Research Data Availability & Research
Assessment Workshop,
Our friends at the Knowledge Exchange are organizing a very
timely workshop on research data sharing and research assessment
that's scheduled for April 11-12, 2013 in Berlin. I've reproduced the
call for participation below.
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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Knowledge Exchange has the pleasure of inviting you to
participate in the workshop 'Making Data Count: research data
availability and research assessment' which will take on Thursday 11
and Friday 12 April 2013 in Berlin.
Academic research practice and culture are changing, but to a
large degree the system of academic recognition has not yet adapted to
the practices and possibilities of digital research. This applies
especially to research data, which are increasingly produced, managed,
shared, published and archived, but hardly play a role in research
assessment.
The aim of the workshop is to bring experts and stakeholders from
research institutions, universities, scholarly societies and funding
agencies together to review, discuss and build on possibilities to
implement the culture of sharing and to ensure that making research
data available is integrated into research assessment
procedures.
In the attached draft programme you will find more background
information on the workshop, the structure and practical information.
After opening with the perspectives of research performing
organisations and funders there will be a presentation of the
'Landscape study on metrics for datasets from a cultural and technical
point of view' and a panel session with researchers sharing their
perspectives. Th is will be followed by discussions in the following
break out groups:
- Quality assurance for data
publication
- Linking data to other
research information
- New metrics and citation
systems to measure the impact of data publication
- Codes of conduct for
sharing data
- Research assessment
procedures
Practical Information
The workshop is free of charge. Lunches and coffee breaks will be
covered by Knowledge Exchange. Knowledge Exchange will not be able to
cover the costs of your travel and accommodation. Please note that we
will not book a room for you. In the attached document you will
also find practical information on the venue and the NH hotel Alexanderplatz which is very close to the
conference venue.
Registration
If you would like to attend please register at the webpage: http://makingdatacount.eventbrite.com/
Please note that we have a limited number of places and registrations
will be handled on a first come-first served basis. Registration will
close 21 March.
This is an open workshop, so please pass on this invitation
to anybody who you think would be interested.
About Knowledge Exchange
Knowledge Exchange (KE) is a European co-operative effort that
supports the use and development of Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) infrastructure for higher education and research.
CSC , DEFF, DFG, Jisc and SURF - the partners of Knowledge Exchange
- share a common vision based on their national and organisational
strategies. Our vision is to make a layer of scholarly and scientific
content openly available on the Internet. In order to realise this
goal, the partners work to support existing and new initiatives on
national and international levels.
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