Allyson Lister @allysonlister@fediscience.org

Pleased to announce our in-person workshop on Python and version control with Git (Beginner to Intermediate).

22-23 Sept 2025, 9.45am-4.30pm at Weston Library.

Places are free and open to all University of Oxford members.
Register here: forms.office.com/e/pyPh9pcKcM

#oxford #reproducibility

The whole team at #FAIRsharing would like to thank David Tomkins🥇who joined our #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions in 2023 and for a recent short-term contract.

Find out more about David's time with us: blog.fairsharing.org?p=1057 🥳

Take a look at just 1 of the 1000s of edits he performed! ⬇️

Summer holidays are here, and we'll be operating at a reduced capacity from 4 August – 1 September, with significantly reduced capacity from 18-25 August. During this period all support will be on a "best effort" basis.

Blog post:

blog.fairsharing.org?p=1062

We wish you all an enjoyable summer!

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Last few days to have your say in the pre-review phase for the new Darwin Core Data Package!

⚡ We encourage you to get familiar with the Data Package and provide feedback by attempting to map original datasets as part of a community pre-review.

🔎 Deadline: 1 August 2025.

gbif.link/dwc-dp

YouTube video by WebsEdge Science Welcome to ISMB - From the Co-chairs

We're sad to say goodbye to the #ismbeccb2025 crowd, but we'll be leaving today with a bag full of ideas and inspiration

Oh, and you can't miss the ISMB highlights video featuring our Head of Node and co-chair of the event, Carole Goble!

📹 youtu.be/9dTEhpwYp6A?...

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🥳 #Bulgaria joins GBIF as a Voting Participant!

The Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water will represent the country on the GBIF Governing Board and has agreed to establish a local node and appoint a head of delegation.

Read more: 🔗gbif.link/bulgaria

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The ELIXIR annual report highlights the achievements of experts from 22 ELIXIR Nodes including Oxford e-Research Centre’s Data Readiness group. The FAIR Cookbook, @fairsharing.bsky.social & MARS resources feature as core to data management services for the life sciences oerc.ox.ac.uk/news/fairsha...

🥳 Please join me in celebrating the 3rd birthday of the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions Programme! Did you know that over the past 3 years our Champions have made nearly 10,000 edits, created over 200 records and updated nearly 1500 records!? They're all amazing!

More at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1020

Great news! @fairsharing.bsky.social is now back up and running.

a cat attempting to relax.

SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Please note that power has gone off to part of the network at @ox.ac.uk due to overheating. @fairsharing.bsky.social is currently unavailable as a result. IT is working on it and we will let you know when it is back up and running.

Perhaps a short cat nap is in order.

On my way to Grenoble and @esrf.fr for a @ostrails.bsky.social #FAIR hackathon. Looking forward to talking with collaborators and visiting a synchrotron!

@fairsharing.bsky.social @fair-wizard.com
@oxforderesearch.bsky.social

(I've enjoyed planning my trip entirely by train as well 🚅)

ALD News: Crowdfunder update, Tech4Good talk on YouTube, and York Festival of Ideas event this week Plus, I’m not organising a big event this year, so how else can we celebrate Ada Lovelace Day?

It's really lovely to have some positive news to share about Ada Lovelace Day! Please share and sign up for our newsletter to get weekly emails about women in STEM, as well as books, podcasts recommendations and videos from our live events.

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Have a system, tool, or prototype that the GLAM & Digital Library world should see?

TPDL 2025 invites you to demo your innovation! Academic and industry demos welcome.

Best Demo Paper Award by Springer

*Submit by June 12, 2025

-Learn more: tpdl2025.github.io/Calls/demos....

#TPDL2025 #AI

Read about the MOMSI WG dashboard and @fairsharing.bsky.social collection at fairsharing.org/5742 incl ~200 Omics standards!

Congrats on these results to all in the WG with a special mention to the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions and WG co-chair @lnanderscience.bsky.social 🥳

Super proud of our recently published article in the International Journal of Digital Curation - it addresses a seemingly small gap but I think it could have a real impact on how publishers collaborate with other stakeholders to improve Open Science practices! #openscience ijdc.net/index.php/ij...

A new ReSA & RDA PRO4RS WG report: "Identifying Gaps in Research Software Policy” (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) defines a common framework for research software policy & identifies areas where policies are lacking. It concludes that there is no single solution that covers all necessary policy aspects.

