By Julien Colomb | July 4, 2018
Here are extracts from the blog.
Open Practices and Policies for Research Data in the Marine Community, from Alessandro Sarretta
https://creativecommons.org/2016/12/01/open-practices-policies-research-data-marine-community/
As a researcher in the field(s) of Coastal and Marine Environment and Geospatial Information, I’m constantly dealing with data. Data are the core of science, and research has to be based on sound and reliable data.
My goal as an IOL fellow is to inform relevant marine communities of the benefits of an open research data policy and, more specifically, to apply these principles to the practices within my institute—the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), part of the Italian National Research Council.
Open Access to Research Critical to Advance Progress Against Cancer, from Timothy Vollmer
https://creativecommons.org/2016/08/22/open-access-research-critical-advance-progress-cancer/ see https://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/moonshot-cancer-initiative
We [, the cancer Moonshot team,] offered several actions that would speed up the probability of discovery for new cancer treatments and cures. Our recommendations urged the U.S. government to make immediate open access the default for publicly funded cancer research articles and data.
We believe that open access to government funded scientific research is absolutely critical to accelerating progress in the fight against cancer. With support from Biden and the Administration, the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative should make openness the default for cancer research.