Being Open as a Student

Jon TennantImperial College London

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Why do I care about Open

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Credit: @McDawg

Jon Tennant - @protohedgehog

Credit: @McDawg

Tell me how this is progressing things.

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Consequences?

Sound familiar?•Artificial scarcity•Pay for access•Only the privileged can afford•Dominated by corporations•Business model is defined by preventing access

How to do Open Access

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Traditional publishing:Not great

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How to do Open Access

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Credit: Hilda Bastian

How to do Open Data•Publish anything• Theses•Posters

•More citations/credit

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How to do Open Peer Review

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• Publons, F1000 Research, ScienceOpen• Why bother?• Own your work!• Get credit

How to do Open Code•GitHub•Version control•Make your life easier•Reproducible

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Open licensing•Default: no rights for anyone•Publish openly and keep your rights!•CC BY: Anyone can reuse, share, and re-mix with attribution•CC 0 for data

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The importance of science communication

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Whyopenresearch.org

Why does it all matter?•Freedom•Equality•Fairness•Progress

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Be Open: Be proud

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Knowledge is empowering

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Credit: Michael Eisen