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Since 2012, re3data has been a relevant part of the open science service landscape. The registry provides substantial information about research data repositories (RDR) directly for researchers. To adapt re3data and its metadata to the current needs of involved stakeholders the re3data COREF project conducted a stakeholder survey and held a series of workshops at the end of 2020. The results and …

Kristi Winters writes in her blog post about the use of Creative Commons Licences for study documentation. Copyright and Open Science are two research poles that seem to be diametrically opposed to each other. However, the author shows an uncomplicated way of protecting one's own intellectual property from misuse, while still making one's own research freely available to others. Creative Commons …

The present bibliography provides an overview of the literature for the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Since the first OECD data release in 2014, the number of publications has constantly increased. The bibliography includes 793 publications and 75 data sets (and 14 technical documents). Maehler, D. B., Jakowatz, S., & Konradt, I. (2021). PIAAC …

In this exploratory study, the authors observe the information-seeking behaviour of social scientists searching for research data to reveal impediments and identify opportunities for data search infrastructure. Besides the topical relevance, access to detailed metadata is crucial during dataset search. Krämer, T., Papenmeier, A., Carevic, Z. et al. Data-Seeking Behaviour in the Social Sciences. …

Vlaeminck, Sven; Toepfer, Ralf; Tochtermann, Klaus; Hausstein, Brigitte; Sure-Vetter, York et. al. (2015): Auffinden - Zitieren - Dokumentieren. Forschungsdaten in den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Version: 2.0. GESIS Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Text. doi.org/10.4232/10.fisuzida2015.2 Summary: The Guide "Location – Citation - Documentation: Research Data in the Social …