Keith Webster
Dean of Libraries, Carnegie Mellon - Writer, speaker, blogger - Digital workflows and productivity - Champion of open science - Building library of the future
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How do we know that our research is ‘inclusive’?
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COVID-19 has led to new ways of working which have transformed research practices. This has created opportunities for research cultures to be more inclusive and accessible- especially to those for …
Keith Webster Important post: How do we know that our research is ‘inclusive’? 3 points: Who is meaningfully included in the research culture?; Who/what is shaping the research process?; How are contributions in the research process being evidenced? via 126d
Open Access & the Library of the 21st Century: A Discussion of the Open Access Initiatives and Practices at Carnegie Mellon University
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As publishers and funders have used various methods or requirements to stimulate the adoption of open access, academic libraries have sought to alter their role in further supporting their authors and researche...
Study reveals world’s most walkable cities
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Walking improves health and cuts pollution but most cities still dominated by cars, says report
Are preprints a problem? 5 ways to improve the quality and credibility of preprints
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Preprints are research reports have that have not yet been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. They have increased rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, high profile discredited st…
Keith Webster V relevant to our discussions today #CMUOpenScience - Are preprints a problem? 5 ways to improve the quality and credibility of preprints - has speed been prioritized over the quality and credibility of evidence during #COVID19 ? 134d
8 common problems with literature reviews and how to fix them
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Literature reviews are an integral part of the process and communication of scientific research. Whilst systematic reviews have become regarded as the highest standard of evidence synthesis, many l…
Keith Webster 8 common problems with literature reviews and how to fix them Lit reviews are an integral part of scientific research. Systematic reviews regarded as highest standard of evidence synthesis, but many lit revs fall short of these standards. What to do? 134d
AI for Data Discovery and Reuse + Open Science Symposium 2020
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AI for Data Discovery and Reuse 2020 + Open Science Symposium 2020, hosted jointly online!
Keith Webster Starting now - our 3rd annual open science symposium - program at - great international line-up of speakers. Follow here at #CMUOpenScience Register at 134d
FAIRsFAIR Data Object Assessment Metrics
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This specification (v0.4) contains 17 core metrics proposed by FAIRsFAIR to evaluate the FAIRness of research data objects in Trustworthy Digital Repositories (TDRs). Two new metrics representing the FAIR principle A1 have been added into the...
Keith Webster Just mentioned at #AIDR2020 FAIRsFAIR Data Object Assessment Metrics via 135d
Program – Artificial Intelligence for Data Discovery and Reuse (AIDR) Symposium 2020
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Keith Webster Starting now - our 2020 version of AIRD (Artificial Intelligence for Data Discovery and Reuse) - on Zoom. Details incl program at #AIDR2020 135d
What is the role of the social sciences in the response to COVID-19? 4 priorities for shaping the post-pandemic world
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Science has been central to informing policy in the response to COVID-19. But ensuring the successful implementation of these policies and the direction of a long-term recovery is the role of the s…
Keith Webster Science has informed the medical response to #COVID19 - social sciences will lead the long-term recovery - What is the role of the social sciences in the response to COVID-19? 4 priorities for shaping the post-pandemic world via 140d
For academic publishing to be trans-inclusive, authors must be allowed to retroactively change their names
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Many trans researchers change their name to match their gender identity. However, there is currently no clear, simple or standardised way for publications to be updated to reflect this. As a result…
Keith Webster Glad to read that is at the forefront of best practice in this important area: For academic publishing to be trans-inclusive, authors must be allowed to retroactively change their names via 140d
Data Is A Journey, Not A Destination - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University
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“Discovering the Data Universe” was designed to challenge students with thought-provoking questions not only about data management but also how data is collected and used.
2020 RELX Emerging Tech Executive Report
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RELX Emerging Tech Executive Report 2020: AI Adoption Accelerates during COVID-19 Pandemic; 68% of US Businesses Increased Investment in AI Technologies
Keith Webster RELX infographic - adoption of AI and emerging tech - growth over past two years - #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #EmergingTech 141d
Keith Webster This infographic summarizes key findings from the RELX Emerging Tech Executive Report 2020 - big growth of AI use in past 2 yrs 141d
In the current climate, Rapid Ethnographic Assessments are the research method we need
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This is the third post in a six-week series: Rapid or Rushed? exploring rapid response publishing in covid times.   Rapid responses in the social sciences require rapid research methods. In th…
Keith Webster In the current climate, Rapid Ethnographic Assessments are the research method we need - provide timely, low-cost data collection and dissemination that can produce rich understandings of social, economic and policy factors - via 141d
CMU-DB Quarantine Talk: DataBricks
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Catalyst is the SQL query optimizer in Spark SQL. It is one of the most important components of Apache Spark, as it powers major Spark APIs like SQL, DataFrames/Datasets, as well as Structured Streami
Record of Robotics at CMU Part II
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Join the School of Computer Science and the University Libraries for Part II of the Record of Robotics as we explore the robust CMU history of pioneering roboticist, Manuela Veloso, Head of JP Morgan Chase AI Research and the Herbert A. Simon...
Keith Webster Join us for the second ‘episode’ of Record of Robotics - we’re honored to have Prof Manuela Veloso and some of her former students join us for a conversation about Robosoccer and CoBot - details at 142d
Open Science Symposium 2020 – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Keith Webster Next week! Tuesday 20 October, our third annual Open Science Symposium - we’ve got a great line-up of speakers - see the program and register at 142d
Keith Webster Next week! Tuesday 20 October, our third annual Open Science Symposium - we’ve got a great line-up of speakers - see the program and register at - may be of interest to and #CMUOpenScience 142d
Keith Webster Starting now - our 3rd annual open science symposium - program at - great international line-up of speakers. Follow here at #CMUOpenScience Register at 134d
Artificial Intelligence for Data Discovery and Reuse (AIDR) Symposium 2020
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Keith Webster Next week! Monday October 19 AIDR 2020 - Artificial Intelligence for Data Discovery and Reuse - #AIDR2020 - we have a tremendous line-up of speakers - program and sign-up at 142d
What we know about the academic journal landscape reflects global inequalities
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Over the past sixty years, there has been an exponential growth in the global scholarly publishing landscape. Mapping or capturing it, however, is a difficult task as dominant databases only cover …
Keith Webster What we know about the academic journal landscape reflects global inequalities Kirsten Bell of and David Mills of offer their own cartographic visualisation of the global scholarly publishing landscape.  142d
The COVID-19 crisis has confirmed that a strong knowledge system is key to a just, peaceful and sustainable world
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COVID-19 has highlighted the need to work with researchers all around the world at the same time that it has also exposed the inequalities in the global research and knowledge system. In this piece…
Keith Webster The COVID-19 crisis has confirmed that a strong knowledge system is key to a just, peaceful and sustainable world - a wonderful call to reduce inequality in global scholarship via 145d
Libraries Speakers Series: Five Questions with Harrison Apple | Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
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Keith Webster We’ve had a wonderful Lecture from Harrison Apple this evening. They answered some questions for us before the event - #Community #archives 145d