher, to improve discoverability and maximise access to your work and to raise your professional profile.
By the end of the session you will:
• Have an understanding of the principles of Open Research
• Understand open licences and how they apply to publications, data and software
• Be able to apply key tools and techniques to increase the visibility of yourself and your research, including repositories, ORCID, social media and altmetrics
• Describe the different ways of making research and data available open access
Overview of the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) Open Data initiative, highlighting data management principles, the five pillars of the ROER4D data publication approach and the project de-identification approach.
The ROER4D Curation & Dissemination team provides an overview of the ROER4D open data initiative as well as some key insights and challenges experienced.
CPWF, Research into Use (RIU) inception / review workshop, Bangkok, 25-28 Oct. 2011, Communication and knowledge Management in support of your research, Michael Victor
Guest lecture delivered to the Master of Leadership in Open Education programme at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia. An overiew of more than 10 years working on open education research projects is reviewed and the relation between research and policy explored. Responses are made to questions raised by students.
This presentation is licensed CC BY - any logos or other images are included under fair use or assumed public domain.
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
Spectroscopy is a branch of science dealing the study of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflect spectroscopy in the UV-VIS spectral region.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy is an analytical method that can measure the amount of light received by the analyte.
A brief information about the SCOP protein database used in bioinformatics.
The Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) database is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for the structural and evolutionary relationships of proteins. It provides a detailed and curated classification of protein structures, grouping them into families, superfamilies, and folds based on their structural and sequence similarities.
Cancer cell metabolism: special Reference to Lactate PathwayAADYARAJPANDEY1
Normal Cell Metabolism:
Cellular respiration describes the series of steps that cells use to break down sugar and other chemicals to get the energy we need to function.
Energy is stored in the bonds of glucose and when glucose is broken down, much of that energy is released.
Cell utilize energy in the form of ATP.
The first step of respiration is called glycolysis. In a series of steps, glycolysis breaks glucose into two smaller molecules - a chemical called pyruvate. A small amount of ATP is formed during this process.
Most healthy cells continue the breakdown in a second process, called the Kreb's cycle. The Kreb's cycle allows cells to “burn” the pyruvates made in glycolysis to get more ATP.
The last step in the breakdown of glucose is called oxidative phosphorylation (Ox-Phos).
It takes place in specialized cell structures called mitochondria. This process produces a large amount of ATP. Importantly, cells need oxygen to complete oxidative phosphorylation.
If a cell completes only glycolysis, only 2 molecules of ATP are made per glucose. However, if the cell completes the entire respiration process (glycolysis - Kreb's - oxidative phosphorylation), about 36 molecules of ATP are created, giving it much more energy to use.
IN CANCER CELL:
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
introduction to WARBERG PHENOMENA:
WARBURG EFFECT Usually, cancer cells are highly glycolytic (glucose addiction) and take up more glucose than do normal cells from outside.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970) In 1931 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his "discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
WARNBURG EFFECT : cancer cells under aerobic (well-oxygenated) conditions to metabolize glucose to lactate (aerobic glycolysis) is known as the Warburg effect. Warburg made the observation that tumor slices consume glucose and secrete lactate at a higher rate than normal tissues.
Richard's aventures in two entangled wonderlandsRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
Richard's entangled aventures in wonderlandRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
(May 29th, 2024) Advancements in Intravital Microscopy- Insights for Preclini...Scintica Instrumentation
Intravital microscopy (IVM) is a powerful tool utilized to study cellular behavior over time and space in vivo. Much of our understanding of cell biology has been accomplished using various in vitro and ex vivo methods; however, these studies do not necessarily reflect the natural dynamics of biological processes. Unlike traditional cell culture or fixed tissue imaging, IVM allows for the ultra-fast high-resolution imaging of cellular processes over time and space and were studied in its natural environment. Real-time visualization of biological processes in the context of an intact organism helps maintain physiological relevance and provide insights into the progression of disease, response to treatments or developmental processes.
In this webinar we give an overview of advanced applications of the IVM system in preclinical research. IVIM technology is a provider of all-in-one intravital microscopy systems and solutions optimized for in vivo imaging of live animal models at sub-micron resolution. The system’s unique features and user-friendly software enables researchers to probe fast dynamic biological processes such as immune cell tracking, cell-cell interaction as well as vascularization and tumor metastasis with exceptional detail. This webinar will also give an overview of IVM being utilized in drug development, offering a view into the intricate interaction between drugs/nanoparticles and tissues in vivo and allows for the evaluation of therapeutic intervention in a variety of tissues and organs. This interdisciplinary collaboration continues to drive the advancements of novel therapeutic strategies.
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4. • Curation and Dissemination Manager of the Research on Open Educational Resources for
Development (ROER4D) project in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the
University of Cape Town.
• ROER4D a Global South initiative funded by the Canadian IDRC, with 86 researchers working on 18
sub-projects in 26 countries across South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia.
• Curation and Dissemination work facilitated by centralised Network Hub at UCT. One of the project’s
key strategic areas, alongside Knowledge Building, Research Capacity Development, Communication,
and Networking.
