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Daisy Selematsela, NRF and longstanding member of CODATA TG awarded Knowledge Management Leadership Award 2016
Daisy Selematsela of the National Research Foundation, South Africa and a long-standing member of the CODATA PASTD Task Group has been nominated and awarded the Knowledge Management Leadership Award 2016 by the World Education Congress & Global Knowledge...
Call for CODATA Task Group Proposals, 2016: deadline 11 July
CODATA has released a call inviting proposals for Task Groups to be presented to the CODATA General Assembly on 11 September 2016 in Denver, Colorado. The below document provides detail of the required scope of such Task Groups as well as an indication of some...
Call for CODATA Task Group Proposals, 2016: deadline 25 July – UPDATE
In response to many requests, CODATA has agreed to extend the deadline for Task Group proposals. Proposals for Task Groups should be sent to simon@codata.org on the form included in that document no later than COB on Monday 25 July 2016. This is an absolutely final...
“Open Data and African Research” Special Issue – Call for Papers
Editors: Louise Bezuidenhout (University of Witwatersrand and Notre Dame); Louise.M.Bezuidenhout.1[at]nd.eduSabina Leonelli (University of Exeter); S.Leonelli[at]exeter.ac.ukBrian Rappert (University of Exeter); B.Rappert[at]exeter.ac.uk Background: This Special Issue...
Data Citation Workshop: Developing Policy And Practice – UPDATE
CODATA is pleased to announce further information relating to the US Data Citation Workshop: Developing Policy and Practice,Tuesday 12 July 2016. Keynote: The workshop will include a keynote from Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academies of Science. ...
Data Citation Workshop: Developing Policy And Practice
CODATA/ICSTI Task Group on Data Citation and hosted by The National Research Council's Board on Research Data and Information Workshop for data professionals focused on increasing awareness and encouraging policy and practice in support of data citation. Hear...
Uniform Description System Version 2.0 Now Available
A complete revised version of the Uniform Description System for Materials on the Nanoscale (UDS) is now available for download. Version 2.0 of the UDS is the result of two years of work and meetings by the CODATA-VAMAS Working Group on Nanomaterials that extensively...
Reviews and comments requested on Draft White Paper: ‘Gap Analysis on Open Data Interconnectivity for Global Disaster Risk Research’
The CODATA Task Group on Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research invites external review and comment on a draft White Paper which presents a 'Gap Analysis on Open Data Interconnectivity for Global Disaster Risk Research’. Comments are invited by 30...
CODATA Prize 2016 to Recognise Outstanding Achievement in Advancing the Availability, Quality and Use of Data for Research
The CODATA Prize is made every two years at our conference. It is a major award which recognises outstanding achievement in advancing the availability, quality and use of data for research. The 2016 CODATA Prize will be presented at SciDataCon 2016, 12-13 September...
The Rescue of Data At Risk: An RDA / CODATA Workshop
The Rescue of Data At Risk: An RDA / CODATA Workshop A workshop on The Rescue of Data At Risk will be held in Boulder, Colorado, on 8–9 September 2016, in association with International Data Week that is taking place the following week in nearby Denver. The Workshop...