The widespread requirement to make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (according to the FAIR Principles) means we must better prepare at local level to assist Oxford researchers to enable FAIR in practice, e.g. by automating guidance, improving tools and services, and enhancing education. The need is clear, both in the context of defining good […]
Tag: Collaboration

In this joint blog post, Allyson Lister and Susanna Sansone with guest authors Barbara Magagna, Tobias Kuhn, and Erik Schultes describe the collaboration between the FIP wizard and FAIRsharing The challenge we address At the core of putting FAIR into practice are the choices that have to be made when selecting the appropriate standards (i.e., […]

Last year, we reported on the first set of Oxford FAIRsharing Community Champions. In 2025, our growing engagement within Oxford research support, RDM and research practice areas has resulting in a corresponding growth in our Champion numbers from within Oxford. FAIRsharing is rooted in the University via a group of Oxford Champions from Bodleian Libraries, […]
Happy Holidays from FAIRsharing

It’s time for our team to disconnect, log out of Teams, Zoom, Zulip and emails and have a well deserved winter holiday! The FAIRsharing Team will be back at work in early January. Our responses during the holiday period may be delayed, and all support will be on a best effort basis as our staff travel […]

Building on a strong history of collaboration and the needs of international user communities, the Data Stewardship Wizard (DSW) and FAIRsharing are in the process of increasing the connectivity of these widely used resources.
FAIRsharing at RDA22

The FAIRsharing Registry WG is represented across eight sessions during the fully-virtual 22nd RDA Plenary, which begins next week. You can find staff and Community Champions throughout the conference, and we hope to see you there – please feel free to get in touch with us either via email at contact@fairsharing.org or via the Whova conference […]

FAIRsharing is pleased to announce stronger ties to University of Oxford’s research support expertise and teams, in the form of four new Community Champions. This collaboration will result in greater connectivity for FAIRsharing’s registry and educational provision within Oxford’s Research Practice Programme and Community. Our new FAIRsharing Champions have a strong background, and leadership roles, […]

NFDI4Chem and FAIRsharing: unlocking our curated collection of repositories for maximum visibility in the realm of chemistry. This content is a repost, with kind permission, of a news item written by Felix Bach for NFDI4Chem, and can be found at https://www.nfdi4chem.de/2024/03/07/collection-of-repositories-for-chemists/ Within the NFDI4Chem consortium, Task Area 3 (Repositories) plays a key role in establishing a robust foundation for […]

FAIRsharing developers Prakhyat Gailani and Ramon Granell attended and presented FAIRsharing in the 17th Annual International Biocuration Conference (AIBC24) that took place in Faridabad, India (March 5 – 8, 2024). This conference provided an opportunity for curators, developers and data stake holders to interact and exchange ideas and expertise. The conference was opened by a […]
MIT Nanosafety described in FAIRsharing

In this guest blog, FAIRsharing Community Champion for Chemistry Christian Bonatto Minella describes the Minimum Information Table for the Safety of Engineered Nanomaterials (MIT Nanosafety), and how the addition of this reporting guideline to FAIRsharing forms part of his role as a Champion. Advancing Nanosafety through Standardization: the Minimum Information Table for the Safety of […]