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Ouvrir la Science – International workshop “Software, Pillar of Open Science”

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“Software has now become essential in all areas of scientific research, both as a research tool, as a research product and as a research object. In the quest to make research results reproducible, and pass knowledge to future generations, we must preserve these three main pillars: research articles that describe the results, the data sets used or produced, and the software source code that embodies the logic of the data transformation. The preservation of software source code is as essential as preserving research articles and data sets.

The main aim of this in-person half-day event, organized by the Committee for Open Science, is to bring together high-level stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds, including founders, research evaluation bodies, infrastructures and academic Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), researchers, software research engineers, to share their experiences and views on research software.

The workshop will feature 3 panel sessions in which speakers will focus on major dimensions of relevance to software in Open Science:

Recognize and support the dissemination of software
Software as a key pillar for reproducible research
Highlight the social impact of software…”

Open Science Days@UGA 2023 – Sciencesconf.org

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“The second edition of OSDays in Grenoble will take place in person from November 14 to 16, 2023 .

The 10 years of the HAL UGA portal give us the opportunity to offer you open access scientific publications and publishing as a central theme. We have planned conferences on different themes divided into four sessions:  

the context and opportunities of open science, including legal aspects
new models of scientific publications/publishing (economic models, new content, evolution of reviewing)
evaluation reform, reproducibility, the place of participatory research
the developments of the CCSD platforms (HAL, EPIsciences and sciencesCONF) in a rapidly changing ecosystem.

Around the Open Science Days, several satellite events (workshops, meetings, etc.) will be held to support the submission of publications to HAL.”

Incorporating open science into ANR projects: a practical guide

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Abstract:  This guide is available to researchers submitting an ANR project, or those considering it. It aims to help project coordinators plan ahead to comply with open science requirements and guidelines, as it can sometimes be too late to start reflecting on this once a project has been awarded funding. It can also be used to support project coordinators throughout their projects’ lifecycles, providing answers to questions that may crop up along the way. Used at a project’s planning stage, it aims to improve feasibility in projects that are submitted and awarded funding, to facilitate collaboration between partners in the field of open science, to help hone a water-tight, ambitious open science strategy, to plan ahead for risk management, and to budget (data storage and any potential APCs for example). Finally, it is a time-saving tool, in that it raises a certain number of questions as early as possible in the project’s lifecycle, rather than as the project progresses.

 

Postdoctoral researcher on digital commons

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“Recruitment within the Horizon Europe project NGI Commons (Open Source and Internet Commons for Europe’s Digital Sovereignty) to ensure strategic alignment and integration of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) efforts within the broader European Digital / Internet Commons (DC/IC) context

The candidate will carry out this scientific research, prepare articles presenting his/her research at conferences and in journals, and contribute to the results of the project with the project team.

Activities

Map active communities in Europe based on interviews
Analyse existing governance models
Propose recommendations for the growth, maintenance, security and sustainability of the digital commons and strategies for the inclusion of the digital commons and the internet on the political agenda
Design policies to strengthen the development of free and open source software and commons contributing to European digital sovereignty and ethical technological development respectful of human rights
Organise and participate in meetings and conferences with communities, members of funding bodies and public digital infrastructure investment programmes, and political, governmental and European institutions….”

Incorporating open science into ANR projects: a practical guide | Zenodo

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This guide is available to researchers submitting an ANR project, or those considering it. It aims to help project coordinators plan ahead to comply with open science requirements and guidelines, as it can sometimes be too late to start reflecting on this once a project has been awarded funding. It can also be used to support project coordinators throughout their projects’ lifecycles, providing answers to questions that may crop up along the way. Used at a project’s planning stage, it aims to improve feasibility in projects that are submitted and awarded funding, to facilitate collaboration between partners in the field of open science, to help hone a water-tight, ambitious open science strategy, to plan ahead for risk management, and to budget (data storage and any potential APCs for example). Finally, it is a time-saving tool, in that it raises a certain number of questions as early as possible in the project’s lifecycle, rather than as the project progresses.

OS Workshop 2023 – Bordeaux Neurocampus | Welcome to the first edition of the Bordeaux Neurocampus Open Science Workshop, to be held in October 2023.

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“Welcome to the first edition of the Bordeaux Neurocampus Open Science Workshop, a 5-day workshop dedicated to promoting Open Science principles.

This edition will take place from October 16th to October 20th, 2023.”

