A presentation from Meredith Niles for out OpenCon webcast series. A recorded version of the presentation can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAsECctMdms
Cloud-based research collaboration with PaperpilePaperpile
This document summarizes an academic collaborative network webinar presented by Stefan Washietl, co-founder of Paperpile. It discusses the hierarchy of academic networks from individual researchers to global online networks. It provides an overview of Paperpile, a cloud-based reference manager, and how it facilitates academic collaboration through features like PDF annotation, paper sharing, and integration with tools like Google Drive and Google Docs. The document also covers benefits of Paperpile for end users and institutions as well as technical challenges related to content providers.
This document provides information and guidance about conducting research for academic projects. It discusses various types of resources like books, websites, newspapers, journals and popular trade journals. It explains how to evaluate information sources based on their authority, relevance, objectivity and currency. The document also describes search tools like Summon, keywords, refining searches, and getting help from librarians. It highlights differences between Google and library database searches. Finally, it provides tips if desired resources are unavailable, and ways to stay updated on library services.
From Bioinformatics Scientist to EntrepreneurFiona Nielsen
A 15min presentation at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) Alumni career event on May 28th, 2016.
Thanks to Jørgen Bang Nielsen and IMADA for organising.
Read more:
- SDU http://www.sdu.dk
- Institute for mathematics and computer science (IMADA): http://imada.sdu.dk
- DNAdigest http://DNAdigest.org
- Repositive http://repositive.io
From bioinformatics scientist to entrepreneur - Women in Omics - ICG11 - 2016Fiona Nielsen
Presented by Fiona Nielsen at the International Conference of Genomics at China National Genebank, Shenzhen http://www.icg-11.org
I present the "WHY" of what I am doing, and how I got here. A personal story of frustration, science and family.
Session chaired by Laurie Goodman, Gigascience
Nuanced and Timely: Capturing Collections Feedback at Point of Use (Online NW...Rick Stoddart
This document summarizes a presentation on injecting feedback surveys into electronic resources at point of use. It discusses testing pop-up surveys before articles to understand how collections connect to learning and productivity. Surveys of an Elsevier resource received over 1300 responses that provided insights into undergraduate, graduate, and faculty use for assignments, research, and publishing. Results indicated resources were used for both core and supplemental needs. The presentation explores using such evidence to inform decisions about collections, purchasing, and demonstrating return on investment to stakeholders.
Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose f...Danny Kingsley
This presentation to the libraries@cambridge conference held on the 7th January 2016 describes some of the more surprising activities academic publishers are engaged in and discusses the opportunities and threats these pose for the library community. Prepared and presented by Sally Rumsey Head of Scholarly Communications & RDM, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University and Dr Danny Kingsley Head of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries.
Reproducible Research in the HumanitiesIain Emsley
This document discusses principles and best practices for reproducible research in the humanities, including using version control tools like Git and open source coding languages like Python. It emphasizes the importance of making research transparent and reproducible by openly sharing code, data, and details of methods so that others can verify and build on the work. It also provides guidance on how to cite any software or data sources used in research to ensure proper attribution.
Cloud-based research collaboration with PaperpilePaperpile
This document summarizes an academic collaborative network webinar presented by Stefan Washietl, co-founder of Paperpile. It discusses the hierarchy of academic networks from individual researchers to global online networks. It provides an overview of Paperpile, a cloud-based reference manager, and how it facilitates academic collaboration through features like PDF annotation, paper sharing, and integration with tools like Google Drive and Google Docs. The document also covers benefits of Paperpile for end users and institutions as well as technical challenges related to content providers.
This document provides information and guidance about conducting research for academic projects. It discusses various types of resources like books, websites, newspapers, journals and popular trade journals. It explains how to evaluate information sources based on their authority, relevance, objectivity and currency. The document also describes search tools like Summon, keywords, refining searches, and getting help from librarians. It highlights differences between Google and library database searches. Finally, it provides tips if desired resources are unavailable, and ways to stay updated on library services.
From Bioinformatics Scientist to EntrepreneurFiona Nielsen
A 15min presentation at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) Alumni career event on May 28th, 2016.
Thanks to Jørgen Bang Nielsen and IMADA for organising.
Read more:
- SDU http://www.sdu.dk
- Institute for mathematics and computer science (IMADA): http://imada.sdu.dk
- DNAdigest http://DNAdigest.org
- Repositive http://repositive.io
From bioinformatics scientist to entrepreneur - Women in Omics - ICG11 - 2016Fiona Nielsen
Presented by Fiona Nielsen at the International Conference of Genomics at China National Genebank, Shenzhen http://www.icg-11.org
I present the "WHY" of what I am doing, and how I got here. A personal story of frustration, science and family.
