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Witches in Word, not Deed - a series of 3 talks at University of Edinburgh library

This University of Edinburgh event was held on 24 November 2023 and focused on improving the representation of inspiring women online and celebrating the Central Library of Edinburgh's…

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Data Dashboards - David Perry

Join David Perry as he highlights the advantages of having access to data insights when conducting large scale citizen science 'direct to public' research projects. Large scale, complex…

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Teaching the best research data management practices to PhD students - Ishwar Kapoor

Join Ishwar Kapoor as he takes us on a tour of his experiences teaching good research data management practices to PhD students, the lessons he's learned, and the strategies he's employed. …

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Open science hardware for realising globally equitable knowledge production - Pen Yuan Hsing (Speaker), Brianna Johns

Join Pen Yuan Hsing (speaker) and Brianna Johns as they introduce us to Open Science Hardware, and the problems it solves. They offer successful examples of open science hardware projects that serve…

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Making Research FAIR (with PID Centric Workflows) - Xiaoli Chen

Join Xiaoli Chen from Datacite and Vaida Plankyte from Research Space as they introduce us to PID (Persistent Identifiers) Centric Workflows. She explains how in the Implementing FAIR Workflows…

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Combining Open and Financial Data for Targeted Policy Solutions - Mike Spencer

Join Mike Spencer from Smart Data Foundry as he introduces a case study of open data in action.

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Data 4 Climate Action Edinburgh, (Lightning talk) - Pauline Ward

Join Pauline Ward as she discusses open research activity and opportunities opening up, with respect to climate action community groups across Edinburgh. Data 4 Climate Action Edinburgh is a…

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Creating a university wide resource for study design open science and data analysis (Lightning Talk) - Crispin Jordan

Join Crispin Jordan for his lightning talk, where he presents the new (and exciting) proposal for a broad scope, University wide centralised resource for training and best practice in study design,…

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South African Open Access and Open Data (An Open Science transition driven by University library repositories) - Daisy Salematsela & Lazarus Matizirofa (Keynotes)

Join our keynotes Daisy Salematsela (Director, WITS Libraries, Johannesburg, South Africa) & Lazarus Matizirofa (University of Pretoria) as they give us a survey of the progress being made in…

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How data papers present a unique contribution to open research in the humanities and social sciences - Mandy Wigdorowitz, Barbara McGillivray, Marton Ribary

Join Mandy Wigdorowitz (speaker), Barbara McGillivray (speaker), and Marton Ribary as they consider the place of Open Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. They focus on the role of the…

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Applying intelligent open science to combat future pandemics - Lucia Loffreda, Eleanor Cox, Rob Johnson

Join Lucia Loffreda (speaker), Eleanor Cox (speaker), and Rob Johnson as they present five key lessons that can be learnt to enable preparedness for future pandemics, and Open Research/Open Science…

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Decolonizing Knowledge Production through Linked Open Data

Abstract A hallmark of the North American colonial process was the production and dissemination of knowledge about Indigenous peoples through the journals and records of colonizers. The violent, and…

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Bulk data item creation using OpenRefine - tutorial by Maggie Lin

Bulk data item creation using OpenRefine - tutorial by Maggie Lin. OpenRefineOpenRefine (openrefine.org) is an open-source desktop application for data cleanup and transformation to other formats,…

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Interview with Sally Kerr - Digital Services Manager (Edinburgh Council)

Open Data in Edinburgh CouncilEUDACT 2015

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Neat and tidy: data quality on Wikidata

Session Notes (etherpad)SpeakersLydia Pintscher is the product manager of Wikidata. She studied computer science at the University of Karlsruhe before joining Wikimedia in 2012. She is a long-time…

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Preliminary findings from a literature review exploring the use of Linked Open Data by museums

Presentation by Jane Winters, School of Advanced Study, University of London Jane will be discussing some preliminary findings from a literature review exploring the use of Linked Open Data by…

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