1. Embedding open in the
research training process
AIMOS Conference 2020
3/4 December 2020 (online)
#AIMOS2020
Dr Danny Kingsley
Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
@dannykay68

2. The nature of research has changed
Photo by Henry Be on Unsplash
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

3. The ‘business’ of research has changed too
https://theconversation.com/universities-have-gone-from-being-a-place-of-
privilege-to-a-competitive-market-what-will-they-be-after-coronavirus-137877
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/
Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_
Library/pubs/rp/rp1819/Quick_Guides/Over
seasStudents
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/ERA/NationalReport/2018/
https://future-students.uq.edu.au/why-choose-uq
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/university-
vice-chancellor-salaries-are-ridiculous-20201115-p56ep8

4. So researchers have new knowledge needs
https://healthlawmatters.squarespace.com/home/2019/4/27/open-science-removing-barriers-to-knowledge

5. Academia cannot be run as a guild any more
Pharmacy: Master & Apprentice
– Wellcome Collection
Same institution, Nov 2020:
“Research practice is learned from the mentoring process”
Institute Director
“When some of the participants come to the course they
have not connected with their supervisor for years”
Facilitator - Early Career Academic Development Program
https://theconversation.com/ten-types-of-phd-
supervisor-relationships-which-is-yours-52967

6. Researcher Development Framework
https://www.vitae.ac.uk/vitae-publications/rdf-related/researcher-development-framework-rdf-vitae.pdf/view

7. It’s light on research ‘practice’*
But things have moved on since 2011 …
… the Framework is about to be reviewed
* Not the ideal name for this but still trying to work out what to call it. Language matters.

8. Lots of focus on L&T but not research
https://services.anu.edu.au/business-
units/centre-for-learning-teaching
https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/public
ations/2020/oclcresearch-social-interoperability-
research-support-a4.pdf
https://itali.uq.edu.au/

9. This training is often met by library staff
https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/
https://osc.cam.ac.uk/
https://www.kent.ac.uk/osc/
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/life/library/SCO
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/libstaff/scholarlycomms
https://web.library.uq.edu.au/about-us/organisational-structure/learning-
and-research-services/scholarly-communication-and-repository-services
https://www.lib.uts.edu.au/ab
out-us/staff-profiles/scholarly-
communication
https://qutvirtual4.qut.edu.au/we
b/qut/service-
directory?action=view&id=1252

10. Disconnect
https://www.coar-repositories.org/files/Competencies-for-
ScholComm-and-OA_June-2016.pdf
https://www.nasig.org/Competencies-
Scholarly-Communication
https://www.alia.org.au/foundation-knowledge-skills-and-
attributes-relevant-information-professionals-working-
archives
Under (much needed) review
And possibly redundant soon
https://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/Consulta
tion_Draft_Professional_Pathways%20301120.pdf

11. Who is training the trainer?
https://unlockingresearch-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1313
https://cpas.anu.edu.au/research/research-projects/scholarly-
communication-knowledge-and-skills-australasian-research
https://www.ukcorr.org/partnerships/sc3-scholarly-
communication-competencies-coalition/

12. It’s time to elucidate and embed this
• We need to move beyond the provision of researcher scholarly
communication training being dependent on the local skills of the
library community
• We need an agreed framework/skeleton for this area that
standardizes the teaching of ‘research practice’
• This will assist the development of courses but also define the skills
and knowledge of the people delivering the material.
• We started with engagement, then moved to enablement. Now we
need to elucidate and embed this practice in the research process.

13. Multiple attempts exist
https://t.co/PVwr33o3YX?amp=1If we can’t agree what open
science/research/scholarship/knowledge
is, then how can we define the skills
required?
Thanks to Eva Mendez (CC-BY)

14. Good models are emerging
https://www.ukrn.org/event/carqi-launch/
https://www.bihealth.org/en/research/quest-center/mission-approaches

15. Thanks!!
• Dr Danny Kingsley
• Scholarly Communication Consultant & Visiting Fellow
CPAS, ANU
• Twitter - @dannykay68
• ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3636-5939
• Publications - https://www.force11.org/node/6222