International Open Access Week is a yearly global event organized by SPARC and the OA Week Advisory Committee. The event “is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the …
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White House Memo on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research
On August 25, 2022, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) released Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research , which expands on the original 2013 memo that …
Link Roundup April 2022
Cameron Cook UW-Madison researchers made some new bird biodiversity maps available that could help with conservation. The researchers made these publicly available via the Dryad data repository, of which UW-Madison is a member institution. If …
Link Roundup February 2022
Cameron Cook The UW-Madison Libraries have licensed access to the Web of Science data set for UW-Madison researchers to analyze citation patterns and networks. Learn more about it and see how it may be able …
Update: NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing Released
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released their final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMS Policy) requiring the submission of Data Management and Sharing Plans and compliance with the approved Plans for …
Link Roundup December 2019
Clare Michaud The Data Science Research Bazaar is still open for registration—until January 2! It’s free for UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff. We have also extended the deadline for submissions to the art exhibit until …
Version Control for Research Projects
Working on individual or collaborative projects of any size requires keeping your files organized. Inconsistent file management can result in lost work, redundancies, errors in the final products, or difficulty for others building on your …