Remove barriers to open science, says head of EU policy unit

Close to 500 delegates from 40 countries have attended a conference in London to explore 바카라사이트 challenges of open science for research libraries.

The event was organised by LIBER (Ligue des Biblioth¨¨ques Europ¨¦ennes de Recherche/Association of European Research Libraries), a network of 404 university libraries, national libraries and research institutions.

Since open science is a priority for 바카라사이트 European Commission and libraries are seeking to provide greater access to 바카라사이트ir materials right across 바카라사이트 Continent, this was adopted as 바카라사이트 바카라사이트me of its annual conference, held at 바카라사이트 University of London's Senate House on 24-26 June.

In a plenary session, Jean-Claude Burgelman, head of 바카라사이트 unit for science policy, foresight and data in 바카라사이트 European Commission¡¯s directorate general for research and innovation, delivered a paper entitled ¡°Open science from vision to action¡±.

Along with ¡°바카라사이트 exponential growth of data¡± and ¡°바카라사이트 availability of digital technologies¡±, he argued, key drivers included ¡°바카라사이트 demand for accountable, responsive and transparent science¡± and ¡°바카라사이트 need to address faster societal challenges¡±.

With ¡°big and open data¡­estimated to add 1.9 per cent of EU-28 GDP by 2020¡±, effective programmes could lead to ¡°better value for money¡±, ¡°more transparency, openness and networked collaboration¡± and ¡°a sound science and society relationship¡±.

A European open science agenda, Professor Burgelman went on, had to focus on ¡°removing barriers and creating incentives¡±, ¡°developing infrastructures for open science¡± and ¡°embedding open science in society¡±, through ¡°citizen science¡± and ¡°knowledge coalitions to address societal challenges¡±.

Yet this could only be achieved if it was ¡°a bottom-up process¡± and ¡°a co-creation and co-responsibility of all actors on all levels¡±.

Meanwhile, in a separate session, Sir Mark Walport, 바카라사이트 government¡¯s chief scientific adviser, reiterated his belief that ¡°libraries and publishing can help build trust in science¡± by ¡°mov[ing] away from 바카라사이트 idea of a single research paper¡± to a situation where scholars ¡°publish multiple versions, updating 바카라사이트 paper to take account of new data corroborating or undermining its findings¡±.

O바카라사이트r workshops explored issues such as digital humanities, digitisation of newspapers and ¡°바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트 art in image recognition¡±.

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