Transparency to Sustain Open Science Infrastructure
Maxence Larrieu
- 2018 PhD graduate
- woking for open science since 2015
- working at Université Grenoble Alpes since 2023
- TSOSI project manager
Guillaume Alzieu
- 2023, dev for a Diamond open access platform: Centre Mersenne
- 2024-09, TSOSI Data & web ingeneering
TSOSI
main pitch
Research relies on open infrastructure that are recent (< 30 years). The financing of this infrastructure is not stabilized and is a crucial issue.
For example, the Declaration of Barcelona (2024) invites signatories to fund infrastructure ( 3rd commitment )
TSOSI aims to contribute to the sustainability of the open science infrastructure
- What does TSOSI want to change? the visibility of funds depends on the websites of the stakeholders
- We want to do more than text and logos to thank open science funders
We are building a tool to enhance the value of all those institutions and entities that fund open science infrastructure
For (national) funders and institutions/consortia, to make complete information available on all investments in open access initiatives in a standardised way, e.g. on the organisation’s website, and ideally centrally collect this information
The more we enhance the value of this funding, the more common they will become
- We want open science funding to become the norm: it should be as easy to support open science as it is to purchase commercial content
- Transparency builds trust. By making funds publicly available, we aim to improve the trust that stakeholders have in open infrastructure
TSOSI
as a service
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TSOSI collect data on funding received by open science infrastructure
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It will be a means to objectify funding made in favor of open science
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TSOSI will contribute to the transparency of these infrastructure, enhancing stakeholders’ trust
A service for Open Science Infrastructure
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Let’s forget tables and manual editing within websites
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As with OpenAPC, TSOSI will permit to integrate datavisualisation in other websites
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Enhance visibility: the user will be able to discover & compare infrastructure
A service for research institutions
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Allows research institution to objectify where they have invested
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Data and visualization will be easily integrated into other websites
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Allows to compare where peers are investing, helping the decision making process
A service for the research community
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An answer to the famous question “who pays when it’s open?”
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Explore the various economic models of infrastructure
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Explore the funding trends
TSOSI
it’s all about open data
TSOSI
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Centrally collects funding received by the infrastructures
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Structures & enriches data with persistent identifiers (ROR, Wikidata)
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Makes structured data openly available thanks to an Open API
Do you know OpenAPC?
OpenAPC
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Centrally collects APCs paid by the author’s institution for publishing
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Enriches data with persistent identifiers (ISSN, ISBN, DOAJ )
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Makes structured data openly available thanks to an Open API
TSOSI, as OpenAPC, is about open data
But of course, projects are different …
- OpenAPC data comes from research institutions, while TSOSI data comes from infrastructure
- plus, the big difference between paying APCs versus funding open science infrastructure
That’s why it’s best to compare TSOSI with Open Source Pledge
Open Government Partnership
More than 70 national members!
TSOSI relies on open data movement and policies, at all levels 1, to make it’s data openly available
1 Non-governmental organization, United nation, government, consortium, assocation, institution, citizen…
TSOSI
Other related initiatives
Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
SCOSS
Our purpose is to help identify non-commercial services essential to Open Science, and to make qualified recommendations on which of these services should be considered for funding support
Invest in Open Infrastruture
Invest in Open Infrastruture
Our mission is to drive informed, strategic, and coordinated investment in and adoption of open infrastructure
We will support the sustainability of infrastructures for open research information
2024 · barcelona-declaration.org
Governments, funders and relevant institutions are encouraged to: Commit to providing the funding required to operationalize open science
We see a diverse, interconnected, open, professional and viable, developing OS ecosystem in Europe on solid ground; one that is worth investing in.
and more …
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David W. Lewis 2.5 commitment (2017)
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Michael Roy 1% for Open (2017)
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Knowledge Exchange repport Putting down roots Securing the future of open access policies (2016)