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Roundup (December 18, 2020)

December 18, 2020 by Gary Price

Digital Research and the Year That Was (via Digital Scholarship Blog, British Library)

Elsevier Expands Open Access Options for Cell Press Journals from January 2021

FORCE11 Announces New Board Members for 2021

The International COVID-19 Data Alliance (ICODA) Joins Research Data Alliance (RDS) as an Affiliate Member

UK National Archives Adopts Geospatial Data Research And Development Licence As A Public Sector Standard

Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Elsevier, Libraries, News, Open Access, Roundup

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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