tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70119346900170511202024-03-14T06:18:06.955+00:00Research Support Librarian BlogCiarán Quinn, Research Support Librarian & Librarian for the Research Institutes, Maynooth University. ciaran.quinn@mu.ieCiaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.comBlogger655125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-24544187756524083582023-07-17T11:01:00.001+01:002023-07-17T11:01:58.940+01:00World University Rankings 2023
The <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking">Times Higher Education World University Rankings</a> 2023 include 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.
The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-64698163551917001692022-09-06T11:31:00.002+01:002022-09-06T11:31:52.300+01:00The Metric Tide RevisitedAs part of FRAP (The Future Research Assessment Programme), an <a href="https://responsiblemetrics.org/2022/08/11/the-metric-tide-revisited/">expert panel</a> has been invited to lead a review of the role of metrics in research management and assessment.
This review, <a href="https://responsiblemetrics.org/">The Metric Tide Revisited</a>, will take a short, sharp, evidence-informed look at current and potential uses of metrics against a set of tightly-defined objectives to:
Revisit the conclusions and recommendations of the last detailed review of these questions, The Metric Tide (2015), and assess progress against these.
Consider whether developments over recent years in the infrastructures, methodologies and uses of research metrics negate or change any of those 2015 conclusions or suggest additional priorities.
and look afresh at the role of metrics in any future research excellence framework and consider whether design changes now under consideration as part of the FRAP suggest similar or different conclusions to those reached in 2015.
The review was conducted over the Summer, and will be completed mid-September so we await with interest the published outcome.
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Sourced from the Web, Altmetrics can tell you a lot about how often journal articles and other scholarly outputs like datasets are discussed and used around the world. For that reason, altmetrics have been incorporated into researchers’ websites, institutional repositories, journal websites, and more.
<a href="https://www.altmetric.com/products/explorer-for-institutions/">Altmetrics Explorer</a> is an intuitive platform that enables you to monitor the online activity surrounding academic research.
Browse by author, group or department for your own institution, benchmark against peer organizations, report on the outcomes of outreach activity, and integrate the insights the data provides into evaluation and review processes.
To find out how to register for a Altmetrics Explorer account and to find out how to use Altmetrics Explorer to monitor engagement with your research papers, and showcase your influence check out the guide <a href="https://nuim.libguides.com/MeasuringResearchImpact/AltmetricsExplorer">here</a>
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Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-77623051752453509042021-11-02T12:36:00.000+00:002021-11-02T12:36:20.732+00:00Resources and tools to assist you in finding funding and managing the end to end Research Grant Lifecycle.<a href="https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/research-development-office/research-funding">This</a> useful guide from the MU Research Development Office will bring you through the process of finding funding, preparing your proposal, preparing your budget and compliance.
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Now available in MU, EndNoteX20 is the latest version of EndNote Desktop which supercedes the version currently available in MU, EndNoteX9.
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It features a new interface design, improved PDF reading, new workflow enhancements and new options for detecting duplicates
If you are an existing user you can upgrade to EndNoteX20 via <a href="https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/it-services/appsanywhere">AppsAnywhere
If you are a new user, download EndNoteX20 from <a href="https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/it-services/appsanywhere">AppsAnywhere</a>