Session chaired by Laurie Goodman, Gigascience
Nuanced and Timely: Capturing Collections Feedback at Point of Use (Online NW...Rick Stoddart
This document summarizes a presentation on injecting feedback surveys into electronic resources at point of use. It discusses testing pop-up surveys before articles to understand how collections connect to learning and productivity. Surveys of an Elsevier resource received over 1300 responses that provided insights into undergraduate, graduate, and faculty use for assignments, research, and publishing. Results indicated resources were used for both core and supplemental needs. The presentation explores using such evidence to inform decisions about collections, purchasing, and demonstrating return on investment to stakeholders.
Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose f...Danny Kingsley
This presentation to the libraries@cambridge conference held on the 7th January 2016 describes some of the more surprising activities academic publishers are engaged in and discusses the opportunities and threats these pose for the library community. Prepared and presented by Sally Rumsey Head of Scholarly Communications & RDM, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University and Dr Danny Kingsley Head of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries.
Reproducible Research in the HumanitiesIain Emsley
This document discusses principles and best practices for reproducible research in the humanities, including using version control tools like Git and open source coding languages like Python. It emphasizes the importance of making research transparent and reproducible by openly sharing code, data, and details of methods so that others can verify and build on the work. It also provides guidance on how to cite any software or data sources used in research to ensure proper attribution.
This document provides guidance for advocacy meetings with elected officials in Washington D.C. It advises that meetings will likely be with staff members, may be short, and in non-office spaces. Participants should introduce themselves briefly, focus on the most important issue, not use jargon, and answer questions about who they represent and why the issue is relevant. The meeting structure involves an introduction by the leader, participant introductions, an overview of the topic, a conversation portion, and thanking the contact. Participants are encouraged to complete evaluations and tweet about their experience using relevant hashtags.
This document discusses OOO Canada's approach to helping Canadians become leaders in open research. OOO Canada aims to (1) connect advocates to increase the impact of advocacy, (2) support anyone interested in bringing open practices to organizations, and (3) add value to existing open initiatives by sharing best practices and resources. It provides information on open access, open data, and open education policies and initiatives in Canada. OOO Canada functions as a network of open researchers who meet monthly, share resources and ideas, organize events, and work to promote inclusivity.
Immunization Hesitancy - A Brief Overview of Challenges and Opportunities OnlineMike Kujawski
This document discusses challenges and opportunities related to immunization hesitancy online. It provides key digital trends and statistics showing over 50% of the global population has internet access and over 70% of Canadians use social media regularly. It then visualizes discussion surrounding vaccine hesitancy online and shows examples of anti-vaccination networks on Twitter and Facebook. The document concludes by offering a simplified digital engagement strategy model and introducing three free monitoring tools that can help filter through online discussions and debates around immunization.
No Librarian is an Island - Lauren Collister - OpenCon 2016Right to Research
This document discusses strategies for librarians to advocate for open access initiatives both internally and externally. Internally, the author recommends hosting lunch and learn sessions and interest groups to educate colleagues. They also suggest connecting open access topics to faculty interests like publishing venues and grant funding. Externally, the author founded a community of early career librarians focused on open access that holds monthly calls to share information and support one another. The goal is to build advocacy by making connections both within and outside of libraries.
This document provides a quick how-to guide for livestreaming an OpenCon Satellite Event on YouTube. It outlines the steps to enable live streaming on your YouTube channel, create a new live event for streaming now or later, and go live by clicking the start broadcast button. It also explains where to find the public URL link to share for a future scheduled livestream event.
Talk given at Fronteers 2015 in Amsterdam.
In a world where many of our digital spaces are becoming more closed than ever, open data is a concept that is rapidly on the rise.
In this talk we'll explore what open data is (and what it isn't), and why we should care about it. We'll look at how you can introduce it into your projects with regards to practical publication and consumption, and discuss some useful tools and reference points.
Open data isn't just dry and technical - it gives us great scope to be creative, and throughout this talk we'll go through some of the amazing things that it has been used for globally in the hope that it will inspire you to create something amazing yourself.
2014-03-19 International OER Advocacy Workshop Nicole Allen
This document outlines the agenda and goals of an OER policy advocacy workshop in Warsaw, Poland. The workshop aims to teach participants an effective model for developing OER policy advocacy campaigns and help them begin planning their own campaigns. The agenda covers advocacy basics, campaign development, strategy, and communication. Participants will work in breakout groups to develop campaign outlines for their countries. The overall goal is for each country to leave with a draft campaign plan to advance OER policy goals.
