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Planning and managing scientific researchf: a guide for the beginning researcher
Although there are many books on project management, few address the issues associated with scientific research. This work is based on extensive scientific research and management experiences and is designed to provide an introduction to planning and managing scientific research for the beginning researcher. The aim is to build an understanding of the nature of scientific research, and the way …
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- 9781925021585
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- ix, 93p.: ill.
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- 001.4068 KEN p
Battle for Open: How openness won and why it doesn't feel like victory
With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the direction of openness begins. As with the green movement, openness now has a market value and is su…
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- 9781909188365
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- x, 232p. : ill.
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- 378.17344678 WEL b
Internet research ethics
This anthology addresses ethical challenges that arise within the field of Internet research. Among the issues discussed in the book are the following: When is voluntary informed consent from research subjects required in using the Internet as a data source? How may researchers secure the privacy of research subjects in a landscape where the traditional public/private distinction is blurred an…
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- 9788202489519
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- 175p.: ill.
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- 174.90014 ENJ i
The globalization of knowledge in history : based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop
Today scientific, technological and cultural knowledge is shared worldwide. The extent to which globalized knowledge also existed in the past is an open question and, moreover, a question that is important for understanding present processes of globalization. This book, the first volume of the series "Studies" of the "Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge," th…
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- 9783844222388
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- 866p. : ill.
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- 001.01 GLO g
Open data and the knowledge society
This book considers the role of the open data movement in fostering transformation toward a 'knowledge society'.
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- 9789462980181
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- 203p. : ill.
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- 070.4 WES o
Perspectives for the Next Generation of Virus Research: Spearheading the Use …
Infectious diseases are associated with approximately 20% of global mortality, with viral diseases causing about one third of these deaths. Besides newly emerging and re-emerging viral infections will continue to pose a threat to human survival globally. In this case scientific advances have greatly been increased to defend against those pathogens. For example, rapid genomic sequencing, proteom…
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- 9782889452156
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- 192p.: ill.
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- 616.01 YAM p
The digital public domain : foundations for an open culture
Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical flipside: the norms regulating culture's use —copyright and related rights —have become increa…
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- 9781906924478
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- xxv, 220p. : ill.
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- 346.048 DIG d
Safe to be open : study on the protection of research data and recommendation…
This study addresses the most important legal issues when implementing an open access e-infrastructure for research data. It examines the legal requirements for different kinds of usage of research data in an open access infrastructure, such as OpenAIREplus, which links them to publications. The existing legal framework regarding potentially relevant intellectual property (IP) rights is analyse…
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- 9783863951474
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- 165p. : ill.
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- 025.52 SAF s
Implementing open access mandates in Europe - OpenAIRE study on the developme…
The implementation of open access policies in Europe is a socio-technical undertaking whereby a wide range of stakeholders work together to bring out the benefits of open access for European and global research. This work provides a unique overview of national awareness of open access in 32 European countries involving all EU member states and in addition, Norway, Iceland, Croatia, Switzerland …
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- 9783863950958
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- 175p. : ill.
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- 070.57973094 SCH i
Critical perspectives on cultural memory and heritage
Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage focuses on the importance of memory and heritage for individual and group identity, and for their sense of belonging. It aims to expose the motives and discourses related to the destruction of memory and heritage during times of war, terror, sectarian conflict and through capitalist policies. It is within these affected spheres of cultural h…
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- 9781787354845
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- XVIII, 315 p.
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- 949.601 APA c
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