• ROER4D operates with Open Access, Open Research ethos.
Who am I? (Context is always key)
5. Modern scholarly
communication means…
• Operating in context where open scholarship (particularly Open Access and Open Data) has
become mainstream, and is increasingly being mandated by funders
• Repository and other “sharing” or communications infrastructure is key to the research process
• Communications (re-)establishing itself at the centre of the research process
• Sea change in journal publishing models (and rise of “alternative outputs”)
• Rise of data (big and small, qualitative and quantitative)
• Web-based communication is semantic and interoperable (so metadata and description is key)
• Strategies for preservation and long-term access are key
• Visibility is key (particularly for scholars in the Global South) and obscurity is a greater threat
than theft
6. Journal Articles
Conference Papers
Technical Reports
Working Papers
Policy Briefs
Blog Posts
Tweets
E-mails
Proposals
Images & Videos
Animations & Simulations
Presentations
SCHOLARLY
COMMUNICATION
TOOLSANDSERVICES
P R E S E R V A T I O N A N D C U R A T I O N
Repositories
Digital
Libraries
Portals Websites
Collaborative
platforms
Great wealth of scholarly content to be communicated for
development and visibility purposes
7. Journal Articles
Conference Papers
Technical Reports
Working Papers
Policy Briefs
Blog Posts
Tweets
E-mails
Collaborative Documents
Images & Videos
Animations & Simulations
Presentations
SCHOLARLY
COMMUNICATION
TOOLSAND
SERVICES
P R E S E R V A T I O N A N D C U R A T I O N
Repository Digital
Library
OER Portal Website LMS
Dominance of journal publishing obscures wealth of resources
8. Working in Global South
research context means…
• Imperative to boost visibility and make content findable
• Being comfortable with diversity
• Working with content in translation, moving beyond the hegemony of English
• Challenge of conceptual cohesion across differing cultures and languages
• Differing research cultures and protocols in terms of referencing, methodology articulation
• Differing understandings of ethics and consent approval processes
• Intervention/mediation required in terms of situating research in a familiar (citable) context for
Northern readers
• Imperative to curate and disseminate in a manner that is accessible in resource-constrained
environments on a range of devices
• Strategies required to overcome research infrastructure deficits
9. 1. A more strategic approach
towards communication
core mission
audience and objectives
contractual/grant framework
10. Ask questions about your mission
1. Have you articulated a project mission? Does it have a communications component?
2. What constitutes quality/excellence in your context?
3. Who do you see as your main audience in fulfilling your mission?
4. Where (geographically) do you see your target audience as being located?
5. What are your most important communication channels?
6. What usage/uptake indicators are your funders interested in?
7. Are your communication interests vested in formal scholar-to-scholar paradigm, or in an expanded,
informal scholarly and public context?
11. Map your mission to audience and objectives
Mission Audience Communication activity
Academic
excellence
Scholarly peers, institutional managers,
journals/publishers, funders
Ensure work is openly available and visible on the
internet for access and citation, profile findings via
social media and website
Policy influence Government, CBOs/NGOs, mainstream media Blog about and profile findings on social media, identify
key persons and alert them to your work, engage
mainstream media, communicate updates
Contributing to
teaching and
education
Scholarly peers, lectures and teachers, students,
public
Translate work into popularly accessible outputs,
promote work in relevant forums and social network
communications, ensure that copyright and (re)usage
permissions are clear and explicit
Community
engagement
CBOs/NGOs, church groups and societies, charity
organisations, government, mainstream media
Translate work into popularly accessible outputs, explore
alternative channels of communication (e.g. TV and
radio), translate work into local languages
Contributing to
your discipline
Scholarly peers, scholarly societies,
journals/publishers, lecturers and teachers, librarians
Make underlying datasets and other artifacts from
research process available, apply content licensing that
allows for reuse and modification
Contributing to the
profession
Scholarly peers, scholarly societies, practitioners,
industry partners, journals and trade publications
Communicate opportunities for professional partnership,
interact via social media, blog about findings, apply
content licensing that allows for reuse, modification and
commercial application
12. Interrogate your objectives and activities
against your grant/contractual framework
Grant agreement between funder and host organisation provides master framework > Sub-grant agreements between host
organisation and sub-projects should be evaluated for exceptions and limitations (contingent on differing institutional
policies)
Ethics provisions dictated by funder in line with international best practice: no transfer of raw data without requisite de-
identification processes, clearly articulated processes for ethics clearance and management of consent
Consider:
1. Do your co-authors’ contractual frameworks differ from yours in any way?
2. What do your contracts stipulate in terms of required communication activities?
3. What do your contracts stipulate in terms of copyright and licensing?
4. Any jurisdiction (country) legislation considerations?
5. Are your funders aware of and do they endorse your communication plans?
13. Engage your researcher community
> Collaborate with your researcher community in articulating your communications strategy.
