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Building NED: Open Access to Australia’s Digital Documentary Heritage
9 April 2020Details : RESEARCH CONSULTANT (SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS) : The University of Melbourne
21 March 2020"As Research Consultant (Open Access), you will use your knowledge and expertise of scholarly communications and open scholarship practices to develop and deliver advocacy programs, training activities …
Thousands of Australian academics on the editorial boards of journals run by predatory publishers - Downes - - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library
20 March 2020(paywalled) A total of 966 allegedly ‘predatory’ open access publishers were examined to determine the nature of their ethical or unethical practices and the extent …
Birds, insects, animal poo: citizen science search for data to make sense of bushfire devastation | Australia news | The Guardian
31 January 2020Australians are being asked to join a mass citizen science program to photograph how the nation’s habitats and wildlife are responding in the wake of …
Digitisation is putting the world's greatest works within reach
28 January 2020"One of the greatest changes in the art world in recent years won’t be seen in galleries because it is happening online. Digitisation programs have …
ARDC 2019 Platforms open call - total investment of $12 million, with $20.47 million in co-investments from collaborating organisations, for 10 new platform projects
18 December 2019Two months ago, the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) invited the eResearch sector to submit proposals for new research-orientated platforms and services that connect and …
Workshop: Global insights into Open Access and advocacy strategies. - UoN room bookings & classes - University of Newcastle Library
3 December 2019"Professor Ginny Barbour, Director of the Australasian Open Access Strategy Group (AOASG) will lead two discussions to provide insight into Open Access and advocacy strategies. The AOASG …
The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail
12 November 2019"A statement released by UWA claims the changes will help “to guarantee modern university publishing into the future”, foreshadowing “a mix of print, greater digitisation and open …
Let’s just get on with it – �‘open’ in Australia in 2019
28 October 2019"This talk, given to the CAUL Research Repositories Community Days on 28 October 2019, delves into the current state of openness in Australia. It looks …
Chasing cash cows in a swamp? Perspectives on Plan S from Australia and the USA | Unlocking Research
28 October 2019"Rankings are a natural enemy of openness.... Australian universities are heavily financially reliant on overseas students.... University rankings are extremely important in the recruitment of …
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