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Areas involved
Virtually all areas of the UM are involved in the production, use and reuse of knowledge. The UGC articulates activities with the academic units and It has an Advisory Committee made up of the directors of: the Central Library, of the Research Department, from the Department of Technology, Postgraduate and Continuing Education, of Distance Education and the Department of Communication and Design.
Self-archiving
It is a collaborative action with the collection of content in an Institutional Repository.
A person previously registered on the RI platform – and who is not part of the staff that manages its operation – uploads a digital object and its corresponding metadata. Public viewing remains pending validation by the Staff (those responsible for the operation of the repository).
In the case of previously validated content, such as approved theses and articles published in peer-reviewed journals, only metadata verification is required to become publicly available.
Open Science
Open Science is defined as an inclusive construct that combines diverse movements and practices with the aim of making multilingual scientific knowledge openly available and accessible to all, as well as reusable by all, increasing scientific collaborations and information exchange for the benefit of science and society, and opening up the processes of creation, evaluation and communication of scientific knowledge to societal actors beyond the traditional scientific community. Open Science encompasses all scientific disciplines and all aspects of academic practices, including basic and applied sciences, natural and social sciences, and humanities, and is based on the following key pillars: open scientific knowledge, open science infrastructures, scientific communication, open participation of societal actors and open dialogue with other knowledge systems.
The five main manifestations of this opening of science are open access to scientific publications, open access to research data, educational resources, and open software and hardware.
Scientific knowledge
It is a particular type of knowledge.
to be considered scientific Knowledge must have been validated by peers, this means that it must go through an evaluation process by scientists in the same field of knowledge (peers), preferably specialized in the subject in question.
If the proposal passes this stage, it is published in a scientific journal or monographic collection and is considered new scientific knowledge.
This form of knowledge is the one that enjoys the highest consideration in Western civilization; once CC is validated it can only be discussed or denied by another validated proposal.
Knowledge Management
It is a management approach that brings together a group of processes aimed at governing the creation, use and dissemination of knowledge within an organization. This vision focuses on organizational knowledge, as opposed to individual knowledge production. It also relates it to the levels of knowledge-creating entities: individual, group, organizational and interorganizational.
Model summary: The main assumption is that of the huge volume of knowledge that resides in the minds of individuals, Tacit Knowledge (TC), only a small part is fixed in codified objects (texts, recordings, etc.) becoming Explicit Knowledge (EC). Only EC is capable of being managed (shared, reused, disseminated and preserved). GC processes operate on four relationships between TC and EC to optimize this fundamental value of organizations.
Scientific Knowledge Management
Scientific Knowledge Management GCC It is the application of the approach of Knowledge Managemento GC transposed from its original application (business organizations) to the areas where scientific knowledge is produced, particularly universities. This transposition is justified by the similarity of processes inherent to the GC and Scientific Communication System.
Systematized information
It is information organized in such a way that it enables those who generate institutional policies for Knowledge Management and those who manage them to make decisions in accordance with the needs of the institution.
Digital identifier
It is a technological resource that allows, in the case of a person, to identify him or her unequivocally even if that person changes his or her name or his or her name coincides with that of another person.
Similarly, in the case of digital objects, it allows them to be assigned a unique name, regardless of the different names used in various contexts.
Additional functions
In the case of objects, identifiers can have the function of being the access path, in this case they are called operable identifiers. And if they can additionally support changes in the location of objects, adapting their access path, the identifiers are called persistent.
An identifier has its functions complete if it is digital, operable and persistent.
Interoperability of identifiers
In addition, interoperability can occur between personal and object identifiers, linking, for example, a researcher with his or her published works, with the journals that published them, with the institution to which he or she belongs, with his or her funders and with his or her validators.
Most used identifiers in scientific communication
ORCID Open Researcher and Contributor ID is open, free, and user-configurable.
DOI Digital Object Identifier is the standard in scientific communication, it is paid.
HANDLE Persistent identifier system from the CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives. It is the one used by DSpace, and is paid for.
ARK Archival Resource Key (Clave de Archivo de Recursos) is the free identifier implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Argentina, it is free of charge.
Metadata
Metadata are a set of data for the identification and/or description of a digital object (a thesis, a book, a scientific article, etc., available on the Internet), which enables its discovery and recovery. Metadata is governed by standards and is organized into Metadata Schemas.
A Metadata Schema is a logical plan that shows the relationships between the different elements of the metadata set, by establishing rules for their use and management, specifically in relation to the semantics, syntax and mandatory nature of values. Some standardized metadata schemas are: Dublin Core, Darwin Core, ISO 1913:2003, MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema), METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard), etc.
Plagiarism
Action and effect of substantially copying other people's works, passing them off as one's own.
It is a practice considered contrary to scientific ethics. Codes of ethics recommend severely penalizing both authors and journals or publishers who allow it or do not take action to prevent it. Currently, specialized software tools are used to detect plagiarism or inappropriate similarities with texts by other authors.
Scientific journal portal
Website that groups together scientific journals from the same institution, scientific discipline or country. It provides access to the contents of a collection of journals selected under certain criteria.
Preservation
In the context of Knowledge Management, preservation is understood as a set of practices of a political and strategic nature and concrete actions, aimed at ensuring long-term access to digital objects.
Some of the concrete actions are:
- Use of formats suitable for long-term preservation;
- Backup files (Backups) regular;
- Monitoring and conversion of file formats;
- Updating the software supporting the repository;
- Inclusion of persistent links for the unequivocal identification and location of the work;
- Implementation of metadata schemes that support preservation activity (PREMIS).
"Published" or "Available"
In the context of scientific communication the state "published", when referring to an article, research result, note, bibliographic review or other product, means that it is available online or in print after having successfully passed a peer review process.
When a scientific work is available for reading or downloading without having been successfully subjected to peer review, in any type of medium, it is not possible to say that it is "published", it is only "available".
Repo
It is a set of services that the university offers to members of its community, with the aim of managing, preserving and disseminating digital materials created by the institution and its members. This device expands access to research, reaffirms academic control over knowledge, reduces the monopoly of scientific journals and large publishers, among other significant changes in the system of scientific communication. At the same time, the repositories as a whole constitute a global interoperable system that has given way to a new model in scientific communication.
This relatively new strategy is allowing universities to seriously and systematically influence the rapid changes taking place in the production of knowledge and scientific communication. The wide multiplication of repositories implemented is evidence of the emerging importance of GCC in the context of higher education.
The RI also serves as a tangible indicator of the quality of the university, demonstrating the scientific character, social and economic relevance of its research activities, increasing the visibility, status and public value of the institution.
Virtually all areas of the UM are involved in the production, use and reuse of knowledge. The UGC articulates activities with the academic units and It has an Advisory Committee made up of the directors of: the Central Library, of the Research Department, from the Department of Technology, Postgraduate and Continuing Education, of Distance Education and the Department of Communication and Design.
It is a collaborative action with the collection of content in an Institutional Repository.
A person previously registered on the RI platform – and who is not part of the staff that manages its operation – uploads a digital object and its corresponding metadata. Public viewing remains pending validation by the Staff (those responsible for the operation of the repository).
In the case of previously validated content, such as approved theses and articles published in peer-reviewed journals, only metadata verification is required to become publicly available.
Open Science is defined as an inclusive construct that combines diverse movements and practices with the aim of making multilingual scientific knowledge openly available and accessible to all, as well as reusable by all, increasing scientific collaborations and information exchange for the benefit of science and society, and opening up the processes of creation, evaluation and communication of scientific knowledge to societal actors beyond the traditional scientific community. Open Science encompasses all scientific disciplines and all aspects of academic practices, including basic and applied sciences, natural and social sciences, and humanities, and is based on the following key pillars: open scientific knowledge, open science infrastructures, scientific communication, open participation of societal actors and open dialogue with other knowledge systems.
The five main manifestations of this opening of science are open access to scientific publications, open access to research data, educational resources, and open software and hardware.
It is a particular type of knowledge.
to be considered scientific Knowledge must have been validated by peers, this means that it must go through an evaluation process by scientists in the same field of knowledge (peers), preferably specialized in the subject in question.
If the proposal passes this stage, it is published in a scientific journal or monographic collection and is considered new scientific knowledge.
This form of knowledge is the one that enjoys the highest consideration in Western civilization; once CC is validated it can only be discussed or denied by another validated proposal.
It is a management approach that brings together a group of processes aimed at governing the creation, use and dissemination of knowledge within an organization. This vision focuses on organizational knowledge, as opposed to individual knowledge production. It also relates it to the levels of knowledge-creating entities: individual, group, organizational and interorganizational.
