Discussion of Concept: OPEN

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1 Discussion of Concept: OPEN AGATE and Open Science Ulrike Wuttke, Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften / AGATE

2 Outline Introduction Basic Facts AGATE Vision AGATE in a nutshell Background Objectives of the Workshop Focus: AGATE and Open Science

3 Basic facts AGATE Project: Elaboration of a concept for a European Academies Internet Gateway Coordination: Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities Members of the Akademienunion: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz, North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg Associated partner: ALLEA (ALL European Academies) AGATE-team: Ulrike Wuttke, Carolin Ott, Dominik Adrian Current funding period: October March 2017 Funding: BMBF (German federal Ministry of Research and Education)

4 Vision AGATE = European Academies Internet GATEway AGATE as a research infrastructure for the SSHresearch(ers) of the European academies & Open Innovation in Science (Design Study) Furthering cooperation of European academies and other partners (research institutions and infrastructures)

5 AGATE in a Nutshell Two basic components: AGATE Search Function One-stop-search entrance (information and research tool)(based on project information and metadata harvesting of digital resources) AGATE Service and Information Hub Support to the human network and outreach Attract and engage broader audience by promoting research results, services and tools offered/developed by academies

6 Objectives of the Workshop Today s format: Discussion of the results of the elaboration of the AGATE-basic concept and European perspectives (open peer review process) Parts: Discussion of basic concept: Open - Connective - Sustainable Introduction to H2020 (follow-up proposal) Wrap up Session structure (Sessions Discussion of the basic concept) Presentation of parts of the concept Expert feedback Plenary discussion Participatory design: Invitation to contribute with your expertise to the concretisation of the implementation in the follow up of the workshop: a portal from the academies (individual feedback, formation of a working group) Today s open format parallels one of AGATE s main objectives: to promote Open Science

7 Outline Introduction Basic Facts AGATE Vision AGATE in a nutshell Background Objectives of the Workshop Focus: AGATE and Open Science Open Access and Open Science AGATE and Open Science

8 Open Access and Open Science Definition Open Access: The term "open access" describes the goal of making knowledge globally accessible and usable in digital form without financial, technical or legal barriers. In order to ensure that scientific knowledge continuously extended, modified and documented in scientific publications is made available in accordance with this principle, a forward-looking digital research environment must ensure well-organised and sustainably funded access to publications without costs or obstacles relating to usage rights. (Alliance of Science Organisations) (1) Open Access Strategy of the BMBF (2016) (2) (1) (2)

9 Open Access and Open Science Open access strategy as part of the pan-european vision for Open Science 1. full open access for all scientific publications 1. a fundamentally new approach towards optimal reuse of research data Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science (2016) (1) (1)

10 Open Access and Open Science Why Open Science? Increased openness and rapid, convenient and high-quality scientific communication - not just among researchers themselves but between researchers and society at large - will bring huge benefits for science itself, as well as for its connection with society. Open science has impact and has the potential to increase the quality and benefits of science by making it faster, more responsive to societal challenges, more inclusive and more accessible to new users. Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science (2016) (1)

11 Open Access and Open Science Status Quo (in general): For Europe to remain at the forefront and to ensure sustainable growth in the future, open science holds many promises. Reality, however, has not caught up yet with the emerging possibilities. The majority of scientific publications, research data and other research outputs are not freely accessible or reusable for potential users. Assessment, reward and evaluation systems in science are still measuring the old way. Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science (2016) (1)

12 AGATE and Open Science Status Quo at European Academies: Barriers to the utilisation of digital resources of SSH research at the academies (findability, access, reusability, sustainability) (source SASSH- Survey (1) ) Lack of visibility and transparency of (on-going) research activities Many digital resources are not online or stored in a sustainable way and open access is an ideal not yet practiced (Wish to use is greater than the incentives to share) Projects are reinventing the wheel again and again because of lack of knowledge exchange (lack of harmonisation, normalisation, and interoperability) Lack of knowledge of and cooperation with European Infrastructures (missed opportunities for cooperation and pooling of resources) (1) Survey and Analysis of Basic Social Science and Humanities Research at the Science Academies and Related Research Organisations of Europe (Leathem & Adrian 2015)

13 AGATE and Open Science AGATE Search Function: Centralised search entrance as incentive to provide project information (First stage) and store digital resources in a sustainable way so that the metadata can be harvested into AGATE (Second stage) Expose AGATE metadata in an interoperable form (reuse) Service and Information Hub (Communicative and Supportive measures) Very important to win over researchers and to tackle general barriers to openness on a institutional level (awareness raising, training, support, cooperation, pooling of resources) Knowledge exchange / Communication Hub

14 AGATE and Open Science Objectives of AGATE: Connect the academies SSH as a research community and beyond (interdisciplinary knowledge exchange, international cooperation) Incentive to enhance access to digital resources and stimulate broader engagement Promote harmonisation of standards and interoperability Promote FAIRness of data (FAIR data principles)(1) Needs analysis and formulation (identify gaps) Provide research tools to the scientific community and society at large (AGATE Search Function and individual contributions) Pooling of resources Foster cooperation with infrastructure partners (interoperability, sustainability, trainings, ) (1)

15 AGATE and Open Science Diverse user groups of AGATE: Scientific community within the academies (academies researchers, IT staff ) Academies institutional level Broader scientific community General public

16 AGATE and Open Science What are digital resources? Digital resources = research results and research data (also for example software code) Open access to research publications open data complex relationship between data and publications data play different roles in scholarship than do publications differences between the disciplines

17 AGATE and Open Science Special challenges concerning data release and reuse: manage data effectively (difficult task for researchers on their own) release data in a way that they are interpretable by others (human readable, machine readable: standards, normalisation) credit system (role of data in scientific communication, scholarly reward system) sustainability (storage/depositing)

18 AGATE and Open Science Creating an ecosystem (of knowledge infrastructures) that supports release and reuse of data is a highly complex task with many stakeholders involved: researchers, research performing institutions, professional data publishers, software and tool-builders, funding agencies,... AGATE & Cooperation: infrastructures and services, such as ERICs, individual repositories, registries (e.g. Re3data), providers and users of tools (annotation, planning) provider and users of trainings (face-to-face, online, e.g. other research institutions

19 AGATE and Open Science AGATE: Importance of cooperation and knowledge exchange AGATE: Positive stimulation at academies level Academies as Storehouses and Powerhouses of Knowledge!