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While different types and degrees of reproducible research were discussed, many argued that the community needs to move to “open research,” which means research where widely used software tools are routinely used to (a) fully ‘audit’ the computationally procedure, (b) replicate and independently reproduce the results of the research, and (c) extend the results or apply the method to new problems.
I have responded to the UK’s BIS in its call for Open Access. Note that this takes a hell of a lot of energy – middle of the night in New Zealand after 10 days of commitment to materials Science Informatics. It’s incredibly draining of energy. Yet we have to keep going.petermr’s blog.
Over some years now scientists and science-enthusiasts across the globe have been trying to open up the way science is done. Movements like the ‘Budapest Open Access Initiative‘ or the ‘BOAI‘ have been more than successful in this. Scientists all over the world boycotted a few journals, that were against Open Access, and many of the journals now have accepted Open Access of research as a necessity. The Public Library of Science publishes the PLOS journals that are very much Open Access. However, a great deal is to be done yet to make the publication process in sciences democratized.
While the open content movement in education continues to gain steam, more teachers are starting to learn about free content they can use and adapt to their own needs for their classrooms.Mind / Shift.
It is not the job of government to concern itself with challenges faced by the publishing community at the expense of other stakeholders. This assertion does not arise from hostility to publishers, but from a simple recognition of who the government serves.
Early career researchers and other “poor” academics may be disadvantaged under the gold model of open access, evidence submitted to the Lords Science and Technology Committee has suggested.
In many parts of the world, anyone wishing to re-use papers must get permission from the copyright owner (usually either the publisher or the author). Often, the owner will forbid re-use or demand payment. Supporters of open access argue that free papers should come with licences attached, making it clear what kinds of re-use are allowed.Nature. See also the discussion following the article.
How should we use the internet? This question covers many issues. Should the sharing of all types of data be authorised? Who can access which data and under which conditions? Who should have oversight and control over it ?These questions and further aspects of the opportunities of and limitations to open access are described in this article. Read also this post on OKFN Blog about the Consequences, risks and side-effects of the license module “non-commercial use only”.
There’s an inherent flaw in modern academia: scholars are expected to publish in “high ranking” journals, foundational compilations of academic articles that—over time—have become engrained in the institutional social fabric of knowledge production within the academy.Blog entry on Open Source.
The Open Book Project (OBP) – a joint initiative between the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALESCO) and the US State Department – will focus mainly on science and technology. It came about after the first US-Arab League Dialogue last year.Nature.
The Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers (LSYR), the Lithuanian Research Library Consortium and the Association of Lithuanian Serials share the results of EIFL-funded project on educating young researchers on the benefits of open access and engaging them to become open access advocates in the country.
A report from last years CoData conference has suggested that 75% of research data is never made openly available. This represents both a challenge to the principles of open science, and a massive loss of the opportunities and value that could come from re-use of research data.