We’re all trying to find that idea or spark that will turn a good project into a great project. Creativity plays a huge role in the outcome of our work. Harnessing the power of collaboration and open source, we can make great strides towards excellence. Not just for designers, this talk can be applicable to many different roles – even development. In this talk, Seasoned Creative Director Sara Cannon is going to share some secrets about creative methodology, collaboration, and the strong role that open source can play in our work.
Overview on the feature of "Idea Space" (beta version) - a new online space to collaborate and network on open educational ideas and innovation.
A list of templates makes it easier to work together towards open textbooks, educational research, collaborative course creation etc.
This document provides guidance on developing a knowledge mobilization plan. It defines knowledge mobilization and different related terms used across funding agencies. An effective plan must identify the research outcomes, target audiences and how they will be reached. It should also explain how impact will be evaluated over time. The plan requires determining appropriate knowledge products and resources like budgets, timelines, and ensuring open access of research outputs. Support services are available to help with workshops on clear writing, digital identity, and engaging events on social media. Developing a strong knowledge mobilization plan is important for sharing research broadly and creating real-world impact.
Open Educational Practice for Colloque International Montreal 2014Terry Anderson
This document summarizes a presentation by Terry Anderson on open education practices. It discusses concepts like open scholars who openly share their work, open educational resources, open publishing and pedagogy. It notes barriers to open adoption like lack of incentives and publisher resistance. Commercial e-texts and journals are criticized for restricting reuse through digital rights management. Open access publishing through institutional repositories and journals is presented as an alternative that can increase access and citations. The talk calls academics to openly share their work through open licensing and pledges.
Explore open access books - Springer Nature event in New York (2019-09)Springer Nature
In September 2019 Springer Nature held a researcher event exploring the topic of open access books. This slide deck includes presentation slides from each session:
1. Welcome (Bill Tucker, VP, Books, Medicine & Life Sciences, Springer Nature)
2. Why publish your book open access? (Rosalind Pyne, Director OA Books, Springer Nature) - slides 4-21
3. A funder’s perspective of open access books (Leslie Rutkowski, The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)) - slides 22-49
4. Tracking impact for open access authors: author services & tools (Christina Emery, Open access books Marketing Manager, Springer Nature) - slides 50-67
5. Author panel: Perspectives on publishing an open access book (Chair: Philip Getz, Senior Commissioning Editor, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy. Open access book authors: Daniel Hess (University at Buffalo), Juha Uitto (Global Environment Facility), Sophie Mitra (Fordham University).) - slides 68-71.
This document outlines an open pedagogy workshop presentation. It defines open pedagogy as teaching techniques that use open technologies and resources to facilitate collaborative and flexible learning. Some key aspects of open pedagogy discussed include using open educational resources (OER), openly licensing student work, and engaging students in real-world projects. The presentation provides examples of open pedagogy practices and encourages participants to brainstorm ideas for integrating open practices into their own teaching.
The document discusses using an open source approach to improve the process of writing funding applications for Incubate Festival. It analyzes organizational prerequisites for a successful social media strategy, including having a culture of tasks and horizontal organizational structure. It then outlines the KOPTE model for creating a successful social network, focusing on knowledge, original content, passion, time investment, and managing the environment. The goal is to apply this open source approach to make the application process more collaborative, qualitative, and optimized.
A Presentation made to Liber Europe's 'The Use and Generation of Scientific Content – Roles for Libraries' in Budapest, Hungary Sept 12th, 2016 by Lars Bjørnshauge.
In this presentation, Lars calls into question the use and success of Green Open Access, reminds us of the key role of librarians in the success of open access and calls on governments to support Gold Open Access.
Five Ways to Use Social Media to Raise Awareness for Your Paper or ResearchSean Ekins
Presentation given at the AAPS 2016 conference in Denver. Some of the slides are from AAPS, Some from Kudos and some from Figshare. One slide is from Tony Williams. All slides used with permission.
This document provides information about knowledge mobilization and how graduate students can get involved in research. It defines knowledge mobilization and discusses why it is important for graduate students. It outlines how graduate students can get involved in research projects by learning about a professor's work, conducting their own research, meeting colleagues, and developing their research profile. The document also provides information on resources and workshops available through the Office of Research Services to help with knowledge mobilization activities.
This document provides guidance for advocacy meetings with elected officials in Washington D.C. It advises that meetings will likely be with staff members, may be short, and in non-office spaces. Participants should introduce themselves briefly, focus on the most important issue, not use jargon, and answer questions about who they represent and why the issue is relevant. The meeting structure involves an introduction by the leader, participant introductions, an overview of the topic, a conversation portion, and thanking the contact. Participants are encouraged to complete evaluations and tweet about their experience using relevant hashtags.
