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Transcript of Open knowledge
UK researchers’ behaviours and the drive for open knowledge
Branwen Hide
April 24th, 2010
Open Knowledge Conference 2010
Outline Introduction Use of Web 2.0 information sharing tools by
UK researchers Data sharing/Open research practises of UK
researchers Factors that influence researcher behaviour Conclusions and recommendations
Use of Web 2.0 information sharing tools* by UK researchers
All survey
respondents Frequent Users Occasional Users Non-adopters
All respondents 100% 14% 44% 40%
Position
Professor 18% 20% 21% 19%
Reader 7% 6% 9% 5%
Senior Lecturer 14% 15% 18% 11%
Lecturer 11% 13% 9% 12%
Research Fellow 16% 18% 15% 15%
PhD Student 28% 20% 22% 31%
(RIN 2010) Use and relevance of web 2.0 for researchers
*posting or commenting on Blogs, creating/contributing to wikis, posting slides, text, images or video, commenting on or rating online journal articles
Data sharing/Open research practises of UK researchers
Many researchers are very reluctant to share their data openly But they do share with trusted individuals
Over the past few years researchers have becoming slightly more open in their practises
With older, more established researchers being more likely to be an open scientist
Differences between disciplines and at different stages of the research life cycle
Effectiveness and efficiency gains: share within projects rather that publicly
Open working can increase the visibility of the researcher group
Different level of knowledge is required to understand secondary data
Easier to keep data closed than to figure out what to release, when and how
Factors that influence researcher behaviour Research assessment The extent to which researchers engage in
collaborations Encouragement and support provided by the
local research environment Size and cohesion of research environment Need for standards and documentation Cost of gathering data vs. analysis of existing data
Conclusions There is increasing momentum and support for
open knowledge principles Advocates and skeptics are both working within the
constraints of their research environment Growth in open access publishing and data sharing
initiatives Growing acceptance of publications describing
datasets and resources But researchers do have concerns about IP,
copyright, inappropriate use of data, ethical implications, misinterpretation of data, quality assurance (if publishing everything)
Need for recognition and reward
Recommendations Need for recognition of specialists directly involved in
supporting open science/data sharing Need for infrastructure as well as skills and resources, to
support and develop open science practices Research funders need to develop and coordinate policy on
data sharing and open working Need to establish the means to be able to measure scientific
value of open datasets and research materials Need for tools and guidelines to help researchers asses the
openness of their research processes and help identify the opportunities that exist to open them further
Need to establish mechanism to provide recognition and reward for engaging with principles of open knowledge principles
Reference To share or not to share: research data
outputs Communicating knowledge: how and why
researchers publish and disseminate their findings
Use and relevance of web 2.0 for researchers Open science case studies
All available at http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work
Branwen HideLiaison and Partnership OfficerResearch Information Network
www.rin.ac.uk