To see whats new in EndNoteX20 check out the guide <a href="https://nuim.libguides.com/ReferenceManagementSoftware">EndNoteX20</a>
For queries contact the Research Support Librarian <a href="ciaran.quinn@mu.ie">ciaran.quinn@mu.ie</a>
Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-79131115666797295322021-10-22T15:50:00.003+01:002021-10-22T15:51:56.287+01:00Annual report: a recap of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) activities in 2020DORA’s vision is to advance practical and robust approaches to research assessment globally and across all scholarly disciplines.<a href="https://sfdora.org/2021/10/07/2020-annual-report/"> Dora's annual report</a> makes for interesting reading particulary the section relating to the Tools to Advance Research Assessment (TARA) project. The aim of <a href="https://sfdora.org/project-tara/">Project TARA</a> is to identify, understand, and make visible the criteria and standards universities use to make hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions. This information will be used to create resources and practical guidance on the reform of research assessment for academic and scholarly institutions. Project TARA is a collaboration with Sarah de Rijcke, Professor in Science and Evaluation Studies and Director of the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, and Ruth Schmidt, Associate Professor at the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology.Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-80094424747101896572021-07-28T12:11:00.000+01:002021-07-28T12:11:12.865+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtMl91ertuk98tQUd1ewKvlD1VrQDQ-9-a6gxXwFy8TCwFDLxJ0xdEiODr9OxdwlWzvtCYo0e8TrmRkRPy6WTDCmEmHdAX7mZd2GwG3P6VNo9_Exj85YGntW1bciz0SqNhDUHXJrFfh8/s384/NORF.PNG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtMl91ertuk98tQUd1ewKvlD1VrQDQ-9-a6gxXwFy8TCwFDLxJ0xdEiODr9OxdwlWzvtCYo0e8TrmRkRPy6WTDCmEmHdAX7mZd2GwG3P6VNo9_Exj85YGntW1bciz0SqNhDUHXJrFfh8/s320/NORF.PNG"/></a></div>
<a href="https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/0287dj04d">National Framework on the Transition to an Open Research Environment</a>
The National Framework is a key deliverable of the National Open Research Forum (NORF), which was set up in 2017 to bring together key members of the research community to drive Ireland’s open research agenda as set out in Innovation 2020, Ireland’s research and development, science and technology strategy. The National Framework on the Transition to an Open Research Environment has been developed as the first step in a process to create a National Action Plan for the transition to an open research environment in Ireland.
There has been a series of seminars relating to this report, the lastest one was presented as a webinar.
<a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=F2955F63C393E5E3BF03F2955F63C393E5E3BF03&q=norf%20research%20ireland&shtp=GetUrl&shid=04e1a57d-b2fb-4087-b081-305db35dc96e&shtk=Tk9SRiBPcGVuIFJlc2VhcmNoIGluIElyZWxhbmQgd2ViaW5hcjogT3BlbiBBY2Nlc3M%3D&shdk=QXMgcGFydCBvZiBhIHdlYmluYXIgc2VyaWVzIG9uIE9wZW4gUmVzZWFyY2ggaW4gSXJlbGFuZCwgdGhlIE5hdGlvbmFsIE9wZW4gUmVzZWFyY2ggRm9ydW0gKE5PUkYpIHByZXNlbnRlZCBhIHdlYmluYXIgZm9jdXNlZCBvbiBPcGVuIEFjY2VzcyB0byByZXNlYXJjaCBwdWJsaWNhdGlvbnMgb24gNCBNYXkgMjAyMS4gTk9SRiBoYXMgYmVlbiBkZXZlbG9waW5nIGEgTmF0aW9uYWwgT3BlbiBSZXNlYXJjaCBMYW5kc2NhcGUgUmVwb3J0IHRvIHN1bW1hcmlzZSBwcm9ncmVzcyBhbmQgY2hhbGxlbmdlcyBpbiBlYWNoIG9mIHRoZSBzdHJhdGVnaWMgYXJlYXMgb2YgSXJlbGFuZOKAmXMgTmF0aW9uYWwgLi4u&shhk=5Pu8TK%2F8ZpDF4CotkpqItW%2FL6PySpGpZg76cyQ0jYBA%3D&form=VDSHOT&shth=OVP.M7s5YB4K6oPTUFigoodPRwEsCo">Open Research in Ireland: Infrastructures for Open Research</a> (Webinar) 4th May 2021(4th in a series of Webinars relating to the above report)Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-33279223315691853112021-03-26T16:06:00.006+00:002021-03-26T17:07:25.159+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-gg2C3YMoDYjDMw5UkRpzjUM942m3aGMPQQaffXK9_2q8Ta5p1gE0589aV3V5a_7T0OU5xEj3_jugQwZ-fsItQ5z3mByK1KwRurR2rFVam8iHGEYmhFd5lWM4WpPs5j8molW7Hd3Flc/s1218/EndNote_X9_Logo_RGB-cropped.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-gg2C3YMoDYjDMw5UkRpzjUM942m3aGMPQQaffXK9_2q8Ta5p1gE0589aV3V5a_7T0OU5xEj3_jugQwZ-fsItQ5z3mByK1KwRurR2rFVam8iHGEYmhFd5lWM4WpPs5j8molW7Hd3Flc/s320/EndNote_X9_Logo_RGB-cropped.png"/></a></div>