This document discusses OOO Canada's approach to helping Canadians become leaders in open research. OOO Canada aims to (1) connect advocates to increase the impact of advocacy, (2) support anyone interested in bringing open practices to organizations, and (3) add value to existing open initiatives by sharing best practices and resources. It provides information on open access, open data, and open education policies and initiatives in Canada. OOO Canada functions as a network of open researchers who meet monthly, share resources and ideas, organize events, and work to promote inclusivity.
Immunization Hesitancy - A Brief Overview of Challenges and Opportunities OnlineMike Kujawski
This document discusses challenges and opportunities related to immunization hesitancy online. It provides key digital trends and statistics showing over 50% of the global population has internet access and over 70% of Canadians use social media regularly. It then visualizes discussion surrounding vaccine hesitancy online and shows examples of anti-vaccination networks on Twitter and Facebook. The document concludes by offering a simplified digital engagement strategy model and introducing three free monitoring tools that can help filter through online discussions and debates around immunization.
No Librarian is an Island - Lauren Collister - OpenCon 2016Right to Research
This document discusses strategies for librarians to advocate for open access initiatives both internally and externally. Internally, the author recommends hosting lunch and learn sessions and interest groups to educate colleagues. They also suggest connecting open access topics to faculty interests like publishing venues and grant funding. Externally, the author founded a community of early career librarians focused on open access that holds monthly calls to share information and support one another. The goal is to build advocacy by making connections both within and outside of libraries.
This document provides a quick how-to guide for livestreaming an OpenCon Satellite Event on YouTube. It outlines the steps to enable live streaming on your YouTube channel, create a new live event for streaming now or later, and go live by clicking the start broadcast button. It also explains where to find the public URL link to share for a future scheduled livestream event.
Talk given at Fronteers 2015 in Amsterdam.
In a world where many of our digital spaces are becoming more closed than ever, open data is a concept that is rapidly on the rise.
In this talk we'll explore what open data is (and what it isn't), and why we should care about it. We'll look at how you can introduce it into your projects with regards to practical publication and consumption, and discuss some useful tools and reference points.
Open data isn't just dry and technical - it gives us great scope to be creative, and throughout this talk we'll go through some of the amazing things that it has been used for globally in the hope that it will inspire you to create something amazing yourself.
2014-03-19 International OER Advocacy Workshop Nicole Allen
This document outlines the agenda and goals of an OER policy advocacy workshop in Warsaw, Poland. The workshop aims to teach participants an effective model for developing OER policy advocacy campaigns and help them begin planning their own campaigns. The agenda covers advocacy basics, campaign development, strategy, and communication. Participants will work in breakout groups to develop campaign outlines for their countries. The overall goal is for each country to leave with a draft campaign plan to advance OER policy goals.
We’re all trying to find that idea or spark that will turn a good project into a great project. Creativity plays a huge role in the outcome of our work. Harnessing the power of collaboration and open source, we can make great strides towards excellence. Not just for designers, this talk can be applicable to many different roles – even development. In this talk, Seasoned Creative Director Sara Cannon is going to share some secrets about creative methodology, collaboration, and the strong role that open source can play in our work.
Overview on the feature of "Idea Space" (beta version) - a new online space to collaborate and network on open educational ideas and innovation.
A list of templates makes it easier to work together towards open textbooks, educational research, collaborative course creation etc.
This document provides guidance on developing a knowledge mobilization plan. It defines knowledge mobilization and different related terms used across funding agencies. An effective plan must identify the research outcomes, target audiences and how they will be reached. It should also explain how impact will be evaluated over time. The plan requires determining appropriate knowledge products and resources like budgets, timelines, and ensuring open access of research outputs. Support services are available to help with workshops on clear writing, digital identity, and engaging events on social media. Developing a strong knowledge mobilization plan is important for sharing research broadly and creating real-world impact.
Open Educational Practice for Colloque International Montreal 2014Terry Anderson
This document summarizes a presentation by Terry Anderson on open education practices. It discusses concepts like open scholars who openly share their work, open educational resources, open publishing and pedagogy. It notes barriers to open adoption like lack of incentives and publisher resistance. Commercial e-texts and journals are criticized for restricting reuse through digital rights management. Open access publishing through institutional repositories and journals is presented as an alternative that can increase access and citations. The talk calls academics to openly share their work through open licensing and pledges.
Explore open access books - Springer Nature event in New York (2019-09)Springer Nature
In September 2019 Springer Nature held a researcher event exploring the topic of open access books. This slide deck includes presentation slides from each session:
1. Welcome (Bill Tucker, VP, Books, Medicine & Life Sciences, Springer Nature)
2. Why publish your book open access? (Rosalind Pyne, Director OA Books, Springer Nature) - slides 4-21
3. A funder’s perspective of open access books (Leslie Rutkowski, The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)) - slides 22-49
4. Tracking impact for open access authors: author services & tools (Christina Emery, Open access books Marketing Manager, Springer Nature) - slides 50-67
5. Author panel: Perspectives on publishing an open access book (Chair: Philip Getz, Senior Commissioning Editor, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy. Open access book authors: Daniel Hess (University at Buffalo), Juha Uitto (Global Environment Facility), Sophie Mitra (Fordham University).) - slides 68-71.