Join the OSTrails Interoperability Webinar Series – 3 sessions on making DMPs, SKGs & FAIR assessment smarter, connected, and actionable!

April 28 - 30 | 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Registration & Info: ostrails.eu/events

#OSTrails #OpenScience #DMP #SKG #FAIR #Interoperability

Join us for the first public webinar of #OSTrails!

Learn how we're building a Plan-Track-Assess Framework to tackle key research challenges. Includes live demos + launch of Mentorship Programme!

15 April | 11:00–12:00 CEST | Online

Register now: ostrails.eu/news/events/...

ELIXIR Bioinformatics Industry Forum (EBIF) 2025 | ELIXIR BMA House Tavistock Square London WC1H 9JP United Kingdom

🙌 Join ELIXIR Bioinformatics Industry Forum (#EBIF2025) to discuss #FederatedData’s challenges and its global impact with experts from industry, academia and international organisations!
Register now 👉 elixir-europe.org/events/elixi...

📆 17 June 2025 📍London, UK

Our @allysonlister.bsky.social contributed to @elixiruknode.org's #IWD2025 post today, together with #WendiBacon - please take a look! And if you look closely, you'll also see our #SusannaSansone there too!

Happy #IWD2025!

13 is our lucky number today! 🐈‍⬛ There's an update to the Editorial Reference Handbook!
We now have 13 checks ✔️ covering reproducibility of digital research objects in manuscript submissions.

🔗Learn more: publishers.fairassist.org

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EVENT: The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship 2025

Organised by @bodleianlibs #OxFOS25 is a programme of talks, panels, workshops and events. Events are free to attend and everybody is welcomed!

📅3 to 13 March
Online and in person

Register here 👇
openaccess.ox.ac.uk/...

There's an update to our @tier2-project.eu #EditorialReferenceHandbook! We now have 13 "lucky" 🐈‍⬛ checks covering reproducibility of digital research objects in manuscript submissions. 🥳 Take a look at publishers.fairassist.org
@becktaylorgrant.bsky.social @mattcannontf.bsky.social

The Metascience Alliance is launching at #Metascience2025! This new cross-sector network is building collaboration to better understand & improve the research system.

We want your input! Here's how to get involved (🧵)

Screenshot of an I'm a Scientist chat with a student and Karen E (a scientist). Student: how did we evolve from apres to humans Karen E: I don't think we evolved directly from modern-day apes to humans but from a common ancestor where we took different paths to get where we are today. Student: Could you explain in a little more detail for me please Karen E: If we could go back in time - you would see lots of different forms of both humans and apes as both species were evolving. If you go back far enough, there will be a single species that they both evolved from. Does that help? Student: yes Karen E: Glad to hear it! It's a really complicated subject. Student: thank you

We don't tell scientists the age or ability of the students in their Chat. This avoids assumptions. Instead, they reply to students' questions at the level they were asked. Students are great at asking for more detail when they want it 🦧🧬

imascientist.org.uk

What's your personal #FAIR #DataHorrorStory? Be as vague as you like, looking to stimulate chats at "Would I Lie To You?" #OxFOS! openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos25

DM SNAFU in 3 acts (a classic!): youtu.be/66oNv_DJuPc?... #NYUHealthSciencesLibrary

Or this gem from 2016? www.science.org/content/arti...

The @ox.ac.uk Forum of Open Scholarship #OxFOS25 is a cross-university event by @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, Research Practice, Reproducible Research Oxford #RROx. 3-13 March: >50 speakers across 24 talks, panels & workshops + @fairsharing.bsky.social 🥳 Register at openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos25 1/4

I'm speaking at the T&F webinar on building and maintaining trust with open research on 15 March, please join us! @tier2-project.eu @fairsharing.bsky.social will be discussed, incl our Editorial Reference Handbook at publishers.fairassist.org
authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/events/build...

Event | Building and maintaining trust with open research This webinar will show authors how they can increase the trustworthiness of their research, with a special focus on open research practices.

I'll be chairing this very cool panel discussion on the intersection of Open Research, trust and research integrity next week - all are welcome!
@mattcannontf.bsky.social, @allysonlister.bsky.social and @dangerwhale.bsky.social are our panellists!

authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/events/build...