Open Scholars Project
Open Scholars Project (OSP) is an informal forum for FSU researchers and scholars to learn about and share their experiences with open publishing, open source code and open data across subject areas. The OSP aims to create a group that is action-oriented and supportive in bringing faculty and early career researchers, including postdocs and graduate students together. University of Wisconsin at Madison, North Carolina State University and Utrecht University have created similar communities of practice for open access.
Strategic Alignment
Initiative Leads
Camille Thomas
Updates
We held virtual and hybrid events in 2022 (FY22-23). Hybrid events were catered and we created wearable buttons, which we sent to members to promote the group. We also began planning a symposium and fellows program, which have been postponed.
We still have regular attendance of approximately 10 - 15 people for the monthly meetings. We created a code of conduct, email listserv and organized a tour of the Mag Lab ( one of our most engaged partners). A researcher from the Mag Lab joined our organizing taskforce. We also brought in speakers for the events during Open Access Week.
We are still in the planning stages for the 'project seed' funding. After the new Open Science Librarian joined and consulting with the finance team about allowable expenses, we want to move to an emphasis on personnel similar to the data fellows program before coordinating with centers and partners who've shown engagement. We also learned people attend based on the topic, which was not fostering interdisciplinary community and attendance was beginning to dwindle, so we decided to move to a semester schedule instead of monthly and hold symposium featuring multiple topics and invite members of the community using open data.
We still have regular attendance of approximately 10 - 15 people for the monthly meetings. We created a code of conduct, email listserv and organized a tour of the Mag Lab ( one of our most engaged partners). A researcher from the Mag Lab joined our organizing taskforce. We also brought in speakers for the events during Open Access Week.
We are still in the planning stages for the 'project seed' funding. After the new Open Science Librarian joined and consulting with the finance team about allowable expenses, we want to move to an emphasis on personnel similar to the data fellows program before coordinating with centers and partners who've shown engagement. We also learned people attend based on the topic, which was not fostering interdisciplinary community and attendance was beginning to dwindle, so we decided to move to a semester schedule instead of monthly and hold symposium featuring multiple topics and invite members of the community using open data.