The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) hosted the two-day virtual workshop “Changing the Culture of Data Management and Sharing” on 28th-29th April 2021 to discuss the challenges and opportunities for establishing effective data management and sharing practices and exploring the question of universal availability of scientific data.

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This week’s post features Kathleen Gregory, a postdoctoral researcher exploring data citation practices—and the newest member of the ScholCommLab. In this interview, she shares her biggest questions about how researchers use data and offers one simple tip to help with everything from paper writing to home decorating.

Die Corona-Pandemie scheint digitalen Museumsangeboten Aufwind zu geben: Der Pariser Louvre hat seine Sammlung mit über 480.000 Werken digitalisiert. Interessierte können hinter die Kulissen des berühmtesten französischen Museums blicken und erfahren viele Details zu den Werken. Ein digitaler Streifzug. Ein Besuch des Pariser Kunstmuseums Louvre ist in Pandemiezeiten schwierig. Zeitweise war der Louvre komplett geschlossen.

Die größte Enzyklopädie der Welt feiert 2021 ihren zwanzigsten Geburtstag: Die deutschsprachige Wikipedia ging 2001 online. Mit einer Aktionswoche und einem vielstimmigen und informativen „ABC des Freien Wissens“ begeht der Trägerverein Wikimedia Deutschland das Jubiläum.

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Erica Morissette, a master’s student in Information Studies at the University of Ottawa, a researcher at the ScholCommLab, and a self declared “nature nerd.”

Sanam Ebrahimzadeh, a postdoctoral fellow at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and a research associate at the ScholCommLab. Here, she tells us more about her research—a fascinating blend of work on data sharing, scholarly metrics, accuracy reviews, and more.

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Isabella Peters, a new research associate at the ScholCommLab and a professor of Web Science at the ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and CAU Kiel University.

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Lina Marie Harper: a master’s student in Information Science at the University of Ottawa, a researcher at the ScholCommLab, and the proud owner of a “chiweenie” (part Dachshund, part Chihuahua). In this post, she tells us about the joys of open data, graduate school, true crime, and more.

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Anton Ninkov, a recent graduate of Western University’s PhD in Library and Information Science program and the ScholCommLab’s newest postdoctoral fellow. In this post, he tells us more about what he’s up to inside and outside of the lab.

Data management is a core aspect of the research process, helping scholars organize their work, share it with others, and collaborate effectively.