Implementing FAIR for research software: attitudes, advantages and challenges (part two)
Latest version published on 20 May, 2021.
This is the second part of two blog posts discussing the advantages of adopting FAIR for research software, the current adoption practices of software across organizations, the attitudes towards adoption, and the motivations and barriers for adoption.Implementing FAIR for research software: attitudes, advantages and challenges (part one)
Latest version published on 20 May, 2021.
This is part one of two blog posts discussing the advantages of adopting FAIR for research software, the current adoption practices of software across organizations, the attitudes towards adoption, and the motivations and barriers for adoption.(Do not) make it new: On Reusing Research Software and Tools in Digital Humanities Scholarship
Latest version published on 13 May, 2021.
At the Collaborations Workshop 21, Emily Bell and Anna-Maria Sichani discussed the issue of software reusability in digital humanities (DH) research. This blog post provides an overview of some of the underlying issues, as well as the conversation points, resources and avenues for future exploration that arose from the discussion.Software Sustainability training for Bioscience Postgraduate students
Latest version published on 6 May, 2021.
SSI Fellow Emma Rand discusses the analytics training programme she runs for PhD students, covering the rationale behind the course design, and the experience level and current tool preferences of participants.Teaching the Next Generation of Software Engineers
Latest version published on 6 May, 2021.
Find out how University of Manchester Research Software Engineers have been working with researchers from Computer Science to bring coding to the next generation.Building Research Software Communities
Latest version published on 29 April, 2021.
Running a workshop on community building and sustainability for the research software community.My 10 favourite pieces of software over time
Latest version published on 23 April, 2021.
David De Roure (Professor of e-Research, University of Oxford and Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute) takes us on a four-decade journey of his favourite pieces of software in academia.Software Sustainability in Practice at the University of York
Latest version published on 8 April, 2021.
Ben Catt (Open Research Librarian) and Killian Murphy (Research Software Engineer) talk in about the Open Research at York events and community-led initiatives which aim to support and advocate for best practice in open research across the University.Pondering on the Question of Community Sustainability
Latest version published on 19 April, 2021.
This post provides a summary of discussions and takeaways from the Community Sustainability session that Serah Rono and Toby Hodges facilitated at the March 2021 SORSE workshop.Can we improve the sustainability and reusability of academic surveys?
Latest version published on 9 March, 2021.
Surveys are used in academia to collect data, investigate research questions, or to understand environments and drive policy. Can we improve their sustainability and reusability?