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An author's guide to Open Access. Talk given to RCSI researchers at Open Access Week, 2022 

Andrew Simpson, RCSI Associate Librarian - Education, Research and Clinical Support

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7 do’s of DMPs  Talk given to RCSI researchers at Open Access Week, 2022 

Ruth Geraghty, RCSI Research Data Coordinator

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My OA story - experiences from a researcher.  Talk given to RCSI researchers at Open Access Week, 2021 

Frank Moriarty, PI and senior lecturer at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. 

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External

FOSTER Open Science Training Courses 

European partners have come together to carry out EU funded projects in open science.  Courses include introductions to open sciences, managing open data, open access publishing, ethics and open licensing. 

PaPOR TraIL: Principles and Practices of Open Research 

Provided by UCC, this course is aimed at undergraduates and includes modules on introduction to open science, research integrity, research data management, knowledge dissemination and others. 

Resources

FAIRSFAIR – fostering FAIR data practice in Europe 

Reports, handbooks, frameworks and courses from the FAIRsFAIR project, supplying practical solutions to the use of FAIR data principles at all stage of the research data life cycle  

ARDC – Australian Research Data Commons 

ARDC’s Resource Hub contains guides and skill-based materials on, amongst other things, sensitive data, research software, good data practices. 

 

Various working groups have researched the skills and competencies required to put open science into practice. A selection of reports, posters and visualisations: 

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship, produced by Jason Schmitt, provides focus on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google. For more information please visit: Paywallthemovie.com