*Please excuse the typos :)
Presentation on open science and open data for the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) workshop on "Raising your research profile using research data". 18 June 2014.
14. Because we need to be credible.
Because reproducibility is one of
the fundamental tenets of science.
15.
16. Because Fox News, creationism,
and the war on science.
Because we need to be credible.
Because reproducibility is one of
the fundamental tenets of science.
17. “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
18. Because Fox News, creationism,
and the war on science.
Because we need to be credible.
Because reproducibility is one of
the fundamental tenets of science.
Because it means faster progress.
28. From Flickr by PGRsOnline
Digital ¤ Free ¤ Online
No price or permission barriers
Full content
Immediately available
Not just publications
29. OA
OA Journals
Peer review
e.g., PLOS &
Ecosphere
OA
OA Repositories
No peer review
Can be institutional or
discipline-specific
2 flavors
of OA
FromFlickrbyTheCulinaryGeek
30. OA: OA Journals
• Some charge authors but
many don’t
• Waived fees if institution has
a subscription
• Institutions have funds for
paying fees
31. 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
32. 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
35. Open
certain data should be freely available to
everyone to use & republish as they wish,
without restrictions from copyright,
patents or other mechanisms of control
Data
From Flickr by Ninja M.
41. 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