Observations & Responses
Observations are descriptive overviews of policies that are shaping open scholarship in Canada and beyond. They aim to provide an overview of both the policies’ impact and the responses of the academic and non-academic communities. We cover a range of topics, including both recent and touchstone policies. Suggest a topic you’d like to see us cover.
Responses are written by INKE Partnership Members and are critical engagements with policies from the unique perspectives of individual Partnership Members, who represent researchers, librarians and stakeholders at the forefront of digital scholarship in Canada and beyond.
Open Government
Open government indicates that citizens have access to the publications, records and data of the government, in order to enable the public to observe government activity and for the government to be open to public scrutiny. Often associated with transparency and accountability, open government is widely considered to be a hallmark of the modern democracy. Open government also allows for more effective dissemination of information, which facilitates a higher level of civic engagement.
Le gouvernement ouvert
Le gouvernement ouvert indique que les citoyens ont accès aux publications, registres et données du gouvernement, afin de permettre au public d’observer les activités du gouvernement et que le gouvernement soit ouvert à l’examen public. Souvent associé à la transparence et à la responsabilité, le gouvernement ouvert est largement considéré comme une caractéristique de la démocratie moderne. Le gouvernement ouvert permet également une diffusion plus efficace de l’information, ce qui facilite un niveau plus élevé d’engagement civique.
CSDH Response to Investing in Canada’s Future: Strengthening the Foundations of Canadian Research
We welcome the opportunity to submit a response to the Investing in Canada’s Future report. We were glad of the government and advisory panel’s outreach in the year leading up to the report, and the opportunities to respond through organizations such as the Federation and Social Sciences and Humanities and others in the months that followed the report’s publication.
ORCID: Connecting Research and Researchers
ORCID is a non-profit organization which provides a persistent identifier that distinguishes individual researchers within the global research ecosystem. Researchers register for a free, unique ORCID identifier through the ORCID.org web site, and then add their professional information; publications can be added manually, or automatically harvested from other systems such as Scopus, ResearcherID and LinkedIn.
ORCID: Connecter la recherche et les chercheurs et chercheuses
ORCID est une organisation à but non lucratif qui fournit un identifiant persistant qui distingue les chercheurs individuels au sein de l’écosystème de recherche mondial. Les chercheurs s’inscrivent pour un identifiant ORCID unique et gratuit sur le site Web ORCID.org, puis ajoutent leurs informations professionnelles; les publications peuvent être ajoutées manuellement ou automatiquement récoltées à partir d’autres systèmes tels que Scopus, ResearcherID et LinkedIn.
Partner Response to Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management
The Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management was jointly released by Canada’s three major federal funding agencies – the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – in 2016. The statement of principles lays the groundwork for research data management mandates that are expected to come into effect in 2018. Canadian funders are following a larger global trend towards improving research data management. The Research Councils UK published their Common Principles on Data Policy in 2011. The US National Science Foundation has required all applicants to submit Data Management Plans since 2011.
Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem
In December 2017, Clare Appavoo, Executive Director of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) agreed to talk with Sarah Milligan about the Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem (IDSE), a project envisioned “as a means to advance integration within the academic library community in Canada by understanding the complexity of the digital landscape and by seeking opportunities facilitate alignment of key stakeholders and providers” (“Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem (IDSE) Project”, n.p.).
Érudit and PKP support the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity
The Érudit and Public Knowledge Project team members want to affirm their formal and enthusiastic support for the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity. The two organizations, which have been developing open and interoperable research infrastructures for some time, joined together in 2017 (CO-SHS project) to create a sustainable open access funding model based on partnerships with Canadian research libraries.
Érudit et PKP appuient l’Appel de Jussieu pour la Science ouverte et la bibliodiversité
L’équipe de la plateforme Érudit et les membres du Public Knowledge Project veulent signifier, par la présente, leur appui formel et enthousiaste à l’Appel de Jussieu pour la science ouverte et la bibliodiversité. Les deux organismes, qui développent depuis 2017 une infrastructure de recherche ouverte et interopérable (projet CO-SHS) ainsi qu’un modèle de financement pérenne du libre accès basé sur des partenariats avec les bibliothèques de recherche (Partenariat pour le libre accès, Coalition Publi.ca), croient qu’il est urgent de redéfinir les rapports de forces dans le milieu de la publication savante pour une circulation libre des savoirs.
Jussieu Call for Open science and bibliodiversity
The Jussieu Call for Open Science and bibliodiversity has been signed by dozens of research institutions, societies, associations and journals.