EndNoteX9 (Reference management & Citation Tool) is now available for all MU staff,students,academics and researchers to download from <a href="https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/it-services/appsanywhere">AppsAnywhere</a> This is the desktop version of EndNote (you may be already familiar with its companion piece EndNote Online). When you download it, you'll also need the product code to complete the installation, which is in one of the two files that download onto your device. Key features of EndNote X9 are the ability to store unilimted PDF's on your device, annotation of PDF's, many additional referencing styles. EndNoteX9 and Endnote online can be synchronised so you need never be without your EndNote Library. For further details check out the guide https://nuim.libguides.com/referencing/tools. <a href="https://nuim.libguides.com"></a>Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-81219410687674905082021-03-26T15:10:00.005+00:002021-03-26T15:12:56.042+00:00Transformative Open Access Agreements<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigL_zttwzGBU0X622GQhIcx4VSlatBlAG2OysKgOxs0RvnkAdK263LGj4DxIC7k27m3jIZChhyphenhyphen6fWR60fHQlabu33PlNUwgczRxeSJ-5bcB96N9J7qQ_Npi30xrmBlLuUe2HuUfguSnlM/s987/Transformative+agreements.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="987" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigL_zttwzGBU0X622GQhIcx4VSlatBlAG2OysKgOxs0RvnkAdK263LGj4DxIC7k27m3jIZChhyphenhyphen6fWR60fHQlabu33PlNUwgczRxeSJ-5bcB96N9J7qQ_Npi30xrmBlLuUe2HuUfguSnlM/s320/Transformative+agreements.png"/></a></div>
A number of open access agreements with publishers have been facilitated by<a href="https://irel.ie/open-access/"> IReL</a> (Irish Research eLibrary) which typically allow corresponding authors from eligible institutions to publish their articles open access immediately on publication, without an article process charge (APC) being levied. Full details of the current agreements with publishers are available at <a href="https://irel.ie/open-access/">https://irel.ie/open-access/</a> Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-1787373003248135252020-07-31T10:57:00.006+01:002020-07-31T10:57:52.981+01:00Research Data Management Toolkit (JISC)Sharing RDM knowledge and good practice
Have you ever felt lost when looking for material on Research Data Management? This toolkit https://rdmtoolkit.jisc.ac.uk/ aims to support you by signposting resources from a wide range of websites and organisations, sorted by topic and audience.
This excellent tool(from JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) a UK not for profit, which champions the importance of digital technologies for UK education and research) allows you to access it, according to your role (Researcher, Research Support or IT Specialist) or by using the "Research Data Lifecycle Chart" https://rdmtoolkit.jisc.ac.uk/research-data-lifecycle/
It includes sections on Data Management Planning, Policy Compliance, Costing, and Data Storage. It also provides useful links to online RDM training, resources and updates.Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-63313470796289632312020-07-31T10:28:00.001+01:002020-07-31T10:34:13.533+01:00IRel "Read and Publish" agreements, allow Open Access Publishing for many Researchers without Article Processing Charges IRel https://irel.ie/category/news/ has recently signed a number of "Read and Publish" agreements with major publishers.
This means that researchers will now have access to the electronic collections of these publishers and they will be able to publish their own papers Open Access in many of their publications without having to pay Article Processing Charges (APC's).
More details and an up to listing of the agreements are available here https://nuim.libguides.com/c.php?g=660327&p=4862005 Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-1851994339741039772020-04-06T12:58:00.000+01:002020-04-06T12:58:20.806+01:00The Irish ORCID ConsortiumORCID® provides a unique persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that distinguishes researchers and a record that supports automatic links among all professional activities. The ORCID iD and connections are stored in the ORCID Registry, in an account the researcher owns and manages.
