Presentation given by Louise Tripp, Joshua Sendall and Hardy Schwamm at NoWAL Exchange of Experience 13 June 2019. Blog post on event available at https://wp.me/p81NIC-f9

1. PROMOTING A
CULTURE OF OPEN
RESEARCH
Louise Tripp
Joshua Sendall
Hardy Schwamm
@HardySchwamm
@JSendall
@WeesyT

2. WHAT DO WE DO?
@JSendall
RESEARCH DATA
MANAGEMENT
OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH CITATIONS &
ANALYTICS

3. @JSendall
"Open Research - a set of principles and practices whose aim is
to make the outputs of research freely accessible and usable,
thereby to maximise the possibility of public benefit."
- University of Reading

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OPEN SCIENCEFutureofScholarlyCommunication
EOSC(EuropeanOpenScienceCloud)
FAIRData
Skills
ResearchIntegrity
Rewards
Altmetrics
CitizenScience
@JSendall -European Commission's 8 Pillars of Open Science

5. OPEN RESEARCH
REF FUNDERSPLAN S
The plan, backed by the ERC
& national research agencies
& funders from 14 European
countries requires
researchers who benefit from
state funding to publish in
compliant open repositories
or journals by 2021
Environment Statement:
Institutional strategy for
enabling Open Research
Increasingly expect or
require the outputs and
underlying data generated
pursuant to their funding to
be made openly available to
all or for access restrictions
to be reasonably justified
A FEW OF THE DRIVERS
@JSendall

6. MASSIVE
IN SCOPE AND IN SCALE
The challenges are structural and cultural
@JSendall

7. Strategy
Shared Values
Structures
Beliefs
Perceptions
Values
Unwritten ruels
Stories
Feelings
Norms
Vision
Goals
Policies
Procedures
Tradition
CULTURE
WHAT LIES BENEATH
@JSendall

8. COMPLIANCE VS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
THE RATIONALE
Mixed
42.9%
Success
40.4%
Failure
16.7%
Success
71.4%
Mixed
14.3%
Failure
14.3%
COMPLIANCE ENGAGEMENT
@JSendall

9. CULTURE CHANGE
Unfreeze
Change
Refreeze
Determine what needs to change
Ensure strong support
Manage doubts and concerns
Communicate often
Empower action
Involve community in the process
Develop ways to sustain change
Support and training
Celebrate successes
@JSendall -Lewin's (1947) Three stages of culture change

10. WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO?
@JSendall
Co-develop an environment in which Open Research can thrive
Build an inclusive community of open researchers
Involve researchers from PhD students to the professoriate,
professional services partners and the general public

11. @JSendall
Data Conversations
Open Research Café
Research Survey
Business Model Canvas
STEPPING STONES
WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?

12. Training Sessions Systems & Services Policy
RDM AT LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
THE BACKGROUND
@JSendall

13. Research
DATA CONVERSATIONS
THE MODEL
@JSendall
Making connectionsPizza
I my research

14. Attendees from 23 Departments
237 registrations over 7 events
The last 3 events "sold out"
711 slices of pizza eaten!
THE NUMBERS
DATA CONVERSATIONS
Science
&
Tech
M
anagem
entSchool
H
ealth
&
M
edicine
A
rts
&
H
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anities
125
100
75
50
25
0
@JSendall

15. OPEN RESEARCH CAFÉ
TOWARDS A CULTURE OF OPEN RESEARCH
Issues at Data Conversations often extended beyond RDM
Appetite for broader discussions around Open Research
Translating the Data Conversations Model
Co-authored with PROSPR
@JSendall

16. Community Coffee & Cake Research
OPEN RESEARCH CAFÉ
CO-DEVELOPED WITH RESEARCHERS
@JSendall

17. THE EIGHT
PILLARS
ADAPTED
We adapted the European
Commissions eight Pillars of
Open Science. Our adapted
model provided structure to
discussions at the first Open
Research Café.
We used our adapted model to
establish attendees' interests
and priorities.
@JSendall

18. INVESTIGATING
PERSPECTIVES ON OPEN
RESEARCH
Anonymous online survey
Short semi-structured interviews
Dataset freely available at:
JSendall
https://dx.doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/268

19. WHO DID WE REACH?
ONLINE SURVEY
160 participants
surveyed in February
2019
@JSendall

20. ONLINE SURVEY
OPEN RESEARCH AS AN INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITY ?
@JSendall

21. ONLINE SURVEY
OPEN RESEARCH THEME RANKINGS
@JSendall

22. SUMMARISE YOUR VIEWS ON OPEN RESEARCH
We should be in a position
where we don't have to think
about Open Research, it is just
the natural way of doing things.
@JSendall
The current 'closed' system is
outdated, unethical and hinders
scientific progress.
If it is not open, is it really
research?
GENERAL SUPPORT & ENTHUSIASM

23. SUMMARISE YOUR VIEWS ON OPEN RESEARCH
@JSendall
It is a good idea, but should not
be pursued at the expense of
established publication and peer
review practices.
I approve in principle but have
many reservations about the
manner and speed of
implementation.
Open Research sounds like a
great idea but is not widely
discussed within the university,
and students are not equipped
or taught how to engage in this.
GENERAL SUPPORT BUT WITH RESERVATIONS

24. SUMMARISE YOUR VIEWS ON OPEN RESEARCH
Most of the information about
open research that is available
online seems geared towards
the sciences, so it’s hard to
envisage how this would work in
practice in the humanities.
DISCIPLINARY DIFFERENCES REWARDS & INCENTIVES
I don't think Early Career
Researchers should be
encouraged to spend their time
on activities that won't help
them advance their career.
@JSendall

25. SUMMARISE YOUR VIEWS ON OPEN RESEARCH
POLICY FATIGUE & FRUSTRATION SENIOR LEADERSHIP
It would be great to get more
senior researchers, managers
involved, I think they’re the people
who have the power to change the
incentive system, to make it more
rewarding for people to be
involved in open practices.
The system for Open Research -
with all the inputs, metrics,
assessments and REF etc. has
become a bureaucratic
nightmare that diverts
professors from their work.
@JSendall

26. SUMMARISE YOUR VIEWS ON OPEN RESEARCH
@JSendall
Open Research is of great importance
not only because we are creating
increasingly more digital datasets,
but also for conservation and
sustainability of knowledge. From my
point of view Lancaster needs to
make this one of its priorities.

27. MOVING FORWARDS
@JSendall
Lancaster
Open Research
Workshop 06/19
Lancaster + OR Policy

28. @HardySchwamm @WeesyT

29. THE WAY FORWARD
OUR NEXT STEPPING STONES
@JSendall
FOR (Forum for OR) BudgetConsulting senior leadership

30. OUR APPROACH
@JSendall
Low cost Modular Community driven
IS IT REPRODUCIBLE ?

31. FINAL THOUGHTS
@JSendall
Apply the Mission Model Canvas to your own institution
Accept the challenges - not every initiative will succeed
Be ever mindful of your institution's culture
Identify and support: allies, advocates and early adopters
libraries are great match makers
Community not compliance

32. THANKS FOR
JOINING US
Louise Tripp
Joshua Sendall
Hardy Schwamm
@HardySchwamm
@JSendall
@WeesyT

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