Imagining the "open" university: Sharing scholarship to improve research and education

Open scholarship, such as the sharing of articles, code, data, and educational resources, has the potential to improve university research and education as well as increase the impact universities can have beyond their own walls. To support this perspective, I present evidence from case studies, pub...

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Published in:PLoS biology 2017-10, Vol.15 (10), p.e1002614-e1002614
Main Author: McKiernan, Erin C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Biology and Life Sciences
Case studies
Collaboration
Colleges & universities
Computer and Information Sciences
Education
Education, Higher
Emergency medical care
Funding
Information Dissemination
Institutions
Medical research
Medicine
Methods
Missions
Open access
Open access journals
Open data
Policies
Research and Analysis Methods
Scholarly communication
Scholarly publishing
Science education
Science Policy
Social Sciences
Studies
Tenure
Universities
Universities and colleges
Web 2.0
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Summary:Open scholarship, such as the sharing of articles, code, data, and educational resources, has the potential to improve university research and education as well as increase the impact universities can have beyond their own walls. To support this perspective, I present evidence from case studies, published literature, and personal experiences as a practicing open scholar. I describe some of the challenges inherent to practicing open scholarship and some of the tensions created by incompatibilities between institutional policies and personal practice. To address this, I propose several concrete actions universities could take to support open scholarship and outline ways in which such initiatives could benefit the public as well as institutions. Importantly, I do not think most of these actions would require new funding but rather a redistribution of existing funds and a rewriting of internal policies to better align with university missions of knowledge dissemination and societal impact.
ISSN:1545-7885
1544-9173
1545-7885
DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002614