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Familiarizing yourself with the FAIR principles
By Renée Palting, Research Data Intern International Open Access week puts the A in FAIR. The foundation of Open Access is the ethical tenet that information is an inalienable human right guaranteed to every person. Utilizing FAIR principles for data is one step in supporting and promoting this t...
Open Access Week spotlights climate justice
How do we solve the enormous environmental challenges facing our planet? A good first step is to increase access to information and research. Open Access Week, an annual week promoting equitable and accessible information, kicks off Oct. 24 and runs through Oct. 30. The theme, Open for Climate Just...
What does the NIH 2023 Data Management and Sharing Policy mean for you?
By Janice Hermer, Karalyn Ostler, Kevin Pardon, and Matthew Harp A new National Institute of Health (NIH) Data Management and Sharing Policy goes into effect on January 25, 2023. The last policy was implemented in 2003, nearly twenty years ago! With this update, all NIH gr...
3 takeaways from the 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Anali Maughan Perry - Head, Open Science and Scholarly Communication It’s been an exciting first month of the semester, especially with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) releasing a memorandum on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Researc...
Federal Government makes it easier to Love Your Data
Laura Vlieg, Research Data Curation Intern Researchers should distribute information widely and free of cost: so say proponents of the concept of open access. One prong of open access is the open data movement, which seeks to democratize access to the vast amount of data produced on a daily basis. ...
Showing your love and sharing your work, make a match with ASU's Research Data Repository
Each February, you celebrate your appreciation for the people you love, but it is also a time to celebrate your passion for your work. Love Your Data Week, February 14–18, is a five-day, international event providing a unique opportunity to show your data some love as well! Let your data know you ca...
What is open science and how do I practice it?
CJ Garcia, Scholarly Communication Intern Open science is practicing science in such a way that makes research results, products, and processes freely available for reuse, redistribution, and reproduction. Open science has many benefits, including enabling faster real-world application of scientifi...
Open access does not mean equal access: how a patient-centered approach may improve open access practices in the Health Sciences
Jennifer Jones, Research Data Curation Intern As the old saying goes, perception is everything. How we interact with and perceive the world around us so often fuels the lenses through which we gather knowledge. This process can lead...
The Intersections Between Open Access, Open Science and Equity
CJ Garcia, Scholarly Communication Intern October 25th to 31st is International Open Access Week, a weeklong opportunity to celebrate, discuss, and advance the principles of open access and open science. This year’s theme asks us to...