OpenEdition recrute un·e chargé·e de la coopération internationale pour développer la communauté française d’OPERAS. Date Limite Candidature : lundi 28 août 2023 | L’Édition électronique ouverte

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Informations générales

Lieu de travail : Marseille
Type de contrat : CDD Technique/Administratif
Durée du contrat : 12 mois
Date d’embauche prévue : 2 novembre 2023
Date limite de candidature : 28 août 2023
Quotité de travail : Temps complet
Rémunération : entre 2 350€ et 2 634€ bruts mensuels selon expérience
Niveau d’études souhaité : Niveau 6 – (Bac+3 ou 4)
Expérience souhaitée : 1 à 4 années
BAP : Gestion et Pilotage
Emploi type : Chargé·e de la coopération internationale

Missions

Le·la chargé·e de coopération internationale met en œuvre la stratégie d’OpenEdition en matière de coopération internationale et veille à ce qu’elle soit cohérente avec la stratégie générale de l’Unité. Il·elle participe pleinement au développement de l’infrastructure OPERAS coordonnée par OpenEdition Center.
Il·elle a plus particulièrement en charge la coordination et le soutien de la communauté française d’OPERAS, regroupant potentiellement l’ensemble des acteurs de la communication savante de sciences humaines et sociales en France, qui cherchent à mettre en oeuvre une stratégie de coopération et de développement européenne et internationale. Il·elle a également un rôle d’orientation des acteurs français vers les infrastructures SHS (Cessda, Dariah, etc…) qui peuvent répondre plus pertinemment à leurs besoins.

Activités

Accompagner les acteurs français de la communication scientifique ouverte en SHS vers une intégration dans la communauté des infrastructures européennes, en particulier OPERAS, notamment via la participation aux activités (groupes de travail, services, projets)
Organiser des rencontres, événements, actions de communication en direction de la communauté cible entre autres pour mieux faire connaître les actions et perspectives liées aux projets européens en France et à l’étranger
Collecter auprès de la communauté cible, tous types d’information sur ses besoins en matière de coopération européenne et internationale
Promouvoir à l’international les outils, services, projets développés au sein des infrastructures participant au projet COMMONS et travailler à leur intégration dans l’EOSC
Exercer une veille stratégique sur les acteurs internationaux susceptibles de collaborer avec les infrastructures impliquées dans COMMONS
Mettre en place et animer les dispositifs de communication permettant à la communauté d’échanger de manière continue
Représenter OpenEdition et OPERAS dans les réunions nationales, communautaires et internationales traitant de la communication scientifique, de l’accès ouvert et des humanités numériques
S’impliquer dans des réseaux professionnels, notamment pour les actions communautaires

Compétences

Connaissance approfondie en communication et animation des communautés
Connaissance approfondie des acteurs de la publication scientifique et de l’édition en accès ouvert en sciences humaines et sociales
Connaissance générale des infrastructures et des politiques de la science ouverte en Europe, y compris l’EOSC
Connaissance générale des mécanismes de financement par projet par la Commission Européenne
Connaissance générale de l’organisation et fonctionnement de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche publique
Connaissance générale des outils et technologies de publication scientifique en ligne et de traitement des données
Connaissance générale de l’organisation de l’Information Scientifique et Technique au niveau français et international
Connaissance générale des pratiques et problématiques de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales
Capacité d’analyse et de synthèse
Aptitude à utiliser les logiciels spécifiques à l’activité (documents collaboratifs, messagerie instantanée)
Maîtrise de l’expression écrite en français et anglais
Langue française : C1 à C2 (cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues)
Langue anglaise : B1 à C2 (cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues)
Goût du travail en équipe

Contexte de travail

Le·la chargé·e de coopération internationale travaillera dans le cadre du projet COMMONS, projet EquipEx+ obtenu par les infrastructures OpenEdition, Huma-Num et Métopes pour le développement de moyens mutualisés pour des services et données ouvertes en SHS. Le projet COMMONS vise à couvrir l’ensemble de la chaîne de production des connaissances, de la constitution des données à leur diffusion dans la sphère publique, assurant à la fois l’accès aux publications et aux données, ainsi que la liaison réciproque entre publications et données. Pour ce faire, COMMONS construira un environnement intégré adapté aux parcours et aux besoins des utilisateurs et utilisatrices de l’équipement.
Le·la chargé·e de coopération internationale est positionné au sein d’OpenEdition C

Ouvrir la Science – Which are the ways for a direct support of open access Diamond journals ?

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“The project The socioeconomics of scientific publication of the French Committee for Open Science has published a study on Diamond open access journals business models.

