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Monitoring open science with scholarly content providers: what OSMI’s survey tells us

For open science to advance, it is essential to monitor its practices to meaningfully assess whether they are achieving their intended goals for research and society. The Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI) was established to help the community assess the adoption and impact of open science across the research ecosystem

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Science is Under Siege: The Open Science Community Must Act and Lead by Example

Worldwide, science is under attack by anti-scientific movements. The new US administration has thrown the entire academy into chaos, threatening global health. This article is a call for the open science community to practice what it preaches and lead by example in defending science.

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The Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) releases their Community Call to Action

The Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) has released a Community Call to Action, inviting organizations and individuals to contribute resources (funding, expertise, metadata, and infrastructure) to support the first phase of a community-driven infrastructure for making persistent identifier (PID) metadata better and more complete. A Collaborative Approach to Metadata Enrichment

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Advancing Metadata Quality: An Open Call to Collaborate

In the rapidly evolving landscape of research, the importance of high-quality metadata and persistent identifiers (PIDs) cannot be overstated. PIDs and metadata are the connective tissue that binds together diverse research outputs, enabling discovery, accessibility, and reuse. Despite their critical role, the current model for metadata creation and enrichment is

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Proposals for FORCE11 Working Groups

The mission of FORCE11 is to improve research practices by supporting innovation in the ways knowledge and scholarly outputs are created and shared. FORCE11 Working Groups bring community members together to tackle emerging topics in scholarly communications, and to respond to community needs regarding research practices or infrastructure. Working Groups may cover any area of scholarly communications and any disciplines, geographies or communities. We welcome fully fleshed out proposals or ideas

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Proposals for FORCE11 Working Groups

The mission of FORCE11 is to improve research practices by supporting innovation in the ways knowledge and scholarly outputs are created and shared. FORCE11 Working Groups bring community members together to tackle emerging topics in scholarly communications, and to respond to community needs regarding research practices or infrastructure. Working Groups may cover any area of scholarly communications and any disciplines, geographies or communities. We welcome fully fleshed out proposals or ideas

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From Promise to Precarity: The Plight of International Postdocs — When Will Academia Act?

Postdocs often relocate globally, facing cultural barriers, visa issues, and discrimination alone. Without strong support networks, they're treated as disposable despite being vital to research. We must recognize postdocs as essential architects of academia, not temporary labor.

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Implications, there are a few. Trying to make sense of all of this

How do we make sense of the implications of current geopolitical, financial and technological volatility? What impact will all of this have on the relationship between libraries and publishers, and libraries and their users? This blog post is an attempt to address these questions.

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Advancing Scholarly Communications Together: Lead a FORCE11 Working Group! – FORCE11

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Advancing Scholarly Communications Together: Lead a FORCE11 Working Group! – FORCE11