That was a cloud pun! Following our release two weeks ago, the Dash team is thrilled to present our newest functionality: you may now upload files directly from Box, Dropbox, and Google Drive! Let’s get you publishing (and citing and getting credit for your data): Using the “upload from server” option, you may enter up … … Continue reading →
Category: Open Access etc.
Manifesting Large and Bulk File Data Publications– Now A Reality!
The Dash team is excited to announce our June feature release: Large and Bulk File upload. Taking into consideration the need for large size and file numbers of datasets, as well as the practicality of server timeouts, we have developed a new feature that allows for up to 1,000 files or 100gb* of data to … … Continue reading →
Make Data Count: Building a System to Support Recognition of Data as a First Class Research Output
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has made a 2-year, $747K award to the California Digital Library, DataCite and DataONE to support collection of usage and citation metrics for data objects. Building on pilot work, this award will result in the launch of a new service that will collate and expose data level metrics. The impact […]
Embargoing the Term “Embargoes” Indefinitely
I’m two months into a position that lends part of its time to overseeing Dash, a Data Publication platform for the University of California. On my first day I was told that a big priority for Dash was to build out an embargo feature. Coming to the California Digital Library (CDL) from PLOS, an OA publisher […]
California Digital Library Supports the Initiative for Open Citations
California Digital Library (CDL) is proud to announce our formal endorsement for the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC). CDL has long supported free and reusable scholarly work, as well as organizations and initiatives supporting citations in publication. With a growing database of literature and research data citations, there is a need for an open global […]
There’s a new Dash!
Dash: an open source, community approach to data publication We have great news! Last week we refreshed our Dash data publication service. For those of you who don’t know, Dash is an open source, community driven project that takes a unique approach to data publication and digital preservation. Dash focuses on search, presentation, and discovery and […]
Git/GitHub: A Primer for Researchers
I might be what a guy named Everett Rogers would call an “early adopter“. Rogers wrote a book back in 1962 call The Diffusion of Innovation, wherein he explains how and why technology spreads through cultures. The “adoption curve” from his book has been widely used to visualize the point at which a piece of technology or […]
Feedback Wanted: Publishers & Data Access
This post is co-authored with Jennifer Lin, PLOS Short Version: We need your help! We have generated a set of recommendations for publishers to help increase access to data in partnership with libraries, funders, information technologists, and other stakeholders. Please read and comment on the report (Google Doc), and help us to identify concrete action items for each of the recommendations […]
Lit Review: #PLOSFail and Data Sharing Drama
I know what you’re thinking– how can yet another post on the #PLOSfail hoopla say anything new? Fear not. I say nothing particularly new here, but I do offer a three-weeks-out lit review of the hoopla, in hopes of finding a pattern in the noise. For those new to the #PLOSFail drama, the short version is […]
UC Open Access: How to Comply
My last two blog posts have been about the new open access policy that applies to the entire University of California system. For big open science nerds like myself, this is exciting progress and deserves much ado. For the on-the-ground researcher at a UC, knee-deep in grants and lecture preparation, the ado could probably be […]