Research data survey targeting researchers in North America and Europe
PLOS is sharing a major survey of possible interest to our community, targeting researchers in North America and Europe that PLOS has launched. Their goal is to deepen understanding of researchers’ priorities with regards to sharing research data, and to understand...
Webinar registration – Data Science: Enlighten the Path for a resilient global community to recover from COVID-19
Date: 18th May 2020, Time: UTC 14:00 Registration Link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/649586378895435792 Social distancing is expected to be part of our life in the foreseeable future. Smart city solutions are getting underway for that purpose. In addition...
Webinar: Data science enlightening the path for resilient cities to fight COVID-19
The CODATA Connect Early Career and Alumni Network is pleased to announce the second in its webinar series on Smart and Resilient Cities. Data science enlightening the path for resilient cities to fight COVID-19: Case studies from Pune (India) and Medellín (Colombia)....
COVID-19: The duty to document does not cease in a crisis, it becomes more essential
This statement was developed by ICA and the International Conference of Information Commissioners, supported by ARMA International, CODATA, Digital Preservation Coalition, Research Data Alliance, UNESCO Memory of the World and World Data Service. It is built on three...
Twenty years of GBIF: CODATA’s independent review charts successes and challenges
CODATA, the Committee on Data of the International Science Council, published today its 20 Year Review of GBIF, making comprehensive recommendations to maintain GBIF's relevance and standing. CODATA was commissioned by the GBIF Governing Board to to carry out an...
Webinar: COVID-19, Transition from Response to Recovery
The pandemic is unchartered territory for most of us but responding to it is business-as-usual for disaster risk reduction specialists. Tonkin + Taylor, in partnership with Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), Committee on Data (CODATA) of the International...
April 2020: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: Correction: ‘Developing a Research Data Policy Framework for All Journals and Publishers Author: Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Natasha Simons, Azhar Hussain, Rebecca Grant, Simon Goudie URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-017 Title: Developing an Open Data Portal for...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: May 2020 Edition
A Data Ecosystem to defeat COVID-19 Bapon Fakhruddin discusses why the COVID-19 pandemic requires thinking and decision making supported by a data ecosystem which looks much further into the future than previous short-term approaches. In Low-Income...
Call for sessions, posters and lightning talks: International FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020
The DEADLINE for session proposals is 30 September 2020. The International FAIR Convergence Symposium will now take place as a fully virtual event from 27 November to 4 December. Please save the dates! This event will provide a unique forum for advancing...
UNESCO Global Consultations on Open Science
UNESCO has launched a global consultation on Open Science https://en.unesco.org/science-sustainable-future/open-science/consultation with a view to developing a standard-setting instrument in the form of a Recommendation, to be adopted by the UNESCO General Conference...