"Building Community and Support for Open Science in Life Sciences – Partnership Between Researchers and University Libraries
Building 49, Room 1A51/59 December 11, 2018, 10am-11am * Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University * Huajin Wang, Biomedical Data Science Liaison, Carnegie Mellon University Open science is one of the major ways to combat the “reproducibility crisis” plaguing many areas of research, from biomedical research to psychology and data science. Despite growing interest and mandates from NIH and other funders to make research outputs openly available, barriers exist that prevent the broader adoption of open science. Universities libraries are playing increasingly important roles in open science adoption by providing training, resources, and expertise. However, one of the challenges many libraries face is the capacity to connect and collaborate with the research community. Facing this challenge, liaison librarians at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) formed partnership with faculty in Biological Sciences and Mellon College of Science, thanks to the embedded liaison model at CMU. As an initial collective effort, they co-hosted a life science-focused, transdisciplinary Open Science Symposium<https://events.mcs.cmu.edu/oss2018/> on Oct 18-19, 2018, supported by a joint grant from DSF Charitable Foundation. Comprised of a series of invited talks, panel discussion, