The UWM Libraries and the Office of Research will hold a discussion Friday, Sept. 30, on open scholarship — what it is, and what applying principles of openness could mean for UWM and for the research enterprise as a whole.
Greg Tananbaum, director of the Open Research Funders Group and a member of the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship core team, will discuss the implications of providing greater access to the scholarly process and outputs. If we treat research as a public good, rather than a private commodity, how can that benefit knowledge sharing, public awareness of research outcomes and global participation in the research process? And how can universities enable more open and transparent research through policy, rewards and support?
Tananbaum also serves as secretariat to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Scholarship, and its liaison to the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS), a partnership of more than 80 colleges and universities committed to collective action to advance open scholarship.
The talk will be from 2-3:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, in the Golda Meir Library Conference Room, fourth floor. Light refreshments will be offered at 1:30 p.m.
For more information or questions, please contact Ann Hanlon.
