Cal Poly - An Overview of Open Science
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The document discusses the importance of open science and the obligation of scientists to ensure reproducibility and trustworthiness in their work. It outlines the benefits of open access to scientific data and publications, as well as the challenges faced in implementing open data policies. Additionally, it highlights the need for a cultural shift towards data stewardship and the public availability of research outputs.
Cal Poly - An Overview of Open Science
- 1. From Flickr by Sean_Marshall OPEN SCIENCE Open… Carly Strasser, PhD @carlystrasser California Digital Library Cal Poly Oct 2013
- 2. From Flickr by Marc Sardon Why do they pay? Modified from Cameron Neylon
- 3. From Flickr by Be.Futreproof From Flickr by natematias From Flickr by Derek K. Miller Modified from Cameron Neylon
- 4. Why do scientists do science? Modified from Cameron Neylon
- 5. From Flickr by Emilio del Prado Modified from Cameron Neylon From Flickr by 401(K) 2013
- 6. Doing science is a privilege. Not a right. Modified from Cameron Neylon
- 7. Scientists have an obligation ensure reproducibility & trustworthiness further scientific progress
- 8. How?
- 9. From Flickr by cdsessums notebook science source content access data government repository knowledge
- 10. From Flickr by cdsessums notebook science source content access data government repository knowledge
- 11. Open Science From Flickr by EssjayNZ open repository open access open notebook open source
- 12. Open Science Making scientific data, research, & dissemination available to all From Flickr by CapesTreasures.com
- 13. Credibility From Flickr by darkuncle Why participate?
- 15. From Flickr by Robert Couse-Baker “Help us identify grants that are wasteful or that you don’t think are a good use of taxpayer dollars.” ! Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Nebraska), a member of the House Committee on Science and Technology
- 16. Credibility Faster progress From Flickr by darkuncle Why participate?
- 17. Success Stories
- 18. Credibility Faster progress Required From Flickr by darkuncle Why participate?
- 19. Journals Institutions From Flickr by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer Funders
- 20. But… From Flickr by jackcheng “It’s hard!” “My work may be used for evil!” “The public will misunderstand it!”
- 21. From Flickr by bbaunach From Flickr by Candie_N
- 22. From Flickr by cdsessums notebook science source content access data government repository knowledge
- 25. From Flickr by cdsessums notebook science source content access data government repository knowledge
- 26. From Flickr by PGRsOnline Digital ¤ Free ¤ Online No price or permission barriers Full content Immediately available Not just publications
- 27. OA From Flickr by TheCulinaryGeek OA Journals Peer review e.g., PLOS & Ecosphere 2 flavors of OA OA OA Repositories No peer review Can be institutional or discipline-specific
- 28. OA: OA Journals • Some charge authors but many don’t • Waived fees if institution has a subscription • Institutions have funds for paying fees
- 29. OA: OA Repositories • House articles for authors • Articles can be in OA journals or traditional journals • Post-print archiving is… explicitly allowed by ~60% of journals allowed by almost all others by request • Solves pricing and permission problems Holdup: Authors aren’t doing it
- 30. The policy covers more than 8,000 UC faculty at all 10 campuses of the University of California, and as many as 40,000 publications a year. UC is the largest public research university in the world and its faculty members receive roughly 8% of all research funding in the U.S.
- 31. OA Repositories List OpenDOAR www.opendoar.org University of Nottingham, UK
- 32. NAY Are there any SAY ERS down sides to OA? “Publishers are necessary for scholarly communication” • Important “gatekeeper” role • Maintain scholarly reputation of journal • Arrange for peer review • Edit and index articles Association of American Publishers (AAP) lobbying against open publication
- 33. From Flickr by cdsessums notebook science source content access data government repository knowledge
- 34. From Flickr by Ninja M. Open Data certain data should be freely available to everyone to use & republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control
- 35. World Data Centers established “minimize the risk of data loss” “maximize data accessibility” docs.lib.noaa.gov International Geophysical Year 1957-1958"
- 36. From Flickr by Michael Tinkler
- 37. Why not? " Barriers to Open Data = Barriers to Data Stewardship • Cost • Confusion about standards • Lack of training • Fear of lost rights • No incentives From Flickr by daquell amanera
- 38. From Flickr by twm1340 Culture Shift Required
- 39. From Flickr by cdsessums notebook science source content access data government repository knowledge
- 40. Open Source Software • source code available • licensed so that others can study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose • Developed in a public, collaborative manner
- 41. Benefits Reproduce research Find & fix bugs Extend utility: new software Community effort tcpermaculture.com • • • •
- 42. What does this have to do with science?
- 45. From flickr by NS Newsflash
- 46. Back in February: … “Federal agencies investing in research and development (more than $100 million in annual expenditures) must have clear and coordinated policies for increasing public access to research products.”
- 47. 1. Maximize free public access 2. Ensure researchers create data management plans 3. Allow costs for data preservation and access in proposal budgets 4. Ensure evaluation of data management plan merits 5. Ensure researchers comply with their data management plans 6. Promote data deposition into public repositories 7. Develop approaches for identification and attribution of datasets 8. Educate folks about data stewardship From Flickr by Joe Crimmings Photography
- 48. From Flickr by dotpolka Doing science is a privilege – not a right.
- 49. My website Email me Tweet me My slides carlystrasser.net carlystrasser@gmail.com @carlystrasser slideshare.net/carlystrasser