| What is EnablingOpenScholarshipEnablingOpenScholarship (EOS) is an organisation for universities and research institutions worldwide. The organisation is both an information service and a forum for raising and discussing issues around the mission of modern universities and research institutions, particularly with regard to the creation, dissemination and preservation of research findings. The aim of EOS is to further the opening up of scholarship and research that we are now seeing through the growing open access, open education, open science and open innovation movements. These, and other, 'open' approaches to scholarship are changing the way research and learning are done and there are profound implications for universities and research institutions. EOS has been established to help guide developments and to assist others in understanding the issues and their implications. The context in which EOS has been established is that of increasing interest from governments, funders and the research community itself in opening up the way research is carried out and communicated. This interest is complemented by new research practices and processes that can work effectively only in an open, collaborative environment. Our first meeting was held at the University of Liege on 18 October 2007 (The Liege Convention) and subsequent meetings have furthered the development of the organisation and enabled planning for the future. This website will report on developments of relevance to the mission of EnablingOpenScholarship and will provide news and details of forthcoming meetings, briefings and discussion sessions. EOS is the Greek word for 'dawn' and is a most appropriate name for an organisation dedicated to changing the old order for something better. Who is EOS for?EOS membership is for senior institutional managers who have an interest in, and wish to help develop thinking on, strategies for promoting open scholarship to the academy as a whole and to society at large. The EOS website is a resource open to all. It provides background information, data and guidance material on open scholarship-related issues. There is an area of the site that is accessible to members only where members can find announcements, news and discussions. What can EOS offer your institution?We offer an outreach service to universities and research institutes - whether members or not - that need help, advice, guidance or information on open scholarship issues. We do this through the resource represented by this website and also by providing information on an individual basis to institutions that need it. Our board is composed of people who have personally instigated the kinds of changes in their own institutions that herald the benefits of the open scholarly communication system of the future. This expertise is available for others to tap into. Institutional managers who would like guidance or advice on developing policies and procedures can request help from EOS on an individual basis. Download a leaflet about EOS. Joining EOS Membership is available to approved institutions and individuals who have an interest in furthering the aims of the organisation. Anyone who is interested in enrolling their institution as a member should provide their details on the membership page. Those with enquiries are invited to email the convenor of the group, Dr Alma Swan (contact details) . EOS eventsFor more details about EOS events and activities , and to check whether there is one happening near you, please follow this link. |
11/05/2010 - NSF to require data management plans in grant applications
The US’s National Science Foundation (NSF) is to require grant applicants to include a data management plan in their proposals. The move is part of a broader effort by the NSF and other federal agencies to enhance community access to data and was described as a ‘scientific necessity’ by Edward Seidel, acting head of NSF's mathematics and physical sciences directorate. It is seen as ‘phase one’ of a more general effort to ensure that data from publicly-funded research is made easily shareable.
The current policy has a requirement that grantees share their data within a reasonable length of time, something that Seidel described as "... nice, but it doesn't have much teeth". The new policy, to be published in the autumn, will require a two-page data management plan to be submitted as part of each proposal, making it subject to the merit review process.
31/01/2010 - EOS responses to two public consultations
EOS has responded to two public consultations this month - the European Commission's consultation on its strategy for EU2020 ('a smarter, greener social market') and the US White House Office of Science & Technology Policy's Public Access Policy Forum.
21/01/2010 - EOS welcomes a new member to the Board
The EOS Board welcomes a new member, Professor Martin Hall. Professor Hall is Vice Chancellor at Salford University in the United Kingdom He took up his current post in 2009 after forging a distinguished academic career in archaeology and social sciences in South Africa.
21/11/2009 - New US institutional Open Access mandate
The faculty at Oberlin College have unanimously endorsed a resolution to make their outputs openly available on the Web.
16/11/2009 - Institutional policy in action
EOS Board member
Tom Cochrane has made available an account of his Open Access policy implementation at QUT and its effects on research in that university.
