The European project PARSE.Insight has released its final recommendations for the science data infrastructure in Europe with ten major insights into research and researcher behaviours. These reveal major differences between European countries in their methods for dealing with research data, as well as a critical analysis of researchers' attitudes towards data sharing.
A set of innovative techniques that are collectively termed 'web 2.0' have enabled researchers to become producers as well as consumers of information. This report is based on a study commissioned by the Research Infomratin Network to investigate whether such aspirations are being realised.
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.
