Openness in Scholarship: A return to core values?
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The document discusses the evolving concept of openness in scholarship, questioning whether it is merely a reactionary movement or a fundamental shift in scholarly practices. It highlights various cultural, political, and economic theories regarding knowledge sharing and the role of institutions in fostering openness. Additionally, it outlines contemporary challenges and initiatives in scholarly communications, emphasizing the need for improved transparency and accessibility in research.
![[I will answer Linus’ objections] partly,
because the Learned Author, whoever he be
(for ‘tis the Title-Page of his Book that first
acquainted me with the name of Franciscus
Linus) having forborne provoking Language
in his Objections, allowes me in answering
them to comply with my Inclinations &
Custom of exercising Civility, even where I
most dissent in point of Judgement.” Boyle (1662)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/170607-openelpub-limmassos-170607110927/85/Openness-in-Scholarship-A-return-to-core-values-8-320.jpg)
![ESOTERIC
EXOTERIC
Ludwig Fleck (1981 [1935])
Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/170607-openelpub-limmassos-170607110927/85/Openness-in-Scholarship-A-return-to-core-values-10-320.jpg)
![“that not alone scientific readers, but those
of every class, [...] to approach the source
from whence this species of knowledge is
derived”
James Samuelson and William Crookes](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/170607-openelpub-limmassos-170607110927/85/Openness-in-Scholarship-A-return-to-core-values-26-320.jpg)
![“Of my being somewhat prolix in many of my
Experiments, I have these Reasons to
render[…] That in divers cases I thought it
necessary to deliver things circumstantially,
that the Person I addressed them to might,
without mistake, and with as little trouble as
is possible, be able to repeat such unusual
Experiments”
Boyle (1627) New Experiments](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/170607-openelpub-limmassos-170607110927/85/Openness-in-Scholarship-A-return-to-core-values-28-320.jpg)
![References
1. Tkacz (2012) From open source to open government: A critique of open politics,
http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/open-source-open-government-critique-open-politics-0
2. Hartley and Potts (2014) Cultural Science, https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/cultural-science-a-natural-
history-of-stories-demes-knowledge-and-innovation/
3. Boyle (1627-1691) A defence of the doctring of the spring of the air,
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A28956.0001.001/1:6?rgn=div1;view=toc
4. Fleck (1981[1935]) Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact,
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo25676016.html
5. Lotman (2009) Dialogue Mechanisms in Universe of the Mind,
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=21492
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relations/political-theory/governing-commons-evolution-institutions-collective-action-
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1860s to the 1880s, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2016.0029
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1509509607.html
10. Neylon (2017) Openness in Scholarship: A return to core values? (this paper),
http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/46638](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/170607-openelpub-limmassos-170607110927/85/Openness-in-Scholarship-A-return-to-core-values-34-320.jpg)
Openness in Scholarship: A return to core values?
- 1. Openness in Scholarship A return to core values? @cameronneylon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-716X
- 3. 2. Is all this “open” talk just reactive whining?
- 4. Openness is conceived as a new mode of being, applicable to many areas of life and gathering significant momentum – ‘changing the game’ as it were. Tkacz (2012)
- 5. 3. Cultural Science as a Model
- 6. CULTURE GROUP Hartley and Potts (2014) Cultural Science
- 7. CULTURE GROUP ENVIRONMENT Hartley and Potts (2014) Cultural Science
- 8. [I will answer Linus’ objections] partly, because the Learned Author, whoever he be (for ‘tis the Title-Page of his Book that first acquainted me with the name of Franciscus Linus) having forborne provoking Language in his Objections, allowes me in answering them to comply with my Inclinations & Custom of exercising Civility, even where I most dissent in point of Judgement.” Boyle (1662)
- 9. 4. Knowledge as a product of translation
- 10. ESOTERIC EXOTERIC Ludwig Fleck (1981 [1935]) Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact
- 13. *
- 14. Lotman’s stages of reception 1. Exoticism 2. Translation/Adaption 3. Abstraction 4. Dissolution 5. Re-transmission Yuri Lotman (2009) Dialogue Mechanisms in Universe of the Mind
- 15. *
- 16. *
- 17. 5. The (Political) Economics of Clubs
- 18. Elinor Ostrom (1990) Governing the Commons
- 19. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson
- 20. Elinor Ostrom (1990) Governing the Commons
- 21. Elinor Ostrom (1990) Governing the Commons
- 22. What is the return to the club?
- 23. 6. Institution as underwriter
- 24. graduate by Paulo Sá Ferreira from the Noun Project Harvard University by NATAPON CHANTABUTR from the Noun Project
- 25. 7. Openness as an old aspiration
- 26. “that not alone scientific readers, but those of every class, [...] to approach the source from whence this species of knowledge is derived” James Samuelson and William Crookes
- 27. “merely an amateur, a lover of truth, who was impelled by curiosity ” Grant Allen
- 28. “Of my being somewhat prolix in many of my Experiments, I have these Reasons to render[…] That in divers cases I thought it necessary to deliver things circumstantially, that the Person I addressed them to might, without mistake, and with as little trouble as is possible, be able to repeat such unusual Experiments” Boyle (1627) New Experiments
- 29. 1. Two questions
- 30. New (improved, evolved) institutions, New (improved, evolved) culture
- 32. Inside Scholarly Communications Today Scholarship in the 21th Century Building an Open and Information-‐rich Research Institute Research Reproducibility in Theory and Practice When 'Global' is Local: Scholarly Communications in the Global South Starting Out: Skills and Tools for Early Career Knowledge Workers Data in the Scholarly Communications Life Cycle Data Citation Implementation for Data Repositories Open Annotation Tools and Techniques Communication and Advocacy for Research Transparency Opening the Sandbox: Supporting Student Research as a Gateway to Open Practice Opening Up Research and Data The Sci-‐AI Platform: Enabling Literature-‐Based Discovery Perspectives on Peer Review Altmetrics: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Headed Next? Technology and Tools for Academic Library Teams Building Public Participation in Research http://force11.org/fsci
- 34. References 1. Tkacz (2012) From open source to open government: A critique of open politics, http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/open-source-open-government-critique-open-politics-0 2. Hartley and Potts (2014) Cultural Science, https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/cultural-science-a-natural- history-of-stories-demes-knowledge-and-innovation/ 3. Boyle (1627-1691) A defence of the doctring of the spring of the air, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A28956.0001.001/1:6?rgn=div1;view=toc 4. Fleck (1981[1935]) Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact, http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo25676016.html 5. Lotman (2009) Dialogue Mechanisms in Universe of the Mind, http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=21492 6. Ostrom (1990) Governing the Commons, http://www.cambridge.org/cy/academic/subjects/politics-international- relations/political-theory/governing-commons-evolution-institutions-collective-action- 1?format=PB&isbn=9781107569782#Ii164gTK70IeIoy0.97 7. Buchannan (1965) An Economic Theory of Clubs, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2552442 8. Lightman (2017) Popularizers, participation and the transformations of nineteenth-century publishing: From the 1860s to the 1880s, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2016.0029 9. Collins and Evans (2016) Why Democracies Need Science, http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd- 1509509607.html 10. Neylon (2017) Openness in Scholarship: A return to core values? (this paper), http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/46638