Leveragingthenetworkofrepositoriestocreatechangein

research,teaching,andcommunityengagement

LeslieChan@lesliekwchanUniversityofTorontoScarborough

WhereNextforRepositories?Anopenna@onalforumsponsoredbyCARLinassocia@onwithCOAROCawa,November10,2016

Leveragingthenetworkofrepositoriestocreatechangein

research,teaching,andcommunityengagementScholarlyCommunica@on?

Let’sMakeRepositoriesGreatAgain?

OpenRepositoriesforthePeople,BythePeople?

Let’sMakeRepositoriesGreatAgain?

Dowewantourknowledgecommonstoservetheneedsofmarketorthe

publicgood?

Proposi@ons…•  SlowgrowthofIRnetworkispoli@cal,nottechnical–  Poli@calEconomyofKnowledgeProduc@on

•  TherearefundamentalmismatchesbetweenOpenAccessandfunc@onali@esofIR

•  Causesofthemismatch–  Thetyrannyofjournalandthe“scien@ficar@cle”– Missionsofthepublicuniversity

•  Re-imaginingIRmustbeginwithRe-imaginingScholarship

Changingthenarra@ve

fromIRasstorefronttoauniversity

researchprowessto

IRasashowcaseofauniversity’scommitmenttoitspublicmission

hCp://www.ucla.edu/about/mission-and-values

hCps://www.ualberta.ca/strategic-plan/overview/our-vision-mission-and-values

hCps://www.utoronto.ca/about-u-of-t/mission

…principlesofequalopportunity,equity,andjus@ce

ReimaginingIRmustbeginwithReimaginingScholarship

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Formatofascien@ficar@cle•  Title•  Abstract•  Introduc@on•  MaterialsandMethods•  Results•  Discussion•  Conclusions•  Acknowledgments•  LiteratureCited

“Isthescien@ficpaperafraud?”“Imeanthescien@ficpapermaybeafraudbecauseitmisrepresentstheprocessesofthoughtthataccompaniedorgiverisetotheworkthatisdescribedinthepaper.Thatistheques@onandIwillsayrightawaythatmyanswertoitis‘yes’.Thescien@ficpaperinitsorthodoxformdoesembodyatotallymistakenconcep@on,evenatravesty,ofthenatureofscien@ficthough”.SirPeterMedawar(FromaBBCtalk,1964)hCp://contanatura-hemeroteca.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/medawar_paper_fraud.pdf

Berners-Lee

ScholarlyPrimi@vesandReputa@on?

Discovering Annota7ng Comparing

Referring Sampling Illustra7ng

Represen7ng “…basicfunc@onscommontoscholarlyac@vityacrossdisciplines,over@me,andindependentoftheore@calorienta@on.”

JohnUnsworth."ScholarlyPrimi5ves:WhatMethodsDoHumani5esResearchersHaveinCommonandHowMightOurToolsReflectThis?""Humani5esCompu5ng,FormalMethods,ExperimentalPrac5ce"Symposium,KingsCollege,London,May13,2000.hQp://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~jmu2m/Kings.5-00/primi5ves.html

ScholarlyPrimi@vesandtheResearchLifeCycle

Discover

GatherCreate

Share

TheScholarshipofEngagementandOpenAccess

Boyer’sScholarshipof

Discovery

Integra@on

Applica@on

Teaching Engagement

PUBLIC

"Thescholarshipofengagementmeansconnec5ngtherichresourcesoftheuniversitytoourmostpressingsocial,civicandethicalproblems,toourchildren,toourschools,toourteachersandtoourci5es..."Boyer,Ernest(1996)TheScholarshipofEngagement.JournalofPublicOutreach.1(1):11-20.

Opportuni@esforDigitalScholarship

Publicoutreachandengagement

Newformsof“impact”

Datasharing

Newscholarlyprac@ces

Experimenta@ons

InterdisciplinaryandCollabora@veresearch

Professionaldevelopment

Personaliza@on

Cura@on

Studenttraining

Service

Finalthoughts…

•  Manda@ngOAisnotenough•  Theacademicrewardsystemneedstotransformtoincludesocialengagementandotherformsofimpact(beyondcita@ons)

•  Greaterrecogni@onoftherolesofteachingandlearningandservicestothecommunity

•  Broadeningthedefini@onofresearchsothatitismoreinclusiveandrelevanttolocalneeds

SocanIRsupportsuchare-imagining?