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shifting scientific
practice
kaitlin thaney
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
ORCID / 3 nov 2015
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doing good is part of our code
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we empower researchers to do more
open, collaborative research on the web.
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http://bit.ly/1eZZC0f
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current state of science
articles
data
patents
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some have a firehose
articles
data
patents
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quality versus quantity
measured systems
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a few fallacies of the
research system
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the published record is the
only useful record
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if it’s published, it’s usable.
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... that this is good job advice:
“ What Des-Cartes did was a good step.
You have added much several ways, &
especially in taking ye colours of thin
plates into philosophical consideration.
If I have seen further it is by standing on ye
shoulders of Giants.
“
- Isaac Newton, 1676
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the systems we’re crafting serve the
community’s (evolving) needs
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1. examples of the role identity
plays in community.
2. means to shift practice.
3. ... and how to sustain it.
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recognizing software
and data contributions
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code as a research object
what’s needed to reuse ?
http://bit.ly/mozfiggit
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syndication and storage
(via APIs)
<code repos>
<institutional archives>
<national archives>
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Contributorship Badges
(Paper Badger)
http://openresearchbadges.org/
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Project CRediT: Contributor Roles
Taxonomy
http://casrai.org/CRediT
•Resources
•Conceptualization
•Software
•Data curation
•Supervision
•Formal analysis
•Validation
•Funding acquisition
•Visualization
•Investigation
•Writing – original draft
•Methodology
•Project administration •Writing – review &
editing
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http://mozillascience.org/contributorship-badges-a-new-project/
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http://mozillascience.github.io/software-discovery-dashboard/
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https://github.com/mozillascience/software-discovery-dashboard/issues/1
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CodeMeta: exploring ways to address
discoverability of contributions
https://github.com/codemeta/codemeta
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shifting scientific practice
(and getting it to stick)
openness, participation, collaboration
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the web as a platform
communication
access, reuse, scale
distributed, participatory
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“web-enabled research”
- access to content, data, code, materials.
- emergence of “web-native” tools.
- rewards for openness, interoperability, collaboration, sharing.
- push for ROI, reuse, recomputability, transparency.
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putting open ideals into practice
(+ paying it forward)
https://commonspace.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/web-literacy-and-leadership/
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service learning: n. handson, experiential learning
where people develop skills
by working on a project in
service of a bigger goal.
http://bit.ly/1JTMBSb
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how do we amplify within
research?
(... and beyond software
development?)
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mozillascience.org/collaborate
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2 days, 30+ cities, 53+ hours
http://bit.ly/1N331JV
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100+ pull requests
(code, content, learning resources)
http://bit.ly/1N331JV
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community-driven contributorship
http://mozillascience.github.io/leadership-training/
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https://www.mozillascience.org/teaching-leadership-like-mozilla
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how do we build, support
and sustain momentum?
furthering adoption of
open, web-enabled research
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rewards, incentives,
reputation
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supports needed for
“professional development”
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“Reliance on
ad-hoc, selfeducation
about what’s
possible
doesn’t scale.”
- Selena Decklemann
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lowering barriers to entry
(+ leveling the playing field)
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https://mozillascience.github.io/studyGroupHandbook/
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https://www.mozillascience.org/fellows
Richard Smith-Unna
Christie Bahlai
Jason Bobe
Joey Lee
https://www.mozillascience.org/fellows
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we need
your help.
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rethink beyond just access to
usability.
don’t forget the user in the
design.
remember the non-technical
challenges.
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we’re here to help.
http://mozillascience.org
[email protected]
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[email protected]
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
special thanks:
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acknowledgments:
Arfon Smith, Matt Jones, Mark Hahnel, Lars Holm Nielsen, Amye
Kenall, Laura Paglione, Brian Hole, Austin Davis-Richardson, Ai Deng,
Robert Peters, Garth Henson, Anita Perala, Ali Al Dallal, Will Simpson,
Alister Cole, Adam Blaine, Matt Mokary, Stefan Neamtu, Luke Coy +
many more.
(+ the Mozilla Science Lab team: Abby Cabunoc Mayes, Arliss Collins,
Zannah Marsh, Steph Wright, )
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