A call to arms from for all #Copimconference attendees to keep engaging with us via our new mailing list 💪

Feed into what's next for #openaccess and #openinfrastructures

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RE: https://vivoweb.org/2026/03/03/request-for-comments-disambiguation-deduplication-spec/

A #disambiguation and #deduplication engine for #VIVO will be developed. The proposed specs are published now, they are open for comments until March 17.

#openresearchInformation #OpenInfrastructures

We’re delighted to share that the City of Vienna (MA 7 - Cultural Department) is providing basic funding for Open Knowledge Maps in 2026 🎉

This support strengthens Open Knowledge Maps as a public-interest research infrastructure, in line with the city's commitment to sustaining the diversity and infrastructure of Vienna's cultural and scientific landscape.

Read the full announcement: https://openknowledgemaps.org/news/2026/02/24/support-stadt-wien

#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructures @wien

New year, new connections ✨

We warmly welcome the University College of Teacher Education Vienna (PH Wien) as a supporting member! PH Wien is the first university college of teacher education in Austria to pledge their support to Open Knowledge Maps.

Learn more here ▶️ https://openknowledgemaps.org/news/2026/02/17/supporting-member-phwien

#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructures

The second #OpenAIRE workshop on Collaborative Pathways to Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) via #OpenInfrastructures gathered research managers, infrastructure providers, & #openscience practitioners.

Participants applied the @CoARAssessment OI4RRA checklist to MyResearchFolio and @graspos Meta-Catalogue, exploring practical ways to support narrative CVs, inclusive research contributions, interoperability, and sustainable assessment practices.

Full recap: https://shorturl.at/Trk0d

At the #OpenAIRE Technical Meeting in Athens, collaboration with #LAReferencia moved into concrete technical collaboration.

Focusing on #metadata exchange, multilingual discovery, repository usage statistics, and interoperability guidelines, these discussions strengthen long-term cooperation and improve the global integration of #OpenInfrastructures.

🔗 Full article:
https://www.openaire.eu/community/blogs/what-s-brewing-in-the-openaire-infrastructure-la-referencia-at-the-openaire-technical-meeting

#OpenScience #FAIRData #ResearchInfrastructure #GlobalCollaboration

How do we put Responsible Research Assessment into action?

Join us on 19 January, 12:00–14:00 CET, for a hands-on workshop applying the @CoARAssessment OI4RRA Open Infrastructure Checklist!

🔎 Explore the checklist: https://zenodo.org/records/17699724

👉 Register here: https://www.openaire.eu/community/events/eventdetail/1582/collaborative-pathways-to-responsible-research-assessment-via-open-infrastructures

#CoARA #RRA #OpenScience #GraspOS #OpenInfrastructures

Trustworthy #research information doesn’t emerge by chance, it must be designed into our infrastructures & workflows.
At #euroCRIS2025 Angeliki Tzouganatou presented the talk "Trust by Design", where she laid out how #OpenInfrastructures support responsible assessment through #transparency, #interoperability, & #community governance.

🔗Get more insights from the event https://tinyurl.com/45xw36sx

#ResearchAssessment #CRISSystems #CRIS #CoARA

Natalia Manola, OpenAIRE CEO, took part as a speaker, bringing forward insights on community-driven reforms, open infrastructures, and the collective responsibility of shaping a more transparent and equitable research ecosystem.

Learn more about the event:
🔗https://www.openaire.eu/community/events/eventdetail/1546/eu-high-level-conference-on-reforming-re-search-ass-ess-ment

🔗Event host: https://www.cerra.aau.dk/

#ResponsibleResearchAssessment #RRA #OpenScience #CoARA #ResearchReform #OpenInfrastructures #ScholarlyCommunication #Policy #ResearchAssessmentReform #CeRRA

EU High-Level Conference on Reforming Research Assessment

For cultural change to happen, it takes concerted effort and coordination The conference will gather and unite the global and European community for two d...

@copim @simonxix Simon's conclusion is on point - imagine the possibilities:

"Using the same principles [as those guiding our work in the Copim community] of community ownership and investment in people rather than commercial providers, the UK knowledge sector could collaborate on community-owned open source technical infrastructures." ❤️ #openinfrastructures