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24 August 2010 Workshop on Valueing your Licence
On 24 September 2010 Knowledge Exchange will be organising a workshop focusing on how usage statistics can or cannot be used as a basis for managerial decisions on licences.
11 August 2010 Translations SERU wording
Knowledge Exchange has funded the translation of this set of statements which offer a set of common understandings for publishers and libraries to reference as an alternative to a formal licence when conducting business.
11 August 2010 Brief on Copyright Exceptions
At present the Freedom of access to knowledge for EU citizens is trapped in a complex web of national laws and local licensing arrangements.
06 July 2010 Work underway setting up guidelines for the exchange of Usage Statistics
The first version of a set of agreed guidelines and a robotlist is now available and will be tested.
30 June 2010 Briefing paper on usage statistics as a basis for Research intelligence
Usage Statistics can provide valuable insight in how research is being used, not only by the research community, but also by business and society in general
29 June 2010 Lessons learned in storing theses and associated materials as compound objects
In the Knowledge Exchange project ‘Enhanced electronic theses and dissertations’ experts from the UK, Netherlands and Denmark experimented in storing not just the text of a theses but also associated electronic documents as a compound object.
25 June 2010 Podcast of participants views on next steps for VREs
At the workshop 'Virtual Research Environments - the next steps' participants were invited to give their views on were the saw the future of VREs.
21 June 2010 Workshop on Virtual Research Environments
Fifty experts from several countries will meet on 23 and 24 June to discuss the next steps to be taken in the field of virtual research environments.
13 June 2010 Danish recommendations on Open Access now in consultation
DEFF has written recommendations on how to implement Open Access in Denmark. This report is now undergoing a hearing.
03 June 2010 Creative Commons licence on all KE materials
It has been decided that all Knowledge Exchange materials will be made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
 

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DFG, Germany 

 

JISC, United Kingdom 

 

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After all, dialogue and shared information is what Knowledge Exchange is all about.