This document outlines an open pedagogy workshop presentation. It defines open pedagogy as teaching techniques that use open technologies and resources to facilitate collaborative and flexible learning. Some key aspects of open pedagogy discussed include using open educational resources (OER), openly licensing student work, and engaging students in real-world projects. The presentation provides examples of open pedagogy practices and encourages participants to brainstorm ideas for integrating open practices into their own teaching.
The document discusses using an open source approach to improve the process of writing funding applications for Incubate Festival. It analyzes organizational prerequisites for a successful social media strategy, including having a culture of tasks and horizontal organizational structure. It then outlines the KOPTE model for creating a successful social network, focusing on knowledge, original content, passion, time investment, and managing the environment. The goal is to apply this open source approach to make the application process more collaborative, qualitative, and optimized.
A Presentation made to Liber Europe's 'The Use and Generation of Scientific Content – Roles for Libraries' in Budapest, Hungary Sept 12th, 2016 by Lars Bjørnshauge.
In this presentation, Lars calls into question the use and success of Green Open Access, reminds us of the key role of librarians in the success of open access and calls on governments to support Gold Open Access.
Five Ways to Use Social Media to Raise Awareness for Your Paper or ResearchSean Ekins
Presentation given at the AAPS 2016 conference in Denver. Some of the slides are from AAPS, Some from Kudos and some from Figshare. One slide is from Tony Williams. All slides used with permission.
This document provides information about knowledge mobilization and how graduate students can get involved in research. It defines knowledge mobilization and discusses why it is important for graduate students. It outlines how graduate students can get involved in research projects by learning about a professor's work, conducting their own research, meeting colleagues, and developing their research profile. The document also provides information on resources and workshops available through the Office of Research Services to help with knowledge mobilization activities.
Open approaches to OER impact research Robert Farrow
In this session the work of OER Research Hub is outlined and the merits of open approaches to understanding impact are discussed. OER Research Hub(funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation) works internationally in collaboration with a range of research partners to assess impact across different education profiles. This often requires rethinking methodological assumptions or working in adaptive and responsive ways in order to facilitate sharing of impact data. OER Research Hub thus uses open methods to investigate the impact of OER on education and learning. Open forms of dissemination employed include open access publication, blogging, open release of research data and research tools, open online courses and the OER Impact Map, which draws together data relating to our research hypotheses and shows how a plurality of content can be brought together through data visualisation and graphical mapping. In addition to discussing how some of these techniques might be used to assess impact in other areas I will present some of the headline findings from the project.
Mapping & Curation in OER Impact Research #altcRobert Farrow
Presentation from ALT-C conference, 2014 on the value of mapping and curation as an approach to impact research. The presentation includes some discussion of results from OER Research Hub.
Getting Published in academic journals: tips and tricks. 2015UQSCADS
The document provides tips and guidance for scholarly publishing, including:
1. It outlines the benefits of publishing research such as communicating new knowledge, increasing impact and visibility, establishing reputation, and preserving research findings.
2. It describes the publishing process from both the publisher and researcher perspectives, including peer review, revisions, editing, and promotion.
3. It provides advice on choosing a journal, open access options, writing structure, managing references, and measuring impact.
Small steps-big-opportunities-brussels-open-access-week-2015-kramer-bosman sl...Bianca Kramer
This document discusses moving from an open access model to an open science model for research. It presents increasingly complex models of the research workflow, showing how it is nonlinear and iterative. It identifies goals for open science around transparency, reproducibility and quality. It also discusses tools and platforms for open scholarly communication and survey results about researcher profiles and altmetrics. The key message is that research must transition from the current publisher-centered system to a more decentralized, open and publicly-funded model of self-regulation to better support open science.
From Theory to Practice: Can Openness Improve the Quality of OER Research? OER Hub
This presentation was co-authored with fellow OER Research Hub researchers Bea de los Arcos and Rob Farrow. It was presented at CALRG14 at IET, The Open University (UK) on 10 June 2014.
An updated and revised version of these slides will be presented at OpenEd14 in Washington DC in November 2014.
Making Open the Default in Scholarly Communication, and the Implications for ...SPARC Europe
This document summarizes a presentation about making open access the default in scholarly communication and implications for libraries. The key points are:
1) Open access promises to remove barriers to access, reduce costs, and increase research impact, but is not yet the norm due to obstacles like assessment systems rewarding prestige publications and a culture that does not incentivize open practices.
