Monthly Archives: August 2011

I have 3-4 important talks to give in the next 2-3 weeks about Openness, Data and how they come together. As I often do I expose the ideas on this blog and hope for feedback. I’m going to highlight the … Continue reading →

[I overwrote this, but have recovered the content from Google’s cache. Thanks to Google]   In thinking about data repositories I have been thinking about repositories in general and what makes them successful. I’m going to start by suggesting some … Continue reading →

I have got useful feedback from my last post about design of repositories and it raises some serious issues which will be important in future discussions. [I should say that I get very little feedback, which is a pity as … Continue reading →

As part of my analysis of what data repositories should look like, I look here at repos in general. There has been some useful feedback to my latest posts, mainly about Instituional Repositories (IRs), in the comments and on Twitter. … Continue reading →

I’m assuming we all believe that we need data repositories for science; that’s there are about 10 different reasons why (not all consistent); that many of us (including communities I am) in are starting to build them. So what should … Continue reading →

I have suggested (/pmr/2011/08/14/institutional-repositories-are-they-valuable-to-scientists/ ) that Institutional Repositories are not valuable for scientists.Chris Rusbridge who used to run the Digital Curation Centre has commented. I am replying here, rather than in the thread. My argument is that there is little … Continue reading →

I have had several comments to blog posts about publishing data. Since c omments are not very common I’m replying in a post rather than in thread. They generally raise important points which are general and I’m grateful for the … Continue reading →

I am going to explore aspects of “publishing data” in STM disciplines and probably run to several posts. This will specifically cover the “long-tail” rather than “big-science” (such as high-energy physics, satellite surveys, climate models, sky surveys, etc.). In big … Continue reading →

I have had time to reflect on http://www.repositoryfringe.org/ (the meeting of repositarians in Edinburgh) and having been recently concerned about the publishing of data (about which I shall post more later) I post my current analyses of the UK repository … Continue reading →

I normally only blog about science , scholarship and related matters on this blog and I am making an exception in this post. I feel a sense of wanting to help and while I have no solutions am open to … Continue reading →