The Research Data Alliance (RDA; WDS Associate Member) is seeking candidates for the annual Technical Advisory Board (TAB) election, to be held in October and November 2019. TAB Terms are for three (3) years. We encourage participation from RDA members at all stages of their careers. Please note that current members of RDA’s Council, Secretariat, and Organizational Advisory Board are not ...
Tuesday, 14 May 2018 saw the formation of Invest In Open Infrastructure (IOI) a global initiative to increase the availability and sustainability of open knowledge infrastructure. Read more at Invest in Open Infrastructure Launches . The needs of today’s diverse scholarly communities are not being met by the existing largely uncoordinated scholarly infrastructure, which is dominated ...
The Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC; WDS Regular Member) has announced the release of the following datasets: Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4.11) : The latest update to the GPW data collection provides access to more than 100 interactive map layers through a Web Map Service, so visualization of the data is easier than ever using map tools such as the SEDAC Map ...
The University of Alabama in Huntsville is looking for a senior level scientist to be a leader in science and data management in the Global Hydrology and Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC; WDS Regular Member) and other related activities and projects. The scientist will be a key member of GHRC DAAC's leadership team, functioning as the link between data users, the ...
We would like to point you to the following blog post written by Dr. Ricarda Braukmann, who is Program Leader Social Sciences at DANS (WDS Regular Member): The power of PIDs: Using persistent identifiers to link research outputs in the Netherlands The post covers recent work coming out of the European Commission's FREYA project , which aims to build global persistent ...
Below is a call for papers in a Special Issue organized by International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS; WDS Associate Member) with WMO and UNESCO. Submission is welcome by 1st November through the Hydrological Sciences Journal online platform . Potential authors are strongly encouraged to contact first the Managing Guest Editor to inquire about the suitability of their ...
