open science

The Research Information Network (RIN) and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) have published the results of research undertaken by the DCC into the benefits and barriers to using ‘open science’ methods. The investigation aimed to identify what motivates researchers to work (or want to work) in an open manner with regard to their data, results and protocols, and whether advantages are delivered by working in this way.

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A new report on research carried out by DCC entitled "Open to All? Case studies of openness in research" is to be launched at an event at 4.40pm on 15 Sept 2010 at the Royal Society, 7 Carlton House Terrace, London. The event titled "Research and routes to innovation: Researchers’ use and exploitation of web based resources" also considers the findings from the recent RIN study If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0.

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JISC press release (8 July 2010) gives "new advice for universities" in light of the Russell report, which reviewed allegations arising from the series of hacked emails from the Climatic Research Unit at University of East Anglia. The new advice is also prompted by the recent FOI ruling on Queen's University Belfast's dispute around tree ring data.

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