Liberate Science

Transferring research to be of benefit to society is an important part - and we need to generate new pathways to do so when working openly. In this blog post, we share some contributions to this discussion from a recent Leibniz workshop. https://lnkd.in/dvm5aCYr

Our investigation highlights: There is only one #OpenSource option available for universities, to compete with Elsevier's Pure. https://lnkd.in/dWiSyq69

We love sharing opportunities to do great work - if you're in the UK and doing research on metascience, this funding call may be for you. https://lnkd.in/dnYUp-Zv

We recently redid our website and are excited about our renewed clarity on what we have to offer: We are your one stop shop for designing, building, and nurturing open infrastructures. We are currently fairly booked with assignments, but have space later in the year. If you're exploring new #OpenSource work - get in touch. We're happy to see what value we can add (if any!). You can book an appointment straight through our new website too 😄 https://lnkd.in/drvzXbXb

We're proud to be a launch supporter of the Barcelona Declaration for open research information, which aims to: 1. ...make openness the default for the research information we use and produce 2. ...work with services and systems that support and enable open research information 3. ...support the sustainability of infrastructures for open research information 4. ...support collective action to accelerate the transition to openness of research information We wish the signatories the courage to follow through on this - as supporter we'll be keeping a close watch that they will 👀 https://lnkd.in/emekFAFv

Closing out the year: Open Science Community Leiden is now a supporting member of ResearchEquals 🔥 Anna van 't Veer from OSCL championed this support and says: > "We are motivated to explore alternative forms of publishing, and I’m looking forward to be able to facilitate this exploration together with ResearchEquals" > "The way ResearchEquals is governed is a great example of putting principles of transparency, open dialogue and equity into practice — I’m honoured to represent our community as a supporting member." https://lnkd.in/dGNBaKWW

Closing out the year: Open Science Community Leiden is now a supporting member of ResearchEquals 🔥 Anna van 't Veer from OSCL championed this support and says: > "We are motivated to explore alternative forms of publishing, and I’m looking forward to be able to facilitate this exploration together with ResearchEquals" > "The way ResearchEquals is governed is a great example of putting principles of transparency, open dialogue and equity into practice — I’m honoured to represent our community as a supporting member." https://lnkd.in/dGNBaKWW

If you've been looking for a way to join the efforts to change research publishing, come help us identify and address barriers to modular publishing!

We are excited to welcome our third supporting member for ResearchEquals: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) 🔥 > "ResearchEquals' mission directly aligns with our own: To create fair publishing alternatives that directly serve researchers instead of profits" says Open Access Librarian Anne van den Maagdenberg. "The ResearchEquals team inviting us in to govern their decisions as well is just the cherry on top." Read more about it in the announcement post 👇 https://lnkd.in/eZUrNCNZ

We just released our 2022 emission estimates! Got questions? We'd love to help. It's a bit later, but we've done this every year since 2019. Long story short: There's a lot of unknowns and that causes a big increase in our estimate (~10 metric tonnes in 2022). https://lnkd.in/ek_MJbqS