Conference Agenda

Open Research Data Repositories (ORDR) is a throttlehold in promoting research transparency and Research Data Management (RDM). ORDR can be established and managed through facilitation of RDM governance by adoption of appropriate technical standards, practices and architecture that will necessitate management, promotion of research transparency, sharing and reuse of research data. The agricultural research institutes in Kenya generate a lot of research data, however, little is known about the mechanisms for the management of such data especially with regard to curation, ORDR that promote research transparency, reuse, and sharing. The purpose of this study is to examine ORDR in promoting research transparency and a sustainable future in RDM in Kenya’s agricultural research institutes with the view to proposing interventions to improve open research data repositories in order to facilitate research transparency, management, sharing and reuse of agricultural research output. The findings of the study revealed that inadequate and outdated policies that guide the establishment and management of ORDR, inadequate awareness and advocacy on the use and benefits of ORDR by all stakeholders, minimal utilization of ORDR. The study recommends: a formal and robust data governance framework; revision of RDM policy and regulation; establishment of awareness, advocacy and data literacy programs.

This paper introduces CORE-GPT, an innovative platform that combines large language models (LLMs) with 34 million open-access scientific articles available through CORE. Addressing the challenge of generating credible, well-cited answers, the platform significantly reduces the potential for "hallucinations" in AI-generated text. Evaluated across the top 20 scientific domains in CORE, CORE-GPT demonstrates its effectiveness in producing reliable, in-depth answers with citations and links to original research articles. Initially designed to complement CORE Search, the tool expands the capabilities of the CORE services including recommendations and enhancing the user experience in academic libraries. By incorporating citations, links, and open-access articles, CORE-GPT fosters trustworthiness, efficiency, broad coverage, and promotes open access research, making it a highly useful tool for researchers and practitioners.

The data sharing definitions and openness must consider, additionally, issues of institutional interest, national sovereignty, intra- and extra-country asymmetries and of reciprocity, in order to avoid increasing inequalities in the scientific and technology and population access to knowledge. In biodiversity context, Brazil has a huge relevance once the country occupies almost half of South America and is the country with the greatest biodiversity in the world. The repository SiBBr was developed as the Brazilian national repository of data and information on biodiversity, responsible for organizing, indexing, storing and making available data and information about biodiversity and Brazilian ecosystems, providing subsidies for scientific researches and government management related to conservation and sustainable use. This is a Brazilian case study that aims to bring out the challenges involved in understanding DOI attribution in biodiversity repositories. How DOI attribution to biodiversity materials in SiBBr can work as unique and persistent identifiers, allowing a relevant increase in the citations and visibility of Brazilian biodiversity data. Once the relevant context of SiBBr, serving as the Brazilian national GBIF node, it is mandatory to implement best practices in the SiBBr repository, for instance, including better characterization, identification, location and (re)use of data published.

The planning of information services – the planning of a library – at the United Nations (UN) began with the planning of the international organization itself. Initially established to provide research and information services to support the participation of Member States at the United Nations, the mandate of the UN Libraries, including the flagship Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the Headquarters in New York, has expanded alongside the work of the Organization.

This presentation will detail the activities and development of the United Nations Digital Library, a repository that collects and provides public access to the documents, publications, and work of the United Nations. However, providing access to information is not just a core activity of the Secretariat, it is recognized as a human right advanced by the Organization. Therefore, this presentation will also provide key actions that librarians, repository managers, and developers can take to connect with the work of the United Nations and advance human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals through their local communities and repositories.