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Tertiary Sources

Definition: Tertiary sources of information include expenditure that summarizes and systematizes knowledge expressed in primary and secondary sources. Usually, tertiary sources present information in a systematic and compact way, providing references to the original sources. Those includes, for example, dictionaries, encyclopedias, manuals, textbooks, bibliographies, databases.

Tertiary resources often provide data in more convenient form and can provide context helpful in interpreting information in primary and secondary sources. 

Reference: Clark State Community College Library. Management 1000: Primary, Secondary anf Tertiary Sources. https://lib.clarkstate.edu/c.php?g=573958&p=3957821



The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is an environment for hosting and processing research data to support EU science.

The ambition of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is to provide European researchers, innovators, companies and citizens with a federated and open multi-disciplinary environment where they can publish, find and re-use data, tools and services for research, innovation and educational purposes.

The EOSC enables a step change across scientific communities and research infrastructures towards:

  • seamless access
  • FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability) management
  • reliable reuse of research data and all other digital objects produced along the research life cycle (e.g. methods, software and publications)

EOSC ultimately aims to develop a Web of FAIR Data and services for science in Europe upon which a wide range of value-added services can be built. These range from visualisation and analytics to long-term information preservation or the monitoring of the uptake of open science practices.


Resource: EOSC. (2018, July 4). EOSC Portal. https://eosc-portal.eu/about/eosc

Transformative agreements

Transformative agreements, also referred to as transitional or “read and publish” agreements, are contracts negotiated between institutions and publishers that transform the business model underlying scholarly publishing towards a fully open access model.

They represent a further shift away from a subscription-only model to one which covers both subscription payments (the “read” element of the agreement) and article processing charges (the “publish” element).

The dual aim of the negotiations is to bring institutional investments in scholarly journal publishing under oversight and control, with an eye to cost reduction, and to drive a transition of scholarly journal publishing to open access.

References:

What are transformative agreements? URL: https://esac-initiative.org/about/transformative-agreements/

What is a transformative agreement? URL: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/research/open-access/transformative-agreements.aspx


Trustworthy reepository

Definition: A trusted digital repository is one whose mission is to provide reliable, long-term access to managed digital resources to its designated community, now and in the future (Trusted Digital Repositories, 2002).

It can be a certified or trusted repository, including national repositories and institutional repositories.

Related term: Core Trust Seal

References: OpenAIRE. Guides for researchers. How to find a trustworthy repository for your data. https://www.openaire.eu/find-trustworthy-data-repository

Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities (RLG, 2002). http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/activities/trustedrep/repositories.pdf    

European Commission. Open Research Europe. Data Guidelines. https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/for-authors/data-guidelines