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<h1 style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:33.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Towards open science: LIBER 2015 Call for papers<u></u><u></u></span></h1>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“Open Science broadly describes science carried out and communicated in a manner which allows others
to contribute, collaborate and add to the research effort, with all kinds of data, results and protocols made freely available at different stages of the research process”</span></em><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">–
Introduction to<span> </span><a href="http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/data-management-and-curation/open-science-case-studies" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">RIN / NESTA Open Science case studies</span></a>, 2010
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">Foundations of open science<u></u><u></u></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dan Gezelter of OpenScience.org defines open science as underpinned by the following broad principles:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Transparency in experimental methodology, observation, and collection of data<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Public availability and reusability of scientific data.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Public accessibility and transparency of scientific communication.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Using web-based tools to facilitate scientific collaboration.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">– from<span> </span><a href="http://www.openscience.org/blog/?p=269" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">What,
exactly, is Open Science?</span></a>, 2009<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">The library role in open science<u></u><u></u></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">It is clear that<span> </span><a href="http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/LIBER_Statement-on-open-science-final.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">libraries
have a key role in enabling open science</span></a><span> </span>and apparent that libraries will have to show leadership, adapt how they measure impact and deliver services, and partner with other stakeholders in order to fulfil
this role.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This conference invites papers that address these issues, explore the movement towards open science practice
and policies, and provide examples of how libraries are acting as enablers and identifying and addressing key challenges related to implementing open science principles.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We invite submissions of:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Research papers presenting theoretical solutions, but with a clear illustration on how these solutions can be applied<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Position papers presenting opinions on some aspect of practice, or describing work that is still in progress, but sufficiently mature to warrant attention<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Experiences and case studies specifying requirements, challenges or opportunities<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Best practices<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For information on how to submit a paper:
<a href="http://www.liber2015.org.uk/call-for-papers/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">http://www.liber2015.org.uk/call-for-papers/</span></a>
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