2) Libraries can help by advocating for policy changes, educating researchers, and reallocating resources from licensing to supporting open infrastructure and services.
3) Significant changes are needed as the system transitions to open access as the default, including collaboration between libraries and reallocation of resources, in order to ensure libraries remain relevant in the future scholarly ecosystem
This document summarizes a talk on the impact of open scholarship on teaching and scholarly practice. It defines open scholarship and discusses how it relates to pedagogy, use of open educational resources in teaching, and engaging in open practices. It also touches on challenges of open scholarship like dealing with trolls and issues around job promotion. Overall, the document advocates that open scholarship can improve teaching through more collaborative and sharing approaches, but cautions there are also risks to consider.
This set of powerpoint slides summarizes our pilot study examining two altmetric gathering products PlumX (Plum Analytics) with additional information on Altmetric.com (MacMillan). We had Plum Analytics create profiles for several University of Colorado faculty. The faculty provided us with feedback on their social media visibility, or lack of it. The original English presentation is translated into three languages: Russian, Chinese and Japanese.
This document provides information about OpenCon 2017, including demographics of the 186 participants such as years of experience, gender breakdown, and regional representation of 62 countries. It outlines the code of conduct promoting inclusion and safety, and prohibiting discrimination and harassment. Logistical details are provided such as help desk information, facilities, and sponsors who supported the event.
OpenUP: Rethinking the review, dissemination and assessment of research - Ton...Right to Research
This document outlines objectives and expected results for a project to develop new methods and tools for reviewing, disseminating, and assessing research. The project aims to spread innovative practices in these areas and support responsible research and innovation in an open science context. It will create a framework for the research lifecycle, run pilots involving four communities to validate proposed mechanisms, and provide training and policy recommendations through an open dialogue with researchers.
Open Access Development in Asia - Vrushali Dandawate - OpenCon 2017Right to Research
The document proposes a study on open access development in Asia. It notes that little open access information was found for some Asian countries, possibly due to language barriers, political issues, or lack of awareness. A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis found that while many Asian countries advocate for open access, funding and communication gaps remain challenges. The document calls for Asian open access advocates to unite and collaborate on workshops and conferences to spread more awareness across the region.
FlourishOA aims to create a comprehensive dataset of journal prices and impact scores through an API and searchable interface, as well as interactive visualizations, to provide an objective, data-driven decision tool to help select journals and as an alternative to subjective journal blacklists. The platform also aims to support new open access journals and authors.
Open Access Bangladesh - M. Monirul Islam - OpenCon 2017Right to Research
Open access in Bangladesh aims to advocate for internet access in public and university libraries to further open access, open education, and open data. The goal is to make research articles freely available online and allow their full use digitally. Initiatives work with the government to promote open access.
PREreview is a platform that aims to promote discussions around preprints and peer review training by encouraging users to post, read, and engage with preprint reviews. Preprints are open and freely available versions of manuscripts made available online prior to undergoing formal peer review. PREreview and its community of ASAPbio Ambassadors hope to foster open discussions that can help improve manuscripts before they enter the formal peer review process.
Regional Models for Open Research and Education in Latin America - Guillermin...Right to Research
This presentation by Guillermina Actis was part of OpenCon 2017's Regional Models for Open Research and Open Education panel.
Guillermina's presentation introduced the regional landscape of science and technology (S&T) communication, focusing on the alternatives that have been built in the last decades to increase local knowledge production’s visibility through regional indexing systems and gold open access (SciELO and RedALyC). The high-level authorities’ efforts for promoting green open access policies and building its infrastructures will also be addressed by presenting the regional initiative established in 2012, LAReferencia, which is a federated network of nine countries that aims at establishing agreements and providing guidelines for the creation of repositories to provide open access to publicly funded research, addressing S&T production as a public good.
Kyrgyz Mountains Environmental Education and Citizen Science Project (KMEECS)...Right to Research
This presentation by Aliya Ibraimova was part of OpenCon 2017's Regional Models for Open Research and Open Education panel.
Aliya shared the successes and challenges of integrating openness in the Kyrgyz context through the implementation of Kyrgyz Mountains Environmental Education and Citizen Science project (KMEECS) and subsequent projects. KMEECS project applies a transdisciplinary approach to knowledge generation. It combines citizen science on the community level, environmental research and teacher training to foster awareness of and interaction with the local environment. At the same time it aims at generating locally relevant data on the environment in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. The project pilots the introduction of low-cost environmental field courses on water monitoring in schools in mountain communities of Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn province. Based on a citizen science approach, students analyse and generate data on their water resources, which are fed into a network of open environmental data.