The aim of this study is to test the feasibility, and also the desirability, of a direct, recurrent funding model for Diamond open access journals, the examples of have been very scarce up to now. It is a follow up on the  OA Diamond Journals survey and, in particular, on its recommendation to set up a direct funding for Diamond open access journals from institutions that do not currently support them.

The study is based on a questionnaire survey of over 1,000 journals, to which 260 responded. The questions covered four themes aiming at understanding their financial situation: the journal’s economic configuration, publishing acts, relationship with funders and reporting, and their opinion on a direct funding model.

The final report presents the results by proposing four models for Diamond open access journals direct support, highlighting the parts of the publication process that could be directly funded (after identifying the various players), and specifying the technical conditions for implementing a direct funding model. The report also identifies the advantages and limitations of such models.”

French Open Science Monitor 2022 Results

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“For the fourth consecutive year, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research records an increase in the sharing ratio of French research publications. As of December 2022, 67% of the 160,000 scientific publications published in France in 2021 are open. It shows an evolution of researchers’ publication practices and demonstrates the impact of public policies promoting open science.”

EDP – National Open Access Agreement in France | STM Publishing News

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“We are pleased to welcome three institutions to the National Open Access Agreement in France (Accord national pour l’accès ouvert en France) from 2023. The new members are Université d’Artois, Université de Rouen and Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne. Corresponding authors from these institutions and, indeed, all member institutions, may publish their work open access, free of charge in 31 participating journals. There are no publication fees or article processing charges (APCs).

Participating journals include newcomers, the Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology and Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications. Astronomy & Astrophysics is also included as are the other Subscribe to Open (S2O) journals which are joined by Radioprotection from 2023. More established journals are also present such as EPJ Applied Physics, the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate and Parasite. Aquatic Living Resources is now a “diamond” open access journal and, therefore, no longer included.

The inclusion of these universities brings the total number of participating institutions to 70. Members represent the majority of French universities with a science focus, most national research organisations and a number of notable organisations such as the CNRS, CEA and Inserm. The agreement remains open to new members….”

The French Open Science Monitor 2022: 67% of publications in open access and new indicators for research data and codes and software

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The Ministry of Higher Education and Research publishes the results of the French Open Science Monitor for 2022. The rate of French scientific publications in open access has increased for the fourth consecutive year. Thanks to an innovative methodology, the Monitor has been enriched with new indicators on the opening of doctoral theses, as well as research data, codes and software associated with publications.

The Transformation of the Green Road to Open Access[v1] | Preprints

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Abstract:  (1) Background: The 2002 Budapest Open Access Initiative recommended on self-archiving of scientific articles in open repositories as the “green road” to open access. Twenty years later, only one part of the researchers deposits their publications in open repositories; moreover, one part of the repositories’ content is not based on self-archived deposits but on mediated nonfaculty contributions. The purpose of the paper is to provide more empirical evidence on this situation and to assess the impact on the future of the green road. (2) Methods: We analyzed the contributions on the French national HAL repository from more than 1,000 laboratories affiliated to the ten most important French research universities, with a focus on 2020, representing 14,023 contributor accounts and 166,939 deposits. (3) Results: We identified seven different types of contributor accounts, including deposits from nonfaculty staff and import flows from other platforms. Mediated nonfaculty contribution accounts for at least 48% of the deposits. We also identified difference between institutions and disciplines. (4) Conclusions: Our empirical results reveal a transformation of open repositories from self-archiving and direct scientific communication towards research information management. Repositories like HAL are somewhere in the middle of the process. The paper describes data quality as the main issue and major challenge of this transformation.

 

Mapping contemporary “research on research” and “science studies”: how new methods change the traditional academic landscape and inform public open science policies

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Abstract:  One of the ambitions outlined by France’s second National Plan for Open Science (July 2021), was to create an Open Science Lab dedicated to developing “research on research” with a focus on open science and with the objective to inform French public policy decisions. As part of the groundwork for setting up this Lab, the French Committee for Open Science called for an exploratory study to better understand the international scope and context of “research on research” (RoR), and its connections with open science as well as other research currently being carried out in metascience, science of science, and science and technology studies.

Far from presenting a static landscape, the study found that while some research on science and scientific communities are based on well-established, pre-existing academic fields and methods, other more recent trends (metascience, metaresearch, RoR, etc.) have adopted a prescriptive commitment to fostering better and more open science. It highlights the debates contemporary research on research and science is fueling around key issues such as reproducibility, evidence-based policy, integrity and inclusivity. It also echos some community-issued concerns about “reinventing the wheel” when it comes to studying science, scientific communities and their productions.