Keynote for COASP meeting, Amsterdam, Sept. 15, 2015.

1. kaitlin thaney
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
COASP / 15 sep 2015
building capacity for
open science

2. kaitlin thaney
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
COASP / 15 sep 2015
building capacity for
open science
getting open practice
to stick

3. doing good is part of our code

4. we empower researchers to do more
open, collaborative research on the web.

5. (0)

6. http://bit.ly/1eZZC0f

9. current state of science
articles
data
patents

10. some have a firehose
articles
data
patents

11. quality versus quantity
measured systems

12. Source: Michener, 2006 Ecoinformatics.

14. a few fallacies of the
research system

15. the published record is the
only useful record

16. if it’s published, it’s usable.

17. http://bit.ly/1MEcOmD
An example of a false-positive in the field of Solar—Terrestrial research: A Purported
relationship between Neutron monitor changes and extremes of the Indian Monsoon
Dr. Benjamin A. Laken, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway

18. What Des-Cartes did was a good step.
You have added much several ways, &
especially in taking ye colours of thin
plates into philosophical consideration.
If I have seen further it is by standing on ye
shoulders of Giants.
- Isaac Newton, 1676
“
“
... that this is good job advice:

19. that there are other ways to job security

20. 1. examples of what’s
possible.
2. making the case for open
(and teaching it).
3. sustaining momentum.

21. (1)

22. learning from (+ through)
open source
development
examples of “science like the web”
in practice

24. http://bit.ly/1MEcOmD
An example of a false-positive in the field of Solar—Terrestrial research: A Purported
relationship between Neutron monitor changes and extremes of the Indian Monsoon
Dr. Benjamin A. Laken, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway

25. code as a research object
what’s needed to reuse ?
http://bit.ly/mozfiggit

29. <institutional archives>
<national archives>
<code repos>
syndication and storage
(via APIs)

30. http://softwarediscoveryindex.org/report/

31. from campaigning to discovery

35. open, iterative
development
the “work in progress” effect

37. http://openresearchbadges.org/

39. http://mozillascience.org/contributorship-badges-a-new-project/

40. (2)

41. what does
“web literacy”
mean for research?

43. communication
access, reuse, scale
distributed environment
the web as a platform

44. power, performance, scale

45. - access to content, data, code, materials.
- emergence of “web-native” tools.
- rewards for openness, interoperability, collaboration, sharing.
- push for ROI, reuse, recomputability, transparency.
“web-enabled research”

46. putting open ideals into practice
(+ paying it forward)
https://commonspace.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/web-literacy-and-leadership/

47. service learning: n. hands-
on, experiential learning
where people develop skills
by working on a project in
service of a bigger goal.
http://bit.ly/1JTMBSb

49. how do we amplify within
research?
(... and beyond software
development?)

50. community-driven contributorship
http://mozillascience.github.io/leadership-training/

51. mozillascience.org/collaborate

52. 2 days, 30+ cities, 53+ hours
http://bit.ly/1N331JV

53. 100+ pull requests
(code, content, learning resources)
http://bit.ly/1N331JV

54. (3)

55. how do we build
capacity?
furthering adoption of
open, web-enabled research

56. rewards, incentives,
reputation

58. supports needed for
“professional development”

59. “Reliance on
ad-hoc, self-
education
about what’s
possible
doesn’t scale.”
- Selena Decklemann

60. lowering barriers to entry
(+ leveling the playing field)

61. https://mozillascience.github.io/studyGroupHandbook/

62. mozillascience.org/collaborate

63. 100+ pull requests
(code, content, learning resources)
http://bit.ly/1N331JV

66. https://www.mozillascience.org/fellows

67. resbaz.edu.au

68. (4)

69. we need
your help.

70. rethink beyond just access to
usability.
don’t be afraid of open source
collaborations.
remember the non-technical
challenges.

71. we’re here to help.
http://mozillascience.org
sciencelab@mozillafoundation.org

72. kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
special thanks: