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?

1. From Flickr by Sean_Marshall
OPEN SCIENCE
Open…
Carly Strasser, PhD
@carlystrasser
California Digital Library
Cal Poly
Oct 2013

2. From Flickr by Marc Sardon
Why do they pay?
Modified from Cameron Neylon

3. From Flickr by Be.Futreproof
From Flickr by natematias
From Flickr by Derek K. Miller
Modified from Cameron Neylon

4. Why do scientists do
science?
Modified from Cameron Neylon

5. From Flickr by Emilio del Prado
Modified from Cameron Neylon
From Flickr by 401(K) 2013

6. Doing science is a privilege.
Not a right.
Modified from Cameron Neylon

7. Scientists have an
obligation
ensure reproducibility &
trustworthiness
further scientific progress

8. How?

9. From Flickr by cdsessums
notebook
science
source
content
access
data
government
repository
knowledge

10. From Flickr by cdsessums
notebook
science
source
content
access
data
government
repository
knowledge

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

12. Open Science
Making
scientific data,
research, &
dissemination
available to all
From Flickr by CapesTreasures.com

13. Credibility
From Flickr by darkuncle
Why participate?

14. www.brutallyhonest.org

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

16. Credibility
Faster progress
From Flickr by darkuncle
Why participate?

17. Success Stories

18. Credibility
Faster progress
Required
From Flickr by darkuncle
Why participate?

19. Journals
Institutions
From Flickr by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer
Funders

20. But…
From Flickr by jackcheng
“It’s hard!”
“My work may be used for evil!”
“The public will misunderstand it!”

21. From Flickr by bbaunach
From Flickr by Candie_N

22. From Flickr by cdsessums
notebook
science
source
content
access
data
government
repository
knowledge

23. E-­‐notebooks
Online
science

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.

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

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"

36. From Flickr by Michael Tinkler

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

38. From Flickr by twm1340
Culture Shift Required

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

41. Benefits
Reproduce research
Find & fix bugs
Extend utility: new software
Community effort
tcpermaculture.com
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•
•
•

42. What does this have
to do with science?

45. From flickr by NS Newsflash

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.

49. My website
Email me
Tweet me
My slides
carlystrasser.net
carlystrasser@gmail.com
@carlystrasser
slideshare.net/carlystrasser