Model summary: The main assumption is that of the huge volume of knowledge that resides in the minds of individuals, Tacit Knowledge (TC), only a small part is fixed in codified objects (texts, recordings, etc.) becoming Explicit Knowledge (EC). Only EC is capable of being managed (shared, reused, disseminated and preserved). GC processes operate on four relationships between TC and EC to optimize this fundamental value of organizations.
Scientific Knowledge Management GCC It is the application of the approach of Knowledge Managemento GC transposed from its original application (business organizations) to the areas where scientific knowledge is produced, particularly universities. This transposition is justified by the similarity of processes inherent to the GC and Scientific Communication System.
It is information organized in such a way that it enables those who generate institutional policies for Knowledge Management and those who manage them to make decisions in accordance with the needs of the institution.
It is a technological resource that allows, in the case of a person, to identify him or her unequivocally even if that person changes his or her name or his or her name coincides with that of another person.
Similarly, in the case of digital objects, it allows them to be assigned a unique name, regardless of the different names used in various contexts.
Additional functions
In the case of objects, identifiers can have the function of being the access path, in this case they are called operable identifiers. And if they can additionally support changes in the location of objects, adapting their access path, the identifiers are called persistent.
An identifier has its functions complete if it is digital, operable and persistent.
Interoperability of identifiers
In addition, interoperability can occur between personal and object identifiers, linking, for example, a researcher with his or her published works, with the journals that published them, with the institution to which he or she belongs, with his or her funders and with his or her validators.
Most used identifiers in scientific communication
ORCID Open Researcher and Contributor ID is open, free, and user-configurable.
DOI Digital Object Identifier is the standard in scientific communication, it is paid.
HANDLE Persistent identifier system from the CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives. It is the one used by DSpace, and is paid for.
ARK Archival Resource Key (Clave de Archivo de Recursos) is the free identifier implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Argentina, it is free of charge.
Metadata are a set of data for the identification and/or description of a digital object (a thesis, a book, a scientific article, etc., available on the Internet), which enables its discovery and recovery. Metadata is governed by standards and is organized into Metadata Schemas.
A Metadata Schema is a logical plan that shows the relationships between the different elements of the metadata set, by establishing rules for their use and management, specifically in relation to the semantics, syntax and mandatory nature of values. Some standardized metadata schemas are: Dublin Core, Darwin Core, ISO 1913:2003, MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema), METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard), etc.
Action and effect of substantially copying other people's works, passing them off as one's own.
It is a practice considered contrary to scientific ethics. Codes of ethics recommend severely penalizing both authors and journals or publishers who allow it or do not take action to prevent it. Currently, specialized software tools are used to detect plagiarism or inappropriate similarities with texts by other authors.
Website that groups together scientific journals from the same institution, scientific discipline or country. It provides access to the contents of a collection of journals selected under certain criteria.
In the context of Knowledge Management, preservation is understood as a set of practices of a political and strategic nature and concrete actions, aimed at ensuring long-term access to digital objects.
Some of the concrete actions are:
- Use of formats suitable for long-term preservation;
- Backup files (Backups) regular;
- Monitoring and conversion of file formats;
- Updating the software supporting the repository;
- Inclusion of persistent links for the unequivocal identification and location of the work;
- Implementation of metadata schemes that support preservation activity (PREMIS).
In the context of scientific communication the state "published", when referring to an article, research result, note, bibliographic review or other product, means that it is available online or in print after having successfully passed a peer review process.
When a scientific work is available for reading or downloading without having been successfully subjected to peer review, in any type of medium, it is not possible to say that it is "published", it is only "available".
It is a set of services that the university offers to members of its community, with the aim of managing, preserving and disseminating digital materials created by the institution and its members. This device expands access to research, reaffirms academic control over knowledge, reduces the monopoly of scientific journals and large publishers, among other significant changes in the system of scientific communication. At the same time, the repositories as a whole constitute a global interoperable system that has given way to a new model in scientific communication.
This relatively new strategy is allowing universities to seriously and systematically influence the rapid changes taking place in the production of knowledge and scientific communication. The wide multiplication of repositories implemented is evidence of the emerging importance of GCC in the context of higher education.
The RI also serves as a tangible indicator of the quality of the university, demonstrating the scientific character, social and economic relevance of its research activities, increasing the visibility, status and public value of the institution.