June HELIOS Open Newsletter
A Note from our Strategic Lead
Dear Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship Members,
Open scholarship enables research transparency and integrity, facilitates scientific discovery, and promotes public health. It can also be a key driver in building public trust, agency, and engagement in the work we do as scholars, researchers, and scientists.
At Duke University, we have several initiatives advancing open scholarship practices and rewards at the institutional and departmental levels. These include open scholarship promotion and tenure guidelines in the Clinical Sciences; our Research Data Initiative, ensuring data integrity and fostering a culture of data sharing; and our Research Quality Management Program, a collaborative effort to implement best practices in research integrity and accountability
There is undoubtedly a great deal of open scholarship activity across the 78 (and growing) heterogeneous institutions that are HELIOS Open members. Some of it is strategic, organized by leadership to consciously improve research workflows and communication. Some of it is grassroots, driven by the 2.5 million faculty, staff, and students learning and working at these schools. What excites me most about HELIOS Open is the opportunity to learn from one another, to develop best practices and shared resources, and to bring more colleges and universities into this collaboration. By working together, we can effect a paradigm shift that advances open scholarship policies and practices. Together, we have the tremendous opportunity to develop and promote a more transparent, inclusive, and trustworthy research ecosystem.
— Geeta Swamy, Associate Vice President for Research and Vice Dean for Scientific Integrity at Duke University
HELIOS Open Launches with Focus on Collective Action
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On March 31, 2022, presidents and high-level presidential representatives from 65 colleges and universities participated in the first convening of the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS Open)…
HELIOS Open Working Groups
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Open Scholarship Good Practices:
This working group will (1) curate current good practices resources that institutions can adapt and adopt, and (2) scope an on-demand open scholarship support service/National Open Office Hours service. Simultaneously, the working group will begin to curate curricula for training the next generation of researchers to engage in good open scholarship practices by design.
Cross-Sector Alignment:
This working group will develop a set of “offers” – what HELIOS Open members, and the higher education community more generally, can bring to the cross-sector conversation with research funders, government agencies, societies, and industry to catalyze open scholarship. The group will also develop “asks” – what is needed from other groups to optimize and scale these efforts.
Shared Open Scholarship Infrastructure:
This working group will develop a “Guide for Research Infrastructure Decision-Making," which includes a concise set of questions and considerations to help campuses make informed choices about when to develop new infrastructure, adapt or adopt existing resources, and more. This guide could also be leveraged when applying for research funding.
Institutional & Departmental Policy Language:
This working group will develop language supporting open scholarship practices in hiring, annual reviews, and Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT). Participants will develop a roadmap that institutions can follow to socialize and adopt open scholarship-specific changes to RPT. A Commitment→Action→Accountability Framework will guide this work.
Open Scholarship in Focus
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HELIOS Open in the News:
New Initiative Incentivizes Open Research - The Scientist
Top-tier US universities push for open science - Times Higher Education
College and University Leaders Join Forces to Advance Open Science - Library Journal Info Docket
U.S academic leaders join forces for open scholarship - Research Information
Open Scholarship Events:
Open Work in Academia Summit - presented by Open@RIT and sponsored, in part, by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Ways to Engage
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Need HELIOS Open materials for an upcoming briefing or presentation? Have ideas for programming you’d like to suggest? Interested in joining another working group or connecting with another HELIOS Open institution? Contact Caitlin@orfg.org for help.
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