Titia van der Werf, Author at Hanging Together

Is access to open content important to your library? A call for participation in the OCLC survey on open content

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 - by Titia van der Werf

Why a survey? Despite the ongoing discussions about the benefits of Open Access, Open Data, Open Government Information, and Open Content more generally, the extent to which such content is …

Research Data Management

Mini-symposium on RDM in Leiden

May 9, 2018 - by Titia van der Werf

Last month, OCLC Research organized a mini-symposium on Research Data Management (RDM) at OCLC’s European Headquarters in Leiden. Around twenty RDM experts from SURFsara, DANS, TU-Delft, Leiden University, Wageningen University …

Libraries

A story about the spirituality of libraries

May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 - by Titia van der Werf

At the AMICAL 2016 conference, I heard an inspiring story about the cyclical destruction and revival of libraries. Dr. Richard Hodges, President of the AU of Rome, began his welcome …

Modeling new services / Supporting Scholarship

Re-inventing the scholarly record: taking inspiration from Renaissance Florence

February 18, 2015 - by Titia van der Werf

On February 11th, we presented the Evolving Scholarly Record (ESR) Framework at the EMEA Regional Council annual meeting, in Florence. The topic was on spot, as the plenary talks …

Architecture and Standards / Research Information Management

RIM: notes and thoughts about the euroCRIS meeting in Amsterdam

November 16, 2014November 17, 2014 - by Titia van der Werf

Lorcan’s recent blog post on “Research information management systems – a new service category?” has drawn the attention of some of the euroCRIS board members and so I was invited …