New resource by the ‘Implementing data evaluation at institutions’ Working Group: the Institutional Data Evaluation and Assessment (IDEA) Maturity Model, a tool to assist institutions assess their practices & capacity to evaluate data contributions. View the maturity model: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

New on @upstreamblog.bsky.social : From Promise to Precarity: The Plight of International Postdocs - When Will Academia Act? International postdocs are essential to research, yet too often face insecurity & systemic inequities. It’s time for collective action: doi.org/10.54900/w8z...

Explore the COMET Model. Read our article ‘The COMET Model: Transitioning to Community-Curated PID Metadata Enrichment’ - a deep dive into the background, principles, and elements of the model in demonstration. www.cometadata.org/the-comet-mo...

“Implications, there are a few. Trying to make sense of all of this" New @upstreamblog.bsky.social l post from @dannykay68.bsky.social - Recent shifts across the scholarly information ecosystem & what means for libraries, infrastructure providers, and open science advocates: doi.org/10.54900/6hp...

💥New: Better #metadata needs collective stewardship. John Chodacki (@chodacki.bsky.social), Adam Buttrick, Juan Pablo Alperin (‪@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca‬), Clare Dean & Dione Mentis show how community-led models like COMET can boost quality, consistency & trust in research #infrastructure 🤝

How does open science hold up in times of crisis? @jeroenbosman.bsky.social & @jeroenson.bsky.social explore this in a sharp post on Upstream: doi.org/10.54900/pqr... They outline threats, map types of resilience, and remind us: open science isn’t just at risk…it’s also part of the solution.

Upstream Blog: Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) releases Community Call to Action, inviting organizations and individuals to support community-driven infrastructure for making PID metadata better. Informational Webinar tomorrow, March 5, 2025 - upstream.force11.org/the-collabor...

Dear all, We're excited to announce the theme for #OSFair2025: "Fusing Forces - Accelerating Open Science through Collaboration". This year we will highlight the power of global, international, and cross-regional partnerships in shaping the future of #OpenScience. Stay tuned for announcements!

Upcoming Webinar (March 5, 2025) COMET (Collaborative #Metadata Enrichment) Community Call to Action www.cometadata.org/blog/call-to... #PID #scholcomm #libraries

Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) has launched a Community Call to Action to transform how we enrich & maintain PID metadata. Now, this FORCE11 WG needs your help to make it happen! Read the Call to Action & join the webinar on March 5 at 3pm UTC! www.cometadata.org/blog/call-to...

I am working with @samteplitzky.bsky.social on a working group in @force11.bsky.social for: Preserving Executable Research Content If you are interested in joining or following along, learn more here: curvenote.com/blog/force11...

Science is Under Siege: The Open Science Community Must Act and Lead by Example. Worldwide, science is under attack by anti-scientific movements. This new post on Upstream is a call for the open science community to lead by example in defending science: doi.org/10.54900/ehe...

The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) are being updated. Read more and join the conversation before March 5, 2025: https://tinyurl.com/3d4zvmdw #crossref #scholarlycommunity #scholcomms

The time is now! Vertical interoperability between research tools: an essential enabler for the FAIRification of data New post on the Upstream blog: doi.org/10.54900/8m9...

Criteria for Bibliographic Databases in a Well-Functioning Scholarly Communication and Research Assessment Ecosystem - New post on Upstream: doi.org/10.54900/d3c...

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