"why an open attittude" at openbydefault, dtu 2012
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Presentation on Why an Open attitude benefits a researcher, during the OpenByDefault event, Danish Technical University. Organiser: Pedro Parraguez Ruiz, ppru(at)dtu.dk Sponsors & Supporters: PhD Association, DTU LibraryTRANSCRIPT
Welcome to OPEN BY DEFAULT at Danish Technical University
29th November 2012 Open by Default, DTU
hFp://www.meeKngpoint4.net/openbydefault/
h"p://twi"er.com/OAforClimate
About the speaker:
• Project Manager of FP7 EURO-‐BASIN (www.euro-‐basin.eu) • Managing Editor for a Data Journal (Copernicus Publishing) • Open Access enthusiast, for Climate (and all) disciplines
[email protected] / @OAforClimate
© HowStuffWorks
A brief (and comical) history of knowledge …
© Norbert Aujoulat, Centre naConal de la Préhistoires
Observing (and copying) our environment …
© RoseJa Stone, BriCsh Museum
Recording, and sharing the knowledge capital …
© RoseJa Stone, BriCsh Museum
Leading to a first step towards democraCsaCon of knowledge …
The Chained Library at Hereford Cathedral, UK
… but not for all … The physical world sCll limits true sharing …
… unCl this dream offers exponenCal potenCal …
… a blueprint for …
… global knowledge …
… at your fingerCps …
Photo by Frank Curran
… but, has the ICON of knowledge evolved with the leaps in technology?
… or is it sCll living in the PAPER age?
Photo by Frank Curran
… remember, YOUR average paper costs at least 50 000 USD (before the publishers charge you for it!) …
… so, at that price, is it SHARED & USED as much as possible?
PotenKal
Image: Science-‐Metrix Inc link
… does collaboraCon follow funding, or AVOID barriers?
Probably both!
Is this a possible barrier?
If your family gets blocked from reading YOUR paper, so are
developing countries
OPEN ACCESS for GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTISTS 2011
Can Open Access, Open Data, Open Science, Open InnovaCon principles offer a soluCon towards …
… true knowledge at your fingerCps?
Source: The Guardian, 9 April 2012
The knowledge generators think so:
Source: Giglia, Elena and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Open Access 2012: achievements, further steps, and obstacles. An interview with Stevan Harnad. European Journal of Physical and RehabilitaCon Medicine
“there are some fields (such as crystallography in chemistry) in which research is impeded because
publisher copyright contracts forbid the machine data-‐mining of the digital data in the arCcles.
But there is no immediate way to get publishers to allow that, so mandaCng GraCs Green OA (with the ID/OA
compromise) is sCll the fastest, surest and cheapest way to reach the outcome these fields require.”
An open a_tude can empower research:
… form unexpected relaConships …
… and new connecCons …
Strategy & Bigger Picture
Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/REUTERS link
… and connect YOUR research to the
bigger picture!
Strategy & Bigger Picture
Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/REUTERS link
Thank you!
Lab Book Primary Data Conference Abstract
Reports Peer-reviewed paper
Open Lab-book blog,
helps other avoid mistakes (e.g. ???)
Data publication, with a DOI, peer-reviewed &
archived in a data repository
Permanently
archived in an open access repository
Permanently
archived in an open access repository
Permanently
archived in an open access repository
AND
the journal site
Full machine-readable
record, on my C:/ drive, ready
A data supplement
attached to my publication,
or
on my website/ my institute website
On my website/ my institute website
On my website/ my institute website
On journal website on my website,
my institute website
Paper log book, gathers dust (but still
a reference document)
CD-ROM, C:/ drive, USB stick
neatly arranged on my shelf
Print only in the
conference proceedings,
CD-ROM, USB stick
Print only
Journal website (not Open Access)
How OPEN is your research?
29th November 2012 Open by Default, DTU
hFp://www.meeKngpoint4.net/openbydefault/