[open-science] open-science Digest, Vol 37, Issue 4

Fri Nov 4 18:22:46 UTC 2011

Thanks for your commentary, Robert.

OSK agrees completely that a multifaceted approach is warranted. Our
organization's intention is to inspire more OS awareness/action among those
participating in science, day to day, so that funding agencies will realize
accounting for the OS-practicing community's contributions is indeed
necessary. This will increase incentives in both directions.

Andrew

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> From: Robert Muetzelfeldt <r.muetzelfeldt at ed.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Marketing goals
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> Hello, Open Science Kentucky,
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> You say:
> On 03/11/11 20:18, Open Science Kentucky wrote:
> > Because OS cannot become reality based on utilization by zealots
> > alone, the average scientist must adopt it. For this to happen, the
> > average scientist has to believe OS will be the predominant scientific
> > paradigm, challenging him/her to not use it.
> The second sentence - and indeed the whole flavour of your posting -
> ignores the potential role of the funding bodies.   Sure, one possible
> route for the adoption of OS is from the grassroots up.   But another is
> that funding bodies promote it, in much the same way that (in the UK at
> least) there is now an obligation to include a Knowledge Exchange
> component in research proposals (and that certainly did not come from a
> groundswell of opinion in the research community itself).  I can see
> some good reasons why they could well choose to go down this route.  I
> can also see some good reasons why they may not.  But at least we should
> entertain the possibility, and indeed consider ways of getting them to
> see that it's actually in their own interest to encourage/require some
> degree of OS in funded projects.
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> Cheers,
> Robert
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