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Publisher News: “Over 600 Springer Nature journals commit to new data sharing policies”

Nature Journal News: “Over 600 Springer Nature journals commit to new data sharing policies””

Full story at: http://www.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/over-600-springer-nature-journals-commit-to-new-data-sharing-policies/11111248

Excerpt from announcement:

London, 6 December 2016

More than 600 journals across Nature Research, Springer, BioMed Central and Palgrave Macmillan have committed to encouraging good practice in the sharing and archiving and citation of research data by adopting new Springer Nature research data policies. The text of the policies has today been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license so that they can be re-used by the wider research community.

These easy-to-understand policies encourage the publication of more open and reproducible research, and aim to increase growth and innovation in research and data sharing. They improve services for authors, editors and peer reviewers by standardising policies and procedures, providing more consistent links between publications and data, guidelines and support. In addition, a dedicated Research Data Support Helpdesk for Springer Nature authors and editors has been created.

Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Head of Data Publishing at Springer Nature said: “We want to make data sharing easier and more consistent, enabling our authors to publish better research and enable easier compliance with research funder policies.

Research Data Management Seminars, hosted by the UVic Libraries – Fall 2016

The next set of Research Data Management Seminars, hosted by the UVic Libraries, will take place on the following dates in the McPherson Libraries Classroom 130.

  • Thursday, October 20, 2016         2:00pm -3:30pm
  • Tuesday, November 1, 2016        10:00am – 11:30am
  • Tuesday November 15, 2016       10:00am -11:30am

If you are planning on attending, and/or, are sending graduate students, please have everyone register to use the Data Management Planning Tool,  “DMP Assistant”, in advance of the workshop.

  • DMP Assistant: https://portagenetwork.ca/.
  • Select “Sign up” and follow the directions
  • You can theoretically use any email address
  • UVic is now listed as an Organization on the list, so chose UVic [rather than Portage]
  • We will set aside some time in the seminar for signing onto this tool and if you are already signed up it will streamline the timeline.

We hope to see you, and/or, your Grad students, at this Seminar!  The Seminar description is below.

Please forward this email to others in your Department  who may be interested.