Al Downie

@aldownie
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Head of IT and Digital Transformation for the School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Hiring:
Deputy Head of IT
School of the Biological Sciences,
University of Cambridge, UK

Amazing opportunity to effect real cultural and digital transformation in a world-class organisation. Join us!

https://jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/38054/

#IT #DigitalTransformation

Well! Blimey. I've totally been cited! They've cited a broken link to a website that doesn't exist any more, but it's the thought that counts.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41596-021-00645-8

#ELN #ERN #RDM #404
#ElectronicResearchNotebooks
#ElectronicLabNotebooks
#ResearchDataManagement

Considerations for implementing electronic laboratory notebooks in an academic research environment - Nature Protocols

This review explores factors to consider when introducing electronic laboratory notebooks, including discussion of integration with research data management and the functionalities to compare when evaluating specific software packages.

Nature

๐Ÿšจ Fantastic Seminar, tomorrow

How do the pros @Nature take a sad plot and make it better?

Join us to find out! Nov 29th at the #BioVis meetup#5 with Jasiek and Nic, Art Editors for Nature.

http://biovis.net/2022/meetup/2022/10/10/fifth-meetup.html

(no registration, no fee, zoom in link)

BioVis Meetup #5: Visualising science: Communicating complex research with information graphics at Nature

Bought myself some new Airpods, and have been experimenting with 'Hey Siri'. No matter what I ask for, it always plays something else. Today I asked for Jimi Hendrix, and it played 'Back at the Chicken Shack' by Jimmy Smith, and it's the best thing that's happened to me for ages! Life through a different lens, with a different soundtrack. Makes me wish I could start life over, and be really cool this time...

Hello!
The Genetics Department in the University of Cambridge is looking for a talented and versatile IT Service Manager. If you're passionate about IT and helping others to succeed, we'd be delighted to hear from you!

#womeninIT #diversityinIT #ITmanagement

https://jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/38173/

Wondering if any of my open research colleagues have guidance from any funding agency that provides real clarity about _what_ data must be kept to satisfy retention policies? (Thinking about workflows that generate raw > intermediate > processed > analysed outputs). Am hearing lots of confusion about what is safe to let go...

Gazing out of the window, scratching my chin and wondering about opportunities to make research, teaching and learning better for everyone. Interested in:

#highereducation #openresearch #researchinfrastructure #reserachdatamanagement #technologyenabledlearning #fenderguitars #ohyes #fenderguitars

Most memorable scientific paper I've read in years ๐Ÿ˜ป

By Adam Mastroianni & Ethan Ludwin-Peery

https://psyarxiv.com/2uxwk/

#OpenAccess #OpenResearch #LibraryDon #ScholComms #doi:10.31234/osf.io/2uxwk

Insightful piece on taking the long view on scholarly infrastructure.

"...weโ€™re still hearing calls to develop basic research management infrastructure. Why hasnโ€™t it already been developed? Part of the problem is that very little work has been done to quantify the value of research infrastructure"

Why is it so difficult to understand the benefits of #research #infrastructure? https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2022/11/benefits-of-research-infrastructure/

HT @adam__moore #OpenResearch #PIDs #scholarlyinfrastructure

Why is it so difficult to understand the benefits of research infrastructure? - Digital Science

Adopting these five priority persistent identifiers (PIDs) would lead to universally better research strategy decisions.

Digital Science
Sticking my toe in this murky water...