Presentation on all things open at the 2012 Digital Libraries Federation Fall Forum in Denver CO. Part of a workshop on data management services, 5 Nov 2012.
1. From Flickr by Sean_Marshall
OPEN SCIENCE Open…
@carlystrasser
California Digital Library
DLF Fall Forum
University of California Curation Center
November 2012
2. notebook
science
source
content
access
data
From Flickr by cdsessums
government
repository
knowledge
3. Open Science
Making
scientific data,
research, &
dissemination
From Flickr by CapesTreasures.com
available to all
9. 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
10. Why participate?
From Flickr by darkuncle
Reproducibility
Credibility
Faster progress
12. Why participate?
From Flickr by darkuncle
Reproducibility
Credibility
Faster progress
Required
13. Journals
Institutions
Funders
From Flickr by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and
Live Music Photographer
14. But…
From Flickr by jackcheng
From Flickr by Candie_N
“Scientists will be overwhelmed”
“It may be used for evil”
“The public will misunderstand it”
15. notebook
science
source
content
access
data
From Flickr by cdsessums
government
repository
knowledge
16. From Flickr by PGRsOnline
Digital Free Online
No price or permission barriers
Full content
Immediately available
Not just publications
17. Proposal
writing
Ideas
Project Research
cycle
Publication
18. OA is compatible with…
copyright
peer review
revenue
prestige
quality
indexing
20. From Flickr by David Hilowitz
OA is cheaper
No/cheaper…
• print
• subscription • site licenses
management
• user
• price authentication
negotiation
• access blocking
• fee collection
21. Gold OA
2 flavors
OA Journals
of OA
Peer review
e.g., PLOS &
Ecosphere
Green OA
From Flickr by TheCulinaryGeek
OA Repositories
No peer review
Can be institutional or
discipline-specific
22. Gold OA: OA Journals
• Some charge authors but
many don’t
• Waived fees if institution has
a subscription
• Institutions have funds for
paying fees
23. Green OA: OA Repositories
• House articles for authors
• Articles can be in OA journals or
traditional journals
Check out
Data Pub
• Post-print archiving is…
Blog
tomorrow!
explicitly allowed by ~60% of journals
allowed by almost all others by request
• Solves pricing and permission problems
Holdup: Authors aren’t doing it
25. Are there any NAY
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
27. From Flickr by giulia.forsythe
The Cost of
Knowledge
signed by
>12,000
28. notebook
science
source
content
access
data
From Flickr by cdsessums
government
repository
knowledge
29. Proposal Plan
writing
Analyze
Collect
Data
Project Research
Ideas
Integrate
Life Assure
cycle
Cycle
Discover
Describe
Preserve
Publication
30. 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
31. International
Geophysical
docs.lib.noaa.gov
Year
1957-1958#
World Data Centers established
“minimize the risk of data loss”
“maximize data accessibility”
33. Why? #
Barriers to Open Data
=
Barriers to Data Stewardship
• Cost
• Confusion about standards
• Disparate datasets
• Lack of training
• Fear of lost rights
From Flickr by daquell amanera
or benefits
• No incentives
34. From Flickr by bbaunach
From Flickr by twm1340
Culture Shift Required
35. From Flickr by deltaMike
From Flickr by Marc Sardon
Doing Sci
ence
From Flickr by Carly & Art
36. My website
carlystrasser.net
Email me
carlystrasser@gmail.com
Tweet me
@carlystrasser
My slides
slideshare.net/carlystrasser
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