Comments on: Scholarly Commons Working Group

By: Ronald Margolis

Ronald Margolis — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:56:34 +0000

Credit for contributions to the Commons

I am Ron Margolis, ex of the NIH and BD2K, and am interested in how best to assign credit to all data producers at all levels of the research lifecycle. As open-FAIR-citable is the central tenet of the scholarly commons, apportioning credit is essential to fostering the Commons as a place for the use/reuse of digital objects and so ensure that new knowledge emerges.

By: Paola De Castro

Paola De Castro — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:00:11 +0000

I am Paola De Castro, new in this group. I work at the National Institute of Health in Italy (Knowledge and Communication Service). I am engaged in different projects to improve science communication at a global level, including Europe, Africa and Latin America, and I am Co-chair of the Gender Policy Committee of the European Association of Science Editors, producing the SAGER (Sex and Gender Equity in Research) guidelines.

I am a member of Force 11 and had a preliminary contact with Cameron Neylon who recedntly endorsed the SAGER guidelines and suggested me to contact this group and introduce the concept of Gender Equity in Research, with the objective to contribute to research integrity and reduce waste.

You can read more about the guidelines and endorse them here http://www.ease.org.uk/about-us/gender-policy-committee/

A short power point presentation is here http://www.ease.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SAGER-in-6-steps.pdf

The full article explaining the rationale for the guidelines https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41073-016-0007-6

Endorsement of SAGER Guidelines will be the first important step to create awareness on gender equity in research that is often not considered in the right perspective. Yet, there are many other ways to contribute to this purpose and I really look forward to receive feedback from this group.

Best wishes

Paola

By: Chris Chapman

Chris Chapman — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 02:43:29 +0000

In reply to Thomas Mboa. Invitation to help

Hi Thomas,

Thank you for your enthusiasm and observations. We have been working on a Google doc to explore that very theme (among other things) for the purpose of understanding how to brand the Scholarly Commons. We invite you to read, comment, and contribute your thoughts to the discussion.

Thanks!

By: Thomas Mboa

Thomas Mboa — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 04:22:18 +0000

In reply to Maryann Martone.

This blog share a great vision for our future, a future with more visibility for all researchers...a future with more cognitive justice, like the ideal that we want Africa to reach with the help of Projet SOHA. And this vision is not a science-fiction but a reality which will be achieve through Force11.

But for our workshops' purpose, I have 2 observations:

- We have to clarify or show the link between Commons (as we unterstand it) and the concepts of Commons as presented by the Nobel prize Elinor Ostrom in some of her books (Understanding Knowledge as a Commons & Governing the commons). But for me, there is a significant positive link..

- Is it possible to create a google doc where we can begin our workshop virtually, by working in a collaborative manner on our point of interest.

Thank you

By: Maryann Martone

Maryann Martone — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:01:40 +0000