Invest in Open Infrastructure

Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) is proud to launch its inaugural State of Open Infrastructure Report today. The report is the culmination of rigorous investigation and exclusive analysis of several critical dimensions of the open infrastructure ecosystem over the past year. We track key trends and trajectories to present insights into emerging collaboration, innovation, and investment opportunities. The report also offers strategic insights and actionable recommendations to help you navigate change and complexity in research and higher education, make informed decisions, and mitigate risks. We firmly believe that open infrastructure is not just a choice but a necessity for a research ecosystem that values access and participation by and for all. This report is a compelling call to action, urging all stakeholders to invest in this vision without delay. Explore the report: https://buff.ly/3X1Pe0a #OpenInfrastructure

Mandates like the OSTP's Nelson Memo in the US have prompted more publishers to provide cost and price transparency information. The literature on this landscape is plentiful but cohesive, “real-worldˮ information on actual costs and payments is lacking and is needed to better support the breadth of stakeholders navigating this landscape. We review this landscape in our recent paper “The Cost and Price of Public Access to Scholarly Publications”: https://lnkd.in/dDzervMi 

Over the course of 2023 and 2024, arXiv collaborated with Invest in Open Infrastructure on an intensive 14-month project to support arXiv leadership and governance with a focus on strategic planning and building toward operational excellence. As part of the wrap-up work on the project, IOI held a roundtable conversation with Licia Verde, Alexander Kohls and Stephanie Orphan to discuss the collaboration and arXiv's evolution and mission in the years ahead. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/esj-J8ip

IOI has been working on synthesizing the background literature and existing research on “Reasonable Costs” of public access to scholarly publications. This paper explores the historical developments that have shaped the current landscape, the key financial (cost and payment) stakeholders in the system, and the models and approaches that have developed in the continued shift to public and open access. This paper will draw from the response of the research community to the Nelson Memo, issued by the United States White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in 2022, particularly the directive that “federal agencies should allow researchers to include reasonable publication costs and costs associated with submission, curation, management of data, and special handling instructions as allowable expenses in all research budgets.” This paper works to establish a foundation of current research into the costs and prices to make scholarly publications publicly accessible.  This work is a companion to the February 2024 report The Cost and Price of Public Access to Research Data: A Synthesis. Read our summary of our findings in this post, where you can also find the link to download the full white paper: https://lnkd.in/ejZthGzp #OpenAccess #ReasonableCosts

PKP invites OJS users to a free webinar on November 21, 2024, about the Publication Facts Label (PFL) and how to join the trials. Calling all journal managers using Open Journal Systems (OJS)! Are you looking to raise the profile of your journal by displaying your scholarly publishing information all in one place? As part of the Journal Integrity Initiative (JII), this Public Knowledge Project of Simon Fraser University and Stanford University invites journals using OJS (v 3.3 or higher) to join this webinar to learn more about piloting the newly launched Publication Facts Label (PFL). Join Dr. John Willinsky, PKP Founder, for this free, informative webinar to learn about the Publication Facts Label (#PFLabel), its contribution to journal integrity, and how you can participate in the pilot by incorporating the label in your journal. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/g62SP5h4 #OpenJournalSystems #OJS #JournalIntegrity #PublishingStandards #InformationStandards #AcademicChatter #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #PFLabel

IOI has been working on synthesizing the background literature and existing research on “Reasonable Costs” of public access to scholarly publications. This paper explores the historical developments that have shaped the current landscape, the key financial (cost and payment) stakeholders in the system, and the models and approaches that have developed in the continued shift to public and open access. This paper will draw from the response of the research community to the Nelson Memo, issued by the United States White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in 2022, particularly the directive that “federal agencies should allow researchers to include reasonable publication costs and costs associated with submission, curation, management of data, and special handling instructions as allowable expenses in all research budgets.” This paper works to establish a foundation of current research into the costs and prices to make scholarly publications publicly accessible.  This work is a companion to the February 2024 report The Cost and Price of Public Access to Research Data: A Synthesis. Read our summary of our findings in this post, where you can also find the link to download the full white paper: https://lnkd.in/ejZthGzp #OpenAccess #ReasonableCosts

What if it's not that there's not enough money for #OpenInfrastructure, but instead, it's that the costs of competition are too high? In our latest blog post, Katherine Skinner questions some deep assumptions in the Open Infrastructure space: https://lnkd.in/e3QZCFyg

“The Emperor’s New Clothes” — in her keynote address at the HathiTrust Member Meeting last week, Katherine Skinner, IOI’s Director of Programs, tackles some of the illusions holding back the strategic, coordinated, and informed adoption of and investment in open infrastructure. She challenges us to reconsider assumptions around funding scarcity and sustainability, and the role of collective action in creating healthy, resilient, and inclusive infrastructure for research and scholarship. As Katherine puts it, it’s time we really question these illusions, in order to build mechanisms to guide our co-investment and collaboration towards a more resilient future for open infrastructure. Read her thought-provoking piece here: https://lnkd.in/e3QZCFyg #OpenInfrastructure #CollectiveAction #Funding

💡Tell us how we can make Infra Finder more useful to you! Infra Finder is designed to help you understand the landscape + find #OpenInfrastructure options you need to enable #OpenScience. We want to hear from YOU about how we can make Infra Finder even more useful to you - fill in our in-app survey: https://lnkd.in/ePaA4q3C

"The significant increase in traffic to arXiv is both a testament to its success and a challenge for the team. We strive to maintain high-quality, flexible operations that adapt to the evolving needs of the growing and diverse research communities that arXiv serves." Our 14-month collaboration with arXiv has sought to support and scaffold the arXiv community — its leadership, staff, governance voices, and volunteers — as it maps its future trajectory in a moment of great changes in national and international policy and practice. 🚀 Find out more about how arXiv has been managing these growth moments as the service scales: https://lnkd.in/esj-J8ip #OpenInfrastructure #OpenScience #Sustainability #Growth