Developing Actionable Research Software Guidelines at Hasselt University
Software plays a crucial role in academic research, not only as a tool for data analysis but also as a research outcome or result, or even the object of research itself.... Read more
Improving metadata, harvesting, and more at the OpenUNS Institutional Repository of the University of Novi Sad
FAIR-IMPACT’s Support Programme for Repositories and Data Service Providers aimed to help participants better understand their drivers for becoming more FAIR-enabling, self-assess their current FAIR-enabling capacity, develop an action plan with considerations for stakeholder engagement, an... Read more
Turning FAIR Principles into Practice: Enhancing Institutional Research Data Services
During the FAIR-IMPACT support programme, the library advanced preservation planning, improved metadata standards, and increased FAIR alignment. User needs were explored through interviews and testing. Governance gaps were identified and are being addressed.... Read more
Maneuvering Between the Expected and the Unknown: Maintaining Institutional Repository Development Under Challenging Conditions
The University of Maribor Library participated in the FAIR-IMPACT Support Programme to enhance the implementation of FAIR principles in the University of Maribor’s institutional repository, DKUM.... Read more
Professionalising the institutional repository at the Centre for Digital Scholarship in collaboration with the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The Centre for Digital Scholarship (CDS) in collaboration with the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences participated in the Support Programme for Repositories and Data Service Providers to explore the feasibility of their institutional repository, based on the DataverseNL software, to obtai... Read more
Implementing RO-Crate in Research Space
Participants at Research Space sought to use ro-crate-java library to add metadata to their exported archives so that they satisfy the requirements of the Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) File format.... Read more
Coming full circle: A diversity of approaches to improve the FAIRness of a biodiversity ontology repository
A senior knowledge architect from the Institute for Applied Informatics at Leipzig University experimented with a range of assessment approaches, including automated tools like O’FAIRe and non-automated assessment methods, in order to improve the FAIRness of the NFDI4Biodiversity project on... Read more
Registration of data policies from Portugal in FAIRsharing
The FAIRsFAIR project released their FAIR-enabling data policy checklist in 2022 to help policy makers self-assess whether elements of existing data policies are FAIR-enabling as well as providing recommendations on what should be addressed when developing new data policies.... Read more
Improving the availability and machine readability of data policies with FAIRsharing: Insights from NFDI4Health and Medical Informatics Initiative in Germany
The FAIRsFAIR project released their FAIR-enabling data policy checklist in 2022 to help policy makers self-assess whether elements of existing data policies are FAIR-enabling as well as providing recommendations on what should be addressed when developing new data policies.... Read more
Improving the FAIRness in a domain repository: the Energy Data Centre
The Energy Data Centre (EDC) used participation in the programme to focus attention on upskilling the team on FAIR principles as well as refreshing their repository’s policies and work in the context of FAIR practices.
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