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Evaluation de la situation de la science ouverte : l’UNESCO publie un rapport

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L’UNESCO publie un nouveau rapport Perspectives sur une science ouverte 1 : situation et tendances à travers le monde. Cette publication est une initiative d’évaluation de la situation de la science ouverte à l’échelle mondiale, conformément à la Recommandation de l’UNESCO sur une science ouverte de 2021. L’UNESCO met également à disposition la Boite à outils de l’UNESCO sur la science ouverte. Celle-ci propose une collection de ressources (guides, notes de synthèse, fiches et répertoires) conçue pour appuyer la mise en œuvre de sa Recommandation.

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Open Science Fair 2023: look at the presentations and recordings

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Open Science Fair aims to critically showcase the elements required for the transition to Open Science.

This bianual international conference aims to bring together and empower open science communities and services; to identify common practices related to open science; to see what are the best synergies to deliver and operate services that work for many; and to bring experiences from all around the world and learn from each other.

OSFAIR2023 was organized as an initiative of OpenAIRE and co-organized with FECYT, from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. All presentations and plenary recordings are now available.

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Tanzania: OA repositories and policies making impact

Paul Muneja, Librarian at the University of Dar Es Salaam and EIFL Open Access Coordinator in Tanzania discusses the importance of institutional open access repositories to the research community in Tanzania. Questionning the past and the processes leading to change, he highlights EIFL’s role in driving change and sketches the future plans for open science in his country, based on this paper  Knowledge and practices of open science among scholars and researchers in Tanzania published in 2023.

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CERN-NASA Summit Convenes Open Science Thought Leaders Seeking to Promote Greater Collaboration

More than 100 open science leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and advocates met in Geneva, Switzerland, July 10-14 for a summit sponsored by CERN and NASA to develop strategies for accelerating the adoption of global open science.

On November 1, organizers released a closing statement and call to action for the work going forward.

Members of the SPARC and the Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) teams who were involved in crafting, presenting, and moderating the program say the event was an encouraging sign of the community coming together to advance open science.

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Keeping science open? Current challenges in the day-to-day reality of universities

The objective of the published paper ‘Keeping science open?’ is threefold, to:

  1. provide more background to the discourse ‘as open as possible and as restricted as necessary’;
  2. explore what it means for day-to-day operations at universities of S&T to be ‘as open as possible and as restricted as necessary’;
  3. provide recommendations to keep science open in this rapidly evolving context.

The lead author of the paper, Irna van der Molen (University of Twente), has further elaborated on some key messages in a viewpoint article published on 19 October in ScienceBusiness.

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Supporting open science in the Arab world

Emily Choynowski outlines the progress of the open research movement in the Middle East and North Africa

The Arab region comprises 22 member states across the Gulf, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The region as a whole has the resources and capability to play a pivotal role in the global transition towards more accessible, sustainable and inclusive research and education models. At the start of 2022, the Knowledge E Foundation decided to develop and launch a new non-profit initiative, the Forum for Open Research in MENA (FORM) – to support the development and implementation of Open Science policies and practices in research communities and research institutions across the Arab region.

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eLife and PREreview to adopt COAR Notify

eLife and PREreview have announced that the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) will provide them with technical and funding support to implement the COAR Notify technology. With this support, the organisations will work to connect separate services within the ‘publish, review, curate’ ecosystem.

The project will put in place the basic infrastructure and protocols needed for all-round and standardised connections between preprint repositories, community-led preprint review platforms, journals, and preprint review aggregation and curation platforms. The aim is to lower existing technological and cost barriers so that as many of these services as possible can more easily participate in the ‘publish, review, curate’ future for research.

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Vuelta al Primer Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencia Abierta

El Primer Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencia Abierta tuvo lugar del 23 al 24 de noviembre 2022 en modalidad virtual. Fue promovido por la Fundación Openlab Ecuador, la Red de Investigación de Conocimiento, Software y Hardware Libre junto con el HUB de Innovación de la ciudad de Quito, y la Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI).

Tiene como objetivo generar un espacio de diálogo iberoamericano entre la Academia, el Estado y la Sociedad Civil sobre el derecho a la ciencia y la importancia de promover transformaciones en la forma como se comprende la ciencia desde una mirada inclusiva, abierta, participativa y responsable.

Las presentaciones y charlas registradas en vídeo están disponibles.

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Open infrastructure group to collaborate with the view to exchange knowledge and build an Open Science Infrastructure Community of Practice

Meet the family. Open infrastructure group to collaborate with the view to exchange knowledge and build an Open Science Infrastructure Community of Practice.

SCOSS has successfully supported three pledging rounds to date. The group of SCOSS-supported projects has grown to 10 infrastructures. SCOSS wants to go beyond raising funds for open science infrastructures and look into strengthening the landscape by facilitating connection building and developing a Community of Practice. The third meeting held on 29 March 2023 aimed to bring the SCOSS infras together to welcome arXiv, Redalyc/AmeliCA, and DSpace. It quickly became clear that the group was eager to exchange their experiences, share insights and learn from each other. The group will meet quarterly. Stay tuned!

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The French National Open Science Fund (FNSO) provides financial support for international open science infrastructures

The French National Open Science Fund (FNSO) is providing financial support to four international infrastructures selected by SCOSS as part of its funding campaigns. Thus, France renews its commitment to sustainable international infrastructures for open science. The four supported infrastructures (LA Referencia, ROR – Research organization registry, OpenCitations and DOAB – Directory of open access books) were evaluated by the jury composed by SCOSS, then against the criteria of principles and best practices of the French Open Science Committee, which guarantee in particular transparency and participation of scientific communities in their governance.