[open-science] Open Science for the 21st century

Fri Apr 20 21:17:09 UTC 2012

I'm scheduled for a conference call on Wednesday with the organizers
of the Rome event (which I missed due to #OAPoland). Suggestions on
what to bring up are most welcome.

Daniel

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> If you haven't already seen this declaration from ALLEA (ALL European
>> Academies: The European Federation of National Academies of Sciences and
>> Humanities) on Open Science for the 21st century, it is very positive and
>> worth a quick read (it's only 3 pages)
>>
>> http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/docs/allea-declaration-1.pdf
>>
>> It states:
>> The Academies commit themselves to debate and promote practical
>> applications of open science principles within their national arenas of
>> activity, and to jointly advocate their adoption also in the international
>> domain.
>>
>> Specifically:
>> - The European Commission proposes that under “Horizon 2020”, the
>> successor to FP7, all research results are to be made available
>> and accessible for everyone.
>>
>> They also recommend:
>> - Publications should be made openly available online, as soon and as
>> freely as possible, as should also educational resources and software
>> resulting from publicly funded research.
>> - Scientists and their organisations should apply open sharing principles
>> to the data that underpins such publications
>> - Consequently, research proposals requesting public funds should include
>> measures aimed at advancing open science and apply the above principles.
>> - Academic assessment and reward systems should see merit in participation
>> in the culture of sharing, in enabling online collaboration and reproducible
>> e-science.
>>
>> We look forward to seeing strong action on the points raised in the
>> document.
>>
>
> This was the meeting I was invited to in Rome and where I met Neelie Kroes
> (and put in a plug for OKFN, which seems to have been unnecessary).
> Basically she and others are moving the digital agenda ahead and it will
> involve, in part, bottom up organisations like OKFN. There is still a lot of
> confusion about green/gold/openAccess and I think we have to keep plugging
> simple messages.
>
> P.
>
>>
>> Jenny
>>
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