Presentation for the University of Florida Librarians on all things "open"

1. From Flickr by Sean_Marshall
OPEN SCIENCE Open
access ¤ data
Carly Strasser
University of Florida
California Digital Library
Libraries
University of California Curation Center
August 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

4. Map of Scientific Collaborations
flowingdata.com

5. Open Science
open repository
open access
From Flickr by EssjayNZ
open notebook
open source

6. Why participate?
From Flickr by darkuncle
Reproducibility
25
20
15
Good
10 Bad
Ugly
5
0
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3

7. Why participate?
From Flickr by darkuncle
Reproducibility
Credibility

8. www.brutallyhonest.org

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

11. Success Stories

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
“Scientists will be overwhelmed”
“It may be used for evil”
“The public will misunderstand it”
From Flickr by Candie_N

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

19. OA is cheaper
Journal
subscription 4×
Inflation
fees

20. From Flickr by David Hilowitz
OA is cheaper
No…
• print
• subscription • site licenses
management
• user
• price authentication
negotiation
• access blocking
• fee collection
• marketing

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
• 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

24. OA Repositories List
OpenDOAR
www.opendoar.org
University of Nottingham, UK

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

26. 2011 Research
Works Act
From Flickr by Thomas
Hawk

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”

32. From Flickr by iowa_spirit_walker
Stewardship
Why? Barriers to Data

33. From Flickr by indigoprime
Barriers: Cost
From Flickr by kobiz7
C. Strasser

34. Barriers: Sociocultural
From Flickr by freefotouk
Not the norm
Lack of training
& education

35. From Flickr by Christina Ann
VanMeter
Missed
opportunities
rights/benefits
From Flickr by pnh
Barriers: Fear of lost
Conflict
From Flickr by tymesynk
Misuse

36. Barriers: Lack of incentives
Time
consuming &
expensive
From Flickr by bthomso
No
requirements
Reward
structure

37. From Flickr by Carly & Art
Doing Sci
ence
From Flickr by bbaunach

38. From Flickr by deltaMike
Doing Sci
From Flickr by Marc Sardon
ence

39. carlystrasser.net
carlystrasser@gmail.com
@carlystrasser