Head, Research Services, TU Delft Library. Exploring openness in the digital world.
🎇 Workshop on software sustainability practices in natural and engineering sciences (NES).
🎫 In this event we will present resources collected and developed by the Best Practices for Sustainable Software Project.
🇳🇱 9 December, Utrecht, NL
🎟️ Free Registration
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/software-sustainability-in-natural-and-engineering-sciences-tickets-1082984899989
🚀 Interested in contributing to the open source code behind the 4TU.ResearchData repository
🔽 Apply here!
💰 Salary between €4492 - €6148 gross per month
How to adapt little used library shelves and books to something more contemporary
Video on Tu Delft Library's video wall:
Want to work with me and are excited about all things knowledge graphs and product? We have an opening for the Product Manager for Wikibase Suite. Apply! https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/50824818/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=167093023&l=en
Co-STORM: Get a Wikipedia-like report on your topic with AI
https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/
From Stanford University
According to Paul Groth (Professor of AI at University of Amsterdam), the creation and testing costs for the next level of AI Foundation Models are between 5 and 10 US million dollars.
Innovation at TU Delft Library, an ongoing timeline
https://digital-services.tudl.tudelft.nl/projects/innovation-funnel/innovation-timeline/
Turns out the burger company McDonald's is on the side of the hackers and the 'right to repair' movement.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/02/g-s1-31893/mcdonalds-broken-ice-cream-machine-copyright-law
You have only a couple of days left (23 of October) to join the TU Delft Book Dash hub of the @turingway!
We will meet in Delft on 5 and 6 November to discuss all things #OpenScience, Data Science, #RDM, or anything else related to inclusive, reproducible, and open research!
We will contribute any insights to the book: https://book.the-turing-way.org/index.html
Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/b6JRGqMdo2KeSeRq6
Looking forward to see you at my last event in the Netherlands (for now!)
9 intriguing datasets have reached the final of the Dutch Data Prize.
My favourite is the European Olfactory Knowledge Graph.
https://researchdata.nl/en/the-finalists-of-this-years-dutch-data-prize/
Five problems plaguing publishing in the life sciences—and one common cause
Publish or Perish
'Access 1,000 of our digitised manuscripts, available again for the first time since a cyber-attack in October 2023.'
The humble hyperlink, the backbone of the entire internet, is increasingly endangered. “If you degrade hyperlinks…you degrade this idea of the internet as something that refers you to other things.” https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/beyond-the-link-tax-journalism-and-the-changing-nature-of-the-internet/
💰 The most significant left-wing publishing house in the UK, Verso, is in serious financial trouble. It has been hit by the bankruptcy of one its distributors.
🔁 This is either ironic or inevitable, depending on your politics.
😬 In either case, it's not good news.
🆘 You can help out here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/comrades-verso-needs-your-support
The Open Maps Meeting brings together an international community of geospatial researchers, map curators, open-source developers and other professionals with a love for open data and historical maps.
November 5 & 6 2024 at the Dutch National Archives and National Library
https://openmapsmeeting.nl/practical
(Check out the cool use of the All Maps tool in the practical information page)
Universities and Open Hardware:
Delft, 23 September
Delve into the origins and growing significance of open hardware within universities, exploring how it builds on the legacy of open-source software to drive innovation, sustainability, and accessibility in technology.
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/universities-and-open-hardware-tickets-996158144827?aff=oddtdtcreator
What is TU Delft Library doing to change publication culture?
Another inquiry into the preservation of websites: The fate of the very first Webby winners
https://embedded.substack.com/p/the-fate-of-the-very-first-webby
(maybe $$)
Do you want to work on the future of designing with data? Do you want to change how designers and design teams are supported in data-enabled prototyping and integrate AI in their making practices? Are you interested in open-source design tools and local AI?
Position at TU Eindhoven in Developing an Open-Source Design Data Infrastructure
https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/engd-position-for-project-odedal-1102186.html
For quite a few years now, I personally have been concentrating on supporting low-cost and diamond OA journals, such as Meta-psychology, Collabra, WikiJournal of Science, and now MetaROR, a new metascience publish-review-curate platform! Check it out: metaror.org
