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@OccamT- New post: A day in Auschwitz https://t.co/9FA5YPrsXH
about 1 month ago - New post: The separation of life and death https://t.co/qZdT5U6b3g
about 2 months ago - New post from @franknorman at #OccamT: A choral coda https://t.co/7zPX9hJkiv
about 2 months ago - New post from Henry Gee at @OccamT: What I Read In March https://t.co/sHyln949Ai
about 2 months ago - New post from @AtheneDonald at #OccamT: Diversity and Inclusion in STEM: What Will it Take? https://t.co/STNOCcHdGw
about 2 months ago
- New post: A day in Auschwitz https://t.co/9FA5YPrsXH
Author Archives: Frank Norman
A choral coda
I have been singing with Crouch End Festival Chorus (CEFC) since late 1994 but I have now retired from the choir. The Rachmaninov Vespers on 31 March was my last concert with CEFC as a member. It will be quite … Continue reading Continue reading
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Library day in the life, Spring 2022 (part 2)
This post is an account of what I did at work for four days in Mar/Apr 2022. The idea is to give an impression of the range of tasks I engage in during my work as librarian at the Francis … Continue reading Continue reading
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Library day in the life, Spring 2022 (part 1)
This post is an account of what I did at work for four days in Feb 2022. The idea is to give an impression of the range of tasks I engage in during my work as librarian at the Francis … Continue reading Continue reading
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FAIR data in practice
Introducing the next Open Research London event, which will be about FAIR data. It’s easy to agree that making research data FAIR is A Good Thing. Of course research data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. But is it … Continue reading Continue reading
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Publishing incrementally – micropublications
Looking back and looking forward I recently received a reminder that it was my 13th anniversary of joining Twitter. I signed up to Twitter as a result of attending the Science Blogging conference in London in 2008 where I heard … Continue reading Continue reading
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Page charges and OA policies
Much of my time in the past 12 months has been committed to preparing for compliance with the Coalition S / Wellcome open access policies. Because we have core funding from Wellcome this means that all research papers submitted on … Continue reading
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Diversithon – some recipes
Recipe 1 It’s a simple recipe. Gather together some people who want to change the world. Put some inspirational speakers in front of them to get people fired up about diversity in science. Provide cakes and biscuits. Teach some basic … Continue reading
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Scientific archives workshop 2018
I attended the Second Workshop on Scientific Archives held at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, D.C. on the 13 & 14 August 2018. The first Workshop on Scientific Archives was held at EMBL in 2016, and was organised entirely by Anne-Flore … Continue reading
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Library day in the life 2018
This post is an account of what I did at work each day from Monday 17 September 2018 through to Friday 21 September 2018. The idea is to give an impression of the range of tasks I engage in. I’ve … Continue reading
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Open access deposits to Europe PubMed Central – building skills
Blogpost by Kate Beeby and Frank Norman. Our funders’ open access policies mandate deposit of all primary research articles into Europe PubMed Central (ePMC). We opt for the Gold (immediate Open Access) route when we can, but if the publisher … Continue reading
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To fail is to learn
After leaving school I worked in a library for a year and was in the music and drama section for six months. Towards the end of that time I was trusted enough that they let me prepare some orders for … Continue reading
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What is open science?
The question Wikipedia suggests that open science began in the 17th century, with the start of the academic journal. Some say that open science started in 1957 with the establishment of the World Data Center system, for International Geophysical Year. … Continue reading
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Cat Zero – book review
This lablit novel is set in a research institute in north London. The story is centred on a virology research lab and its work. An old lady dies. A cat dies. More cats die – could it be suspicious? Artie … Continue reading
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