> Ascertain a sense of researchers’ publication and dissemination ambitions to establish a sense of
collaboration and partnership, and tailor activity to address researchers’ needs.
> The researcher is always at the centre of communications activity.
14. 2. Curation for optimal
communication
IP, copyright and ethics
Infrastructure
metadata
15. Access
Curation
Systematic organisation (and description) of resources to ensure the findability and searchability of your
content, for the purposes of optimal sharing and reuse (internal and external)
> Undertake this work so that you (and others) can find your work when you are looking for it and to boost the return on your
investment.
Dissemination
Rights managementCuration
17. Curation approach largely determined
by available infrastructure
• Obtain a sense of requirements based on your mission and objectives (content formats,
language, file sizes)
• Survey what infrastructure you have available (e.g. Collaboratorio) and affordances for
collaboration (bear in mind challenges of institutional platform focus)
• Identify external (cloud-based) solutions to address institutional infrastructure deficits
• Formalise collaborative arrangements with platform and private, external infrastructure owners
(MoUs where possible)
• Key sustainability questions around long tail of curatorial activity (who will look after and liaise
after project end date)
18. Long-term timeframe and sustainability
analysis
• Retention principles (what are you going to curate and keep and how long will you archive it for)?
• What institutional/funder support is available to you?
• What are your funders’ expectations in this regard?
• Who will be responsible after the project end date?
• What usage data and analytics will you collect over time to demonstrate efficacy?
19. Once you have the foundation of your curatorial approach established, you can begin “getting your house
in order” and curating your actual content for optimal sharing and visibility.
Within this context, operational openness (Open Access, Open Research) is a means to:
• Collaboration (internal and external)
• Research capacity development
• Boosting visibility (and citation) of research and researchers
It is useful for you to establish a content model, and to map the composite elements to the infrastructure
where different content types will reside.
20. 18 sub-projects
producing wide
range of project
outputs
ROER4D content model
Content curated
and shared on
GoogleDrive,
institutional
repositories,
Zenodo,
publisher
websites, and
project website
21. Metadata is key in terms of boosting findability
• Metadata framework will be determined by infrastructure you use
• Certain sharing and publication platforms (e.g. repositories) will have greater affordances for adding
rich metadata
• Consider which metadata and platforms are significant to your discipline
• Platform analytics and unique resource identifiers are useful for tracking content use (Altmetrics)
• Devise strategies for collecting metadata at various opportunities (reporting, etc.) so that you are not
too reliant on author input at moment of publication
• Optimal to have a combined repository (rich metadata) and website (shopfront) approach
22. 3. Packaging and disseminating
your research
considering format
content aggregation
metrics and usage data
23. When addressing dissemination activity,
ask yourself…
• Which channels are most conducive to communications activity (websites, repositories, collaboration
platforms)?
• What you would like to measure (website analytics, repository downloads, citations, mentions in social
media, etc.)?
• Are there any cultural or language dynamics you need to consider? Does your audience operate in the
same “research tradition”?
• Are there any ethical or privacy issues you need to consider?
• What makes this work special, is there something similar happening in the field that you can link to,
and are there any existing communication efforts within your research community that you can
leverage?
• What kind of narrative or “story” can you establish around your work (considering historical trajectory
and the literature)?
24. Keep an eye on copyright issues
• Scan content for third-party copyright material and replace or seek permissions
• Consider licensing cohesion if integrating third-party Creative Commons-licensed content
• Ensure cohesion with ethical and contractual requirements
25. Dissemination approach
• Deposit and describe content in chosen repositories and platforms, linking back to “shopfront” website
• Content collection may be fragmented across various platforms and institutional environments. Reflect
complete collection via project website
• Link to discipline-specific aggregation platforms, bibliographic services and academic databases (e.g.
arXiv, AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts,Copernicus, GeoRef, GoPubMed, SSRN, RePEC)
• Track content usage via analytics and Altmetrics tools
• Profile content via social media
• Remember that the process is ongoing and interative
26. Key challenges
• Researcher buy-in (lack of confidence, sensitivity around data ownership, protection of publication
opportunity, time constraint)
• Managing linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as differing research traditions
• Identifying appropriate communal platforms and infrastructure for cross-institutional collaboration
• Managing project timeframe constraints (how to address the long tail of curation and dissemination
activity)
• Knowing how to write and how to reference for your chosen audience
28. Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence: How to Expand Access to Research Communications
https://www.acu.ac.uk/research-information-network/finch-report
Curation for Participation: An Eight-Step Guide to Curating Open Scholarly Content
https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/8431
Creative Commons South Africa: Licensor Guidelines
https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/9045/CC_Guidelines_092014TS.pdf?sequence=1
Communications in Science: Pressures and Predators
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154.toc
Measuring Impact: A Five-Step Guide for Scholarly Units
https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/12936
Scholarly Communication and the Continuum of Electronic Publishing
http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9903015
Some Scholarly Communication Guidelines
https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/11599/1/scholar.pdf
Open Content Licensing: A Three-Step Guide for Academics
https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/12937