RDM & Scholarly Communication News @ VIU Library

CAUT reports that Canadian working on projects funded wholly or in part by American federal agencies have been sent a lengthy questionnaire to determine how their work aligns with the Trump administration’s political agenda:

In the questionnaire, Canadian researchers are asked to confirm that their research:

does not include a climate or “environmental justice” component

does not contain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) elements

does not ascribe to “gender ideology”

increases American influence globally

In addition, the questionnaire asks whether a researcher’s institution has a policy prohibiting collaboration with entities contrary to U.S. government interests and prevents partnerships with “communist, socialist, or totalitarian parties.”

More:

https://www.caut.ca/latest/2025/03/trump-administration-threatening-canadian-researchers

From the Digital Research Alliance of Canada:

On February 27, 2025, the Government of Canada released their initial plans for the Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Infrastructure program. The Digital Research Alliance of Canada has been in the process of reviewing the information and developing a plan around the submission of a statement of intent.

Connecting with our digital research infrastructure partners and community in this process is vital and we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend one of two virtual town halls to have an opportunity to hear your input and feedback, as well as share our early thoughts about the Alliance’s  vision for sovereign AI compute in Canada we are working on for the proposal submission.

Virtual Town Hall #1: We welcome all national DRI users and support staff, researchers, and other public stakeholders.
Date: March 25, 2025
Time: 11 am EDT
Register here for the Virtual Town Hall #1

Virtual Town Hall #2: We welcome all prospective Canadian industry partners
Date: March 26, 2025
Time: 11 am EDT
Register here for the Virtual Town Hall #2

Join JMIR Publications and PREreview for a discussion on Live Reviews—an innovative, community-driven approach to community peer review. This webinar will explore how Live Reviews bring authors, reviewers, and facilitators together in real time to enhance the transparency, rigor, and inclusivity of the peer review process.

More info and registration:

https://landingpage.jmirpublications.com/live-review-innovating-peer-review-through-open-collaboration

Hosted by Julien McHardy and Simon Bowie at the Open Book Futures Experimental Publishing Group.

On the 23rd of May 2025, we are bringing together a group of writers, makers, and publishers to explore Markdown writing and publishing workflows for experimental digital monographs at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Den Haag. In the afternoon hybrid online session, we will share and broaden our conversation. We would be delighted to see you for the event online.

In the session, we will share and discuss our experience with Markdown publishing using the publishing platform Juncture. Juncture is a digital publishing tool developed by JSTOR Labs for visual essaying that allows the author to dynamically display text alongside a range of other media materials. You can find more information about Juncture in our Experimental Publishing Compendium.

More information:

https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/markdown-dive-deep/release/3

Registration:

https://www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/frontEnd/reg/registerNew.csp?ef_sel_menu=9520&eventID=2093