<div dir="ltr">FYI.<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Danny Kingsley <<a href="mailto:dak45@cam.ac.uk">dak45@cam.ac.uk</a>><br>Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 at 15:19<br>Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] BLOG: Taking a Principled stance - the Scholarly Commons<br>To: <<a href="mailto:scholcomm@lists.ala.org">scholcomm@lists.ala.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:osi2016-25@googlegroups.com">osi2016-25@googlegroups.com</a> <<a href="mailto:osi2016-25@googlegroups.com">osi2016-25@googlegroups.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org">goal@eprints.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:UKCORR-DISCUSSION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">UKCORR-DISCUSSION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a> <<a href="mailto:UKCORR-DISCUSSION@jiscmail.ac.uk">UKCORR-DISCUSSION@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br>Cc: <<a href="mailto:openconcam@googlegroups.com">openconcam@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<Apologies for cross posting><br>
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I have just returned from a two day workshop looking at the
'Scholarly Commons'. Never heard of it? You might want to read on...<br>
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"Taking a Principled stance - the Scholarly Commons"
<a href="https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=919" target="_blank">https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=919</a> is a blog about
the FORCE11 event, now published in <i>Unlocking Research</i>.<br>
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Taster:<br>
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<span>It only rains about
10 days a year in San Diego. And Tuesday was one of them. In a
rooftop room on campus in San Diego at UCSD, a group had gathered
for the<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.force11.org/group/scholarly-commons-working-group/san-diego-workshop-sept-2016" style="color:rgb(188,54,10);text-decoration:none;font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">FORCE11 Scholarly Commons workshop</a><span style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. The workshop
brought together members of the </span><a href="https://www.force11.org/group/scholarly-commons-working-group" style="color:rgb(188,54,10);text-decoration:none;font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">Scholarly Commons working group</a><span style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, who hail from
around the world and come from the broad scholarly commons. The
Scholarly Commons is an idea to help define the future of research
communication.<span> </span></span><strong style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The goal is to promote the
best research and scholarship possible through rapid </strong><b style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and wide dissemination to
all who need or want it.</b><br>
<br>
<span>We were meeting to
discuss the draft of 18<span> </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p7RoG_ja-8Gx-7YODw8iHWFsKn5YAVeHv0UYRyzWmL4/edit" style="color:rgb(188,54,10);text-decoration:none;font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">Principles of the Commons</a><span style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> – an attempt to define what the community
considers the attributes and behaviours of a person who is fully
participating in research.<span> </span></span><strong style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Principles are broadly
separated into four major themes of being Open, Equitable,
Sustainable and Research & Culture Driven</strong><span style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"PT Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.<br>
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Read it and join in if you are interested...<br>
<br>
Danny<br>
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Dr Danny Kingsley
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