Knowledge Exchange news

Welcome to the final Knowledge Exchange newsletter of 2022.

It’s not long since we issued our last newsletter in October but there’s been lots going on here at the Knowledge Exchange.  We’ve moved to the next phase of current activities and are happy to be able to share the latest updates with you.

We’ve been talking about how we can further communicate and engage with you on what can be quite complex information. There’s been much discussion about webinars so read on to find out more!

In this newsletter, we bring you an update on the current activities; PIDs: Risks and Trust and Small Publishers and the Transition to Open Access. In addition, we share our annual briefing with you.

Current Activities

PIDS: Risks and Trust: First case study now published! 

Research funders play a vital role within the current PID landscape. The role of research funders in the consolidation of the PID landscape is the first in a series of case studies to be published. It forms part of the study Risks and Trust in pursuit of a well-functioning PID infrastructure for research. If you are interested in what the role of the funder is within the world of PIDs, this case study will be of benefit to you.

The main report, “Building the Plane as We Fly It”: the Promise of Persistent Identifiers and remaining complementary case studies will be published in early 2023.

You can find out more and access the case study here

Small Publishers and the Transition to Open Access

What are the challenges that smaller publishers may face in successfully transitioning to open access? Knowledge Exchange and the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) have published an explorative Landscape study of small journal publishers to help identify these.

This initial study helps define what a small publisher is and not only aims to understand what challenges they may come across when making the move to open access, but also the opportunities that arise if done successfully.

Further information and the report is available here

New!

Knowledge Exchange annual briefing

Here at Knowledge Exchange there is always a lot going on, some of which you may not have heard about. This is why we would like to share our annual briefing, covering the period May 2021 to July 2022, with you. In one convenient place, discover what Knowledge Exchange has been up to, who our experts are, staff changes, and key achievements throughout the year.

You can take a look at this here

Other News

Congratulations to Michelle Barker and Neil Chue Hong

As part of our work on Open Science we are currently exploring how the practice of conducting research in a reproducible way can be scaled up from pioneers to the majority of researchers. We are delighted to announce that consultants Michelle Barker (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3623-172X) and Neil Chue Hong (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8876-7606) have been selected to undertake the work on ‘Minimum conditions supporting research reproducibility'. Congratulations and we look forward to working with you in 2023!

Webinars

We are excited to share that in early 2023, we will host our first webinar. The webinar will focus on our work around PIDs. Whether you are knowledgeable in this area or not, you are welcome to attend. Further details will follow so do keep an eye on our website and @knowexchange for more information.

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2023!

The purpose of Knowledge Exchange is to exchange knowledge, build expert networks and cooperate between partners, with a special focus on Open Access and Open Science.

KE has an open eye for emerging opportunities to enhance and support an open higher education and research infrastructure.

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