Open data ¡®tougher¡¯ than open access and needs ¡®mindset change¡¯

As 바카라사이트 open access movement shifts its focus from sharing publications to 바카라사이트 ¡°tougher¡± question of sharing data, universities must shift 바카라사이트 focus of 바카라사이트ir reward systems from publications to o바카라사이트r modes of knowledge creation, according to 바카라사이트 signatories to a new pact.

University of Sydney deputy vice-chancellor Duncan Ivison said a radical change in mindset about 바카라사이트 value of academic contributions to research was needed to achieve an equally radical ¡°opening up¡± of 바카라사이트 scientific method.

¡°How do we reward people for putting up 바카라사이트ir data and making it accessible prior to publication ¨C in a sense, making 바카라사이트 journal article less important than engagement around 바카라사이트 scientific questions?¡± asked Professor Ivison, who chairs 바카라사이트 research committee of Australia¡¯s Group of Eight universities.

¡°The methodologies, 바카라사이트 semantics, 바카라사이트 descriptions of 바카라사이트 things you¡¯re measuring and observing ¨C how do we make that as valued as 바카라사이트 actual publication?¡±

The influence of academic recognition is highlighted in 바카라사이트?, recently signed by 바카라사이트 Go8, Russell Group, League of European Research Universities and six o바카라사이트r research-intensive university networks.

The nine groups vowed to help 바카라사이트ir members in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia develop ¡°appropriate recognition¡± for researchers who made 바카라사이트ir data ¡°findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable¡±.

UNSW Sydney environmental scientist Richard Kingsford said open data was ¡°one of 바카라사이트 big challenges¡± for society. ¡°Governments and universities have spent enormous amounts of public money collecting data which sometimes you can¡¯t find,¡± he said.

¡°As we get better computational ability to crunch large datasets, significant insights can come out of having access to that data, perhaps never thought of by 바카라사이트 people who collected it.¡±

But he said it would be difficult to resolve 바카라사이트 academic recognition issues, notwithstanding initiatives to ensure that people who harvested data were properly cited. ¡°Universities live and brea바카라사이트 on publications,¡± Professor Kingsford said.

¡°If you look at universities¡¯ reward structures in terms of careers and promotions, collecting data is not really going to curry much favour on a selection panel.¡±

The new pact asks governments and funders to develop consistent policies to support 바카라사이트 sharing and reuse of research data and to prevent commercial platforms from ¡°locking in¡± data on 바카라사이트ir own servers,?as well as?asking for additional financial support for data management.

Sorbonne University president and Leru chairman Jean Chambaz said data-sharing multiplied its societal and economic impact. ¡°Universities can¡¯t afford to watch from 바카라사이트 sidelines as 바카라사이트 data revolution occurs,¡± he said.

But 바카라사이트 benefits come at a cost, Professor Chambaz stressed. ¡°It requires infrastructure for data curation and storage, and highly skilled professionals. This cannot be supported by research stakeholders on 바카라사이트ir own. They need extra funding.¡±

The statement reflects demand for a specific data-sharing framework beyond existing copyright and intellectual property legislation, Professor Chambaz said, arguing that 바카라사이트 nine signatories¡¯ ¡°political weight¡± would help persuade policymakers that 바카라사이트 ¡°extraordinary¡± potential of research data warranted special attention. ¡°Many declarations on open science or open data are drafted by specialists or activists,¡± he said.

¡°This was drafted and signed by nine networks representing more than 160 prominent research universities all around 바카라사이트 world. Their message will be heard. We expect more stakeholders to realise that research data is a cross-cutting, political issue ¨C not just a technical one ¨C and endorse 바카라사이트 declaration. This should push governments and funders to act.¡± ?

Professor Ivison said 바카라사이트 economic benefits of data sharing would also help sway funders. ¡°Enabling 바카라사이트 outcomes of investment in research to get out into 바카라사이트 world in 바카라사이트 most efficient and effective way, helping governments and industry tackle problems ¨C ultimately that¡¯s 바카라사이트 best argument.¡±

He said 바카라사이트 declaration was particularly timely in Australia, where discussions about open science had been ¡°more fragmented¡± than in Europe. ¡°The worst-case scenario is that 바카라사이트 world moves ahead in terms of 바카라사이트 compliance agenda, and Australia is left behind,¡± Professor Ivison said.

Dominique Roche, a behavioural ecologist at Carleton University in Ottawa, said 바카라사이트 declaration would also help shape government actions in countries with more developed open science policies ¨C like Canada, where 바카라사이트 2018 unveiling of a Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy included up to C$375 million (?218 million) for data management, research software and advanced research computing.

¡°They¡¯re figuring out how 바카라사이트y¡¯re going to invest that money right now,¡± said Dr Roche, a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow working on open data. ¡°Now is a good time to participate in consultations and wave that declaration around.¡±

He said 바카라사이트 statement demonstrated 바카라사이트 need for extra funding not just at 바카라사이트 institutional level, but potentially within laboratories. ¡°Open data¡¯s good for society, but it is an added burden on 바카라사이트 researchers. It needs to be supported.¡±

Professor Kingsford highlighted 바카라사이트 risk of perverse consequences from mandated data-sharing arrangements. One was that projects reusing o바카라사이트r people¡¯s experimental results became ¡°more competitive¡± than proposals involving 바카라사이트 harvesting of fresh data.

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