October 18, 2013 @ Kennedy Library, Data Studio, Cal Poly. We hear about all things “open” these days: open access, open source, open data, open science, et cetera. But what does it really mean for how we do science? How are things changing, and what are the implications for individual researchers?
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
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.
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"
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
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
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.
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