One of those irregular verbs? Open Research Data

I’m reminded of a survey JISC funded about attitudes of PhD students to lots of things to do with PhDs. It asked them about their opinions on a load of topics, including their views on open access to research. It was about 85% in favour (and there were some who didn’t know enough to answer as they’d only just started).

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posted: 08 Dec 2011

What’s in a Name?

What’s in a name? Spent convictions in the Internet Age.

Paul Clarke’s recent post about naming of offenders and the issues around open data also misses one point of the 21st Century. Lou emphasises the points about names and spent convictions; but I suspect, modern culture, has a much larger but less complicated issue.

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posted: 04 Dec 2011