The African Story of Open Research - Nozuko Zukie HlwatikaRight to Research
This presentation by Nozuko Zukie Hlwatika was part of OpenCon 2017's Regional Models for Open Research and Open Education panel.
In her talk, Zukie covered Open Science, particularly Open Data in Africa. This was done from the perspective of the African Open Science Platform initiative. The status of Open Data in Africa was discussed through the lenses of policy, infrastructure, capacity building and incentives as per the initiatives focus areas. A list of countries actively involved in the advancement of Open Data was highlighted as well as those that need greater intervention. Possible Marginalised models for promoting open science in Africa were shared with the audience.
The Data to Policy Project - Shea Swauger - OpenCon 2017Right to Research
The Data to Policy Project involves 10 faculty, 12 classes, and 250 students working to analyze data and create 50 posters to inform public policy. The project is a collaboration between the University of Colorado Denver, Auraria Library, and various government organizations in Denver.
IN_VISIBLE PROJECT - Alexis Johnson - OpenCon 2017 Right to Research
This document discusses sensitizing institutions, educators, and administrative staff to open resource tools. It focuses on using open resource tools to make visible issues related to water and oil. The document aims to educate people on utilizing open data to bring awareness to important environmental and social issues.
Overview of the Journal of European Psychology Students - Fabian Dablander & ...Right to Research
JEPS is a student-run, open-access, peer-reviewed journal that guides students through the publishing process while teaching them about open science values and the latest developments. It aims to promote open data, offer open science badges and workshops, and publish regular blog posts to educate students on open scientific practices.
Translating Open Agricultural Research to Local & World languages for Ethiopi...Right to Research
Agriculture is the backbone of Ethiopia's economy, contributing over 40% of GDP. Small scale farmers produce most of the food but use traditional farming methods with low productivity. This project aims to translate open agricultural research into local languages for Ethiopian farmers to promote citizen science. It will empower farmers by making research accessible in their own languages and involving them in data collection and analysis. This will help farmers apply scientific findings, improving productivity, ensuring food security, and stimulating economic growth.
Assessing Current Practices in Academic Review, Promotion, and Tenure across ...Right to Research
This presentation by Carol Muñoz Nieves was part of OpenCon 2017's Next-Generation Initiatives Advancing Open panel.
The project “Assessing Current Practices in Review, Promotion and Tenure (RPT) Across the United States and Canada” departs from the belief that the adoption of open access and other open science principles among academics would be more widespread if ‘being open’ was explicitly rewarded in career progression of university professors. In the case of Canadian and American institutions of higher education, career progression generally takes the form of reviews of faculty’s work, promotions, and the achievement of tenure—a permanent, lifetime, position at an institution that cannot be terminated, except under crucial circumstances. The importance placed on the RPT process by all faculty suggests that changes in the policy documents and guidelines that inform these practices may provide the impetus for behavioral change, leading to broader interest and adoption of open access values. In the context of a broad and ongoing project, this presentation will focus in some of the results of the content analysis of 864 RPT guidelines and forms of 129 institutions across the US and Canada. These finding will hopefully provide baseline knowledge for thinking in actualized ways of effecting change towards a greater opening of research in North American universities.
A Guide to AI for Smarter Nonprofits - Dr. Cori Faklaris, UNC CharlotteCori Faklaris
Working with data is a challenge for many organizations. Nonprofits in particular may need to collect and analyze sensitive, incomplete, and/or biased historical data about people. In this talk, Dr. Cori Faklaris of UNC Charlotte provides an overview of current AI capabilities and weaknesses to consider when integrating current AI technologies into the data workflow. The talk is organized around three takeaways: (1) For better or sometimes worse, AI provides you with “infinite interns.” (2) Give people permission & guardrails to learn what works with these “interns” and what doesn’t. (3) Create a roadmap for adding in more AI to assist nonprofit work, along with strategies for bias mitigation.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Food safety, prepare for the unexpected - So what can be done in order to be ready to address food safety, food Consumers, food producers and manufacturers, food transporters, food businesses, food retailers can ...
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
The Antyodaya Saral Haryana Portal is a pioneering initiative by the Government of Haryana aimed at providing citizens with seamless access to a wide range of government services
1. Using Open as an Asset
How your advocacy and commitment can help land you
the academic job you really want
Meredith T. Niles, PhD
Post-doctoral research fellow
Sustainability Science Program, Harvard University
Assistant Professor (August 2015)
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences/Food Systems Initative
University of Vermont
2. Using Open as an Asset
• Background on myself
• Using open as an asset
• Promoting open for academic
applications
• Promoting open in your job
interview
• Using open once you have the job
• Questions/Answers
3. My History
• UC Davis
• Research: Agriculture, Farmers
• Policy
• Personal
• Promoting open:
• On Campus
• In California
• Federally
• Harvard
• University of Vermont
• Why this webinar?
4. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a commitment to
research and science outside of
academia
5. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a commitment to
research and science outside of
academia
• The tides are turning. Gone are the
days of the ivory tower.
• Demonstrate you are going with the
wave, not against it
6. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a demonstration of organizing capacity
7. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a tool for collaboration
8. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a tool for collaboration
• “ I am a collaborative, multidisciplinary scientist committed to
ensuring that my research has the largest impact possible both
within and outside of academia”
9. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a tool for collaboration
• “ I am a collaborative, multidisciplinary scientist committed to
ensuring that my research has the largest impact possible both
within and outside of academia”
• “ I am committed to open source, open platform technologies that
ensure that my research can be as collaborative as possible and
have the largest possible reach. This is demonstrated through…
10. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open as a tool for collaboration
• “ I am a collaborative, multidisciplinary scientist committed to
ensuring that my research has the largest impact possible both
within and outside of academia”
• “ I am committed to open source, open platform technologies that
ensure that my research can be as collaborative as possible and
have the largest possible reach. This is demonstrated through…
• “Through an innovative use of open source platforms, I have been
able to establish collaborations with [….], which has enabled me to
accomplish […]
11. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open to demonstrate your alternative impact
• ImpactStory
• Alternative Metrics
12. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open to demonstrate your alternative impact
• ImpactStory
• Alternative Metrics
• Use them on your CV
• Use them in your research statement
13. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open to demonstrate your alternative impact
• ImpactStory
• Alternative Metrics
• Use them on your CV
• Use them in your research statement
• Think about other “impacts”
• Media stories about your work (did the media find the article because it was
open access?)
• Policymaker interactions
• Using open articles in K-12 education
14. Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Promoting your open impact
• Mention in your job talk which
papers are open access
15. Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Promoting your open impact
• Mention in your job talk which
papers are open access
• Have you used your open
publications outside of
academia?
16. Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Promoting your open impact
• Mention in your job talk which
papers are open access
• Have you used your open
publications outside of
academia?
• Citation bump
• Alternative metrics
17. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open
as the next big
thing
• It’s coming… and
I’m ahead of the
game.
18. Using Open As an Asset: The Application
• Promoting open
as the next big
thing
• It’s coming… and
I’m ahead of the
game.
19. Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Turning the tables: Asking THEM the questions
• Framing is important
20. Using Open As an Asset: The Interview
• Turning the tables: Asking THEM the questions
• Framing is important
• Does your school have an open access policy?
• Do you offer scholarships and funding/incentives for faculty to publish open
access?
• How much does your library spend on articles? Have they explored options to
reduce that?
• What are the perceptions/policies on open textbooks?
• What does the average student spend on textbooks?
• How does the school promote open data?
21. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have
the job: Changing the status
quo with your colleagues
22. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have
the job: Changing the status
quo with your colleagues
• Offer to give a presentation
23. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have
the job: Changing the status
quo with your colleagues
• Offer to give a presentation
• Dispel the myths
24. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have
the job: Changing the status
quo with your colleagues
• Offer to give a presentation
• Dispel the myths
• Provide resources
25. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have
the job: Changing the status
quo with your colleagues
• Offer to give a presentation
• Dispel the myths
• Provide resources
• Send out announcements (like
OpenCon applications!)
26. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have
the job: Changing the status
quo with your colleagues
• Offer to give a presentation
• Dispel the myths
• Provide resources
• Send out announcements (like
OpenCon applications!)
• Think big within your whole
school (or small, depending on
the situation)
27. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example
28. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example
• Archive your work!
29. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example
• Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
30. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example
• Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
• Write open access charges into your grant proposals
31. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example
• Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
• Write open access charges into your grant proposals
• Establish an “open mentality” with your collaborators when you
start the grant writing process (you can build it into your data
management plan)
32. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example
• Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
• Write open access charges into your grant proposals
• Establish an “open mentality” with your collaborators when you
start the grant writing process (you can build it into your data
management plan)
• Don’t forget about your students!
33. Using Open As an Asset: The Job
• Using open once you have the job: Lead by example
• Archive your work!
• Share publications/presentations
• Write open access charges into your grant proposals
• Establish an “open mentality” with your collaborators when you
start the grant writing process (you can build it into your data
management plan)
• Don’t forget about your students!
• Change the way we think about tenure and hiring
34. In Conclusion
• Be Bold. Don’t be afraid to promote yourself in non-traditional ways
• If nothing else, they’ll remember you!
• Remember… a lot of people still don’t know what open access really
means…
Meredith_Niles@hks.Harvard.edu
mtniles@uvm.edu
@MeredithNiles1