International Open Access Week: 'Open in Action'
This week,Oct. 24 to Oct.30,is International Open Access Week,and the UniversityLibraries and the Open Science Interest Group, astudent group, areco-hosting events on campus. This year’s theme“Open in Action” is about taking concretesteps to open up research and scholarship tostudents, researchersand the general public.
Please join us for the followingopen discussions and workshops about opening upscholarly work. , but it is notnecessary.Hope to see you there!
"Increasing Openness and Transparency in Academic Research"
Monday, Oct. 24,3 to 4 p.m., UMC 247
Presenter: John Lurquin
Reproducibility in science is continuing to receive a lot of attention withmore and more highly-cited findings failing to replicate. Although there areseveral reasons why a finding might not replicate, most of the focus has beenon the lack of openness andtransparency in research and how this degradesthe validity of reported findings. This talk will discusshowcertain interventions aimed at increasing transparency in research arebecoming standard practice among scientific communities, funding agencies,journalsand hiring/promotion committees. An opendiscussion on how these practices might be adopted at the university level will follow.What barriers to transparency exist in your discipline? What types ofresources are needed to make the detailed reporting of research easier?Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
"Open the World of Data with Web APIs"
Wednesday, Oct. 26, noon to 1 p.m., Norlin LibraryE113
Presenters: Phil White and Andrew Johnson
All are welcome at this introductory workshop on APIs. An Application ProgramInterface (API), in simple terms, is an interface between applications thatallows one to access information or data on the web that might otherwise bedifficult or time consuming to collect. For example, a web API can be used toaccess data.gov, quickly download data from Twitteror geolocate addressinformation. This workshop will explain how web APIs work and how touse them to access data. There will also be ademonstration ofeasy-to-use tools to getstarted with APIs. No programming experience necessary.
"Implementing Open Research Practices with the Open Science Framework"
Thursday, Oct. 27,9:30 to10:30 a.m., UMC 247
Presenters: Andrew Johnson and Laura Michaelson
The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free and open-source tool that allowsone to manage all the components of a research project (files, data,protocols, references, etc.) from one simple web interface. Most importantly,it integrates easily with the tools you already use in your everydayworkflows (e.g.Google Drive, Dropbox, GitHub, Zotero).This workshop willexplore the many features of the OSF, including its project-management andcollaboration capabilities, with an eye toward implementing open andtransparent research practices. Learn how to leverage the OSF to enhance yourresearch workflows!Snacks and refreshments will be provided.