Careful preparation of common guidelines, selection of an appropriate implementation strategy and commitment of the entire work community are key things when building an open science research infrastructure. Aino Juslén, Director of the Finnish Museum of Natural History (Luomus) tells in this interview how openness of science is implemented in different ways (open data, open source code, open education) in Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF), coordinated by Luomus.
Avoimen tieteen viidakot ja tiet viidakosta pois – tutkimuspalvelut OpenAIRE-tapahtuman ytimessä
Koko päivän kestävässä OpenAIRE-tapahtumassa Helsingissä etsittiin erilaisia tapoja tehdä avoimesta tieteestä – sen linjauksista, palveluista ja muusta – helpommin lähestyttävää. Tutkijan näkökulma ja tutkijan työn tukeminen nousivat päivän pääteemoiksi. Tässä blogiartikkelissa luodaan tiivis katsaus tapahtuman pääsisältöihin.
From research services to open science discussions – a summary of Think Open blog in 2018
This blog post brings together all articles in English published in the Think Open blog last year. A large number of blog posts dealt with services for researchers, but there was also broader discussions on open science and digitalisation in the blog. The researcher will continue to be at the heart of the Think Open, but what kind of articles you wish to read in 2019?
”It does not help if the data is open but impossible to understand” – Jaana Bäck’s thoughts on open science
”As a fundamental concept for helping in open science, the FAIR principle should be brought to the attention of everybody at the university”, writes professor Jaana Bäck in this blog post. For Bäck, following the principles of open science is a natural way of doing research because it improves the impact of her scientific work. ”Open access to the data allows efficient collaboration, co-authorship with researchers from other countries and continents, and overall, larger visibility and impact of the work we do.”
Data is on its ways to a recognized research output – the roadmap guides towards better research data citation practices
Recently published data citation roadmap for Finland demonstrates how the data citation is closely related to a number of research data issues, such as research data management, scientific publishing, and the responsible conduct of research. This is the abstract of the original post (in Finnish).
The battle over data has begun – Jouko Väänänen and Mikko Tolonen discuss digitalisation and open science
In the opening post of the Think Open blog, Vice-Rector Jouko Väänänen and Associate Professor Mikko Tolonen discuss the themes of the new blog. This is the abstract of the original post (in Finnish).