International audiencePurpose– Print theses and dissertations have regularly been submitted together with complementary material, such as maps, tables, speech samples, photos or videos, in various formats and on different supports. In the digital environment of open repositories and open data, these research results could become a rich source of research results and data sets, for reuse and other exploitation. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach– After introducing electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) into the context of eScience, the paper investigates some aspects that impact the availability and openness of data sets and other supplemental files related to ETD (system architecture, metadata and data retrieval, legal aspects).Findings– These items are part of the so-called “small data” of eScience, with a wide range of contents and formats. Their heterogeneity and their link to ETD need specific approaches to data curation and management, with specific metadata and identifiers and with specific services, workflows and systems. One size may not fit for all but it seems appropriate to separate text and data files. Regarding copyright and licensing, data sets must be evaluated carefully but should not be processed and disseminated under the same conditions as the related PhD theses. Some examples are presented.Research limitations/implications– The paper concludes with recommendations for further investigation and development to foster open access to research results produced along with PhD theses.Originality/value– ETDs are an important part of the content of open repositories. Yet, their potential as a gateway to underlying research results has not really been explored so far

DOREMUS works on a better description of music by building new tools to link and explore the data of three French institutions. This paper gives an overview of the data model based on FRBRoo explaining the conversion and linking processes using linked data technologies and presenting the prototypes created to consume the data according to the web users’ needs.

Le projet d'encyclopédie en ligne Wikipédia est un patchwork pragmatiste, assemblage de tous les points de vue singuliers sur un sujet donné, et devant reposer sur des règles de clarté et de communicabilité de l'énonciation publique. Son succès re ète une transformation de notre relation au savoir. Une cartographie sociale des con its dans l'encyclopédie en ligne étudie ici les lieux de basculement de la discussion réglée vers la dispute, la querelle, le pugilat et la plainte pour faute morale ou trouble causé. L'article montre sur la base de traitements statistiques et d'enquêtes monographiques focalisées que l'encyclopédie Wikipédia est caractérisée par l'insolubilité de certains con its par les procédures existantes. L'article cherche les facteurs explicatifs de cette rémanence du con it à la concertation.

While open access (OA) has become a significant part of scientific communication and academic publishing, qualification issues have been out of focus in the OA community until recent years. Based on findings about the qualification for OA within university-based programs in France and Germany the authors surveyed continuing professional education activities regarding OA in both countries in the years 2012-2015. The results indicate that there are different types of events qualifying for OA and reveal a lack of coherent concepts for different target groups. Until now traditional presentation formats have been dominant. Formats for distance learning, like MOOCs or webinars, might serve different needs and interests.

La nature collaborative de l'encyclopédie en ligne Wikipédia amène naturellement ses contributeurs à travailler avec d'autres et à confronter leurs idées et points de vue. Or ni les cinq principes fondateurs, ni le logiciel wiki utilisé comme support de l'encyclopédie ne déterminent un cadre à cette collaboration. Dans cet article, nous étudions les initiatives spontanées de la communauté des contributeurs pour favoriser la collaboration, les échanges sociaux et la résolution des con its. Pour analyser ces démarches, nous exploitons la notion de dispositif, et en particulier le mode de mise en place d'une gouvernance dans un dispositif collaboratif. Nous remarquons une tension entre deux visions du pouvoir, l'une qui favorise la transgression moyennant une fécondité créatrice dans l'optique de l'objectif de Wikipédia, tandis que l'autre veille au strict respect du cadre du dispositif. Si la seconde position semble l'emporter, nous notons toutefois que le loyalisme est moins tangible qu'il n'y paraît. Mots-clefs : encyclopédie Wikipédia, dispositif collaboratif, gouvernance, controverse, con it, pouvoir, transgression. As a collaborative work, the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia leads naturally the contributors to work with each other and to face their opinions. But no frame is provided to control the collaboration, neither in the ve fundamental principles, nor from the wiki software. This article studies how the contributing community thinks up original ways to promote collaboration, social exchanges and con ict resolution. The concept of device (dispositif), and especially how governance shows itself in a collaborative device, is used to analyse these ways. Two views of the power con ict in the community: one permits contributors to break the rules to strive to Wikipedia's goal; the other one makes sure to enforce strictly the rules. Even though the latter seems to prevail, there is some evidence that loyalty may sometimes be illusory.