<a href="https://irel.ie/orcid-consortium/">Consortia membership </a>is the premium level of membership and includes the following benefits:
5 ORCID premium member API credentials;the ability to read/write to the profiles of researchers (with permission);monthly analytics reports with personalised statistics from ORCID ensuring more complete reporting of research outputs;dedicated technical and community support. Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-21352114834041021022020-04-03T12:20:00.002+01:002020-04-03T12:20:46.503+01:00Sorbonne Declaration on Research Data RightsThe <a href="https://www.leru.org/news/data-summit-in-paris">international Research Data Rights Summit</a> was held at Sorbonne University on Monday, 27 January. This initiative brought together nine major networks of research-intensive universities from major regions of the world. It was an opportunity to sign the "Sorbonne Declaration" on the rights of research data. This text strongly affirms the willingness of universities to share their data while firmly calling on governments to adopt a clear legal framework to regulate this sharing and to provide the means to put it in place. Full text of the declaration <a href="https://www.leru.org/files/Sorbonne-declaration.pdf">here</a>. Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-84930468375741301572020-04-03T12:13:00.000+01:002020-04-03T12:13:14.467+01:00IREL and Covid-19IReL’s (Irish Research e Library) office, based in Maynooth University, has closed, but its staff are continuing to work remotely. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of IReL’s partner publishers and vendors are supporting researchers and students by making content freely available during the crisis. They are typically doing this by either: removing paywall restrictions on COVID-19 related removing paywall restrictions on COVID-19 related research materials, or removing limits of the numbers of concurrent users for eBooks to cope with demand by students as they have moved to remote learning at short notice.
An actively updated list of the resources being made available has been compiled by our peers among ICOLC (International Coalition of Library Consortia) members and can be viewed <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xiINlF9P00tO-5lGKi3v4S413iujYCm5QJoKUG19a_Y/edit#gid=2027816149">here</a>.Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-60045564247561466482019-08-30T14:35:00.000+01:002019-08-30T14:35:08.634+01:00AmeliCA before Plan S – The Latin American Initiative to develop a cooperative, non-commercial, academic led, system of scholarly communicationOpen access is often discussed as a process of flipping the existing closed subscription based model of scholarly communication to an open one. However, in Latin America an open access ecosystem for scholarly publishing has been in place for over a decade. <a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/08/08/amelica-before-plan-s-the-latin-american-initiative-to-develop-a-cooperative-non-commercial-academic-led-system-of-scholarly-communication/">In this post</a>, Eduardo Aguado-López and Arianna Becerril-Garcia discuss open access developments in Latin America and the AmeliCA initiative to develop a cooperative infrastructure for scientific communication. They also reflect on how the recent proposals put forward by cOAlition S to foster open access publication in the Global North, could potentially negatively impact open access efforts in Latin America. Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-76660504561120282862019-05-31T11:16:00.002+01:002019-05-31T11:16:33.267+01:00Plan S RevisionsRationale for the Revisions Made to the <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/">Plan S</a> Principles and Implementation Guidance
The<a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/rationale-for-the-revisions/"> revised Plan S</a> maintains the fundamental principles but a number of important changes are proposed in the implementation guidance.
These include: The timeline has been extended by one year to 2021;Transformative agreements will be supported until 2024;more options for transitional arrangements are supported;greater clarity is provided about the various compliance routes: Plan S is NOT just about a publication fee model of Open Access publishing.
Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-2397814348116400052019-04-29T10:47:00.000+01:002019-04-29T10:47:27.748+01:00The “impact” of the Journal Impact Factor in the review, tenure, and promotion processThe Journal Impact Factor (JIF) – a measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in a journal – has been widely critiqued as a measure of individual academic performance. However, it is unclear whether these criticisms and high profile declarations, such as DORA, have led to significant cultural change. <a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/04/26/the-impact-of-the-journal-impact-factor-in-the-review-tenure-and-promotion-process/">In this post</a>, Erin McKiernan, Juan Pablo Alperin and Alice Fleerackers present evidence from a recent study of review, promotion and tenure documents, showing the extent to which (JIF) remains embedded as a measure of success in the academic job market.Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-77288638215929271622019-03-08T11:07:00.001+00:002019-03-08T11:07:24.341+00:00Taking Stock of the Feedback on Plan S Implementation GuideIn this interesting <a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/02/13/taking-stock-of-the-feedback-on-plan-s-implementation-guidance/">piece </a>Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe reviews the feedback submitted in response to the Plan S consultation and highlights 7 themes that emerged from the thousands of pages submissions made to cOAlition S.
