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The Open Science Cookbook

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has published The Open Science Cookbook (edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee), a comprehensive practical guide designed to help academic libraries develop and expand open science services. […]

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Presentation – UNESCO Diamond OA Consultation

When: 3 July, 16:00 – 17:30 Where: online (Zoom) – registration UNESCO invites participants to an online presentation of results from the Global UNESCO Consultation on Diamond Open Access. This event will showcase findings from a comprehensive survey that received […]

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Evaluation of Research Organizations – Metodika 2025+ (cze)

The Research, Development and Innovation Counclil (RVVI) organized a workshop in collaboration with VŠCHT dedicated to the new methodology for evaluating research organizations. The goal of the meeting was to present changes in evaluation in the new Methodology 2025+ (Metodika […]

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New Research Act

The draft of a completely new research act (Act on Research, Development, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer – Zákon o výzkumu, vývoji, inovacích a transferu znalostí), which will replace the Act on Research and Development Support (Zákon o podpoře výzkumu a […]

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FGU – job offer – Data Steward

Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences is looking for a candidate for the position of Data Steward. You can find more information here: Location: Prague, Czech Republic (European Union) Salary: 63 000 CZK/month (~2 500 Euro) + up to 5 weeks of […]

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Webinar recording: OJS a OMP na MUNI

A recording has been published from the webinar Open Journal Systems (OJS) and Open Monograph Press (OMP) at Masaryk University, which took place on May 28th as part of the EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) webinar series OJS: Best Practices […]

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CESSDA – Data Citation Guide

CESSDA has published a Data Citation Guide to support proper citation of datasets as independent scientific outputs. The Guide addresses a common problem in current research practice, where scientists often mention data in their work but tend to cite related […]

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Conference – Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact

When: 7-8 July 2025 Where: online & UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France UNESCO, PathOS, EOSC Track, Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI) and OpenAIRE jointly organize the international conference “Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact”, which will take place on July 7-8 in Paris, […]

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Barcamp Open Science

When: 18 June 2025 Where: Wikimedia, Berlin, Germany On 18 June 2025, the next Barcamp Open Science will take place in Berlin – an informal gathering dedicated to Open Science. The event is open to anyone interested in sharing experiences, […]

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News on funder requirements: OP JAK and TA CR

MŠMT – OP JAK The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT) has published a Data Management Plan Checklist ( Kontrolní list Plánu správy dat, only in Czech) for recipients of OP JAK research calls OP JAK (02_22_008 Excellent Research; […]

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