<a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/">Plan S</a> is an initiative for Open Access publishing that was launched in September 2018. The plan is supported by cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funders. Plan S requires that, from 2020, scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants must be published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms.
Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-22034911345269311412019-01-09T11:48:00.003+00:002019-01-09T11:50:02.552+00:00Max Planck Society Ends Elsevier SubscriptionThe Max Planck Society, an enormous German research organization 14,000 scientists strong and comprising multiple research institutes, has <a href="https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/max-planck-society-ends-elsevier-subscription-65258">ended its subscription to Elsevier journals</a>, the organization announced in a statement on December 18. It did so in support of the German open-access initiative called Project DEAL, after unsuccessful attempts to negotiate an open-access agreement with the publisher. The organization’s digital library will no longer have access to Elsevier’s approximately 2,500 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, once the subscription expires on December 31. Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-14060534785813439352019-01-08T14:38:00.001+00:002019-01-08T14:38:14.057+00:00Ten principles for the responsible use of university rankings<a href="https://www.cwts.nl/blog/article-n-r2q274/?title=ten-principles-for-the-responsible-use-of-university-rankings">Ten principles for the responsible use of university rankings</a><br /><br />
University rankings are controversial. There is a lot of criticism on well-known rankings such as the <a href="http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2016.html" target="_blank">Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)</a>, commonly referred to as the Shanghai Ranking, and the World University Rankings of <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/world-ranking" target="_blank">Times Higher Education (THE)</a> and <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings" target="_blank">QS</a>.<br />
Nevertheless, universities often feel that they are under pressure to <br />
show a good performance in these rankings and universities may therefore<br />
pay considerable attention to these rankings in their decision making.<br /><br />
The Ten Principles are intended to guide universities, students, <br />
governments, and other stakeholders in the responsible use of university<br />
rankings. Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-54114947952875895352018-09-27T15:08:00.000+01:002018-09-27T15:08:49.434+01:00SAGE Research Methods now available from your Library<a href="http://methods.sagepub.com/">SAGE Research Methods</a> supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. Nearly everyone at a university is involved in research, from students learning how to conduct research to faculty conducting research for publication to librarians delivering research skills training and doing research on the efficacy of library services. SAGE Research Methods has the answer for each of these user groups, from a quick dictionary definition, a case study example from a researcher in the field, a downloadable teaching dataset, a full-text title from the Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series, or a video tutorial showing research in action.Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-28134298708220496172018-06-05T11:21:00.000+01:002018-06-05T11:24:47.074+01:00What’s new in Open Access?This a new blog by <a href="http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/danny-kingsley/">Danny Kingsley</a> who is the Deputy Director, Cambridge University Library responsible for Scholarly Communication & Research Services. Her role focuses on establishing new policies and strategies for scholarly communication in the digital age. It looks like a useful way to keep up to date with developments in Open Access.
"The world of Open Access moves fast and it can be difficult to keep up. We run regular updates for our community here at Cambridge and following a recent webinar, figured a <a href="https://unlockingresearch-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=2011">blog</a> about it might be a good idea too. Strap yourselves in, this is a bumpy ride."
https://unlockingresearch-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=2011Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011934690017051120.post-53332486219739797272018-01-10T15:09:00.000+00:002018-01-10T15:09:03.447+00:00The concept of research impact pervades contemporary academic discourse – but what does it actually mean?<a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/01/09/the-concept-of-research-impact-pervades-contemporary-academic-discourse-but-what-does-it-actually-mean/">Research impact is often talked about, but how clear is it what this term really means? Kristel Alla, Wayne Hall, Harvey Whiteford, Brian Head and Carla Meurk find that academic literature discusses research impact but often without properly defining it, with academic discourses mostly drawing on bureaucratic definitions originating from the UK. The authors highlight four core elements that comprise most research impact definitions and propose a new conceptualisation of research impact relevant to health policy.</a>Ciaran Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963716248971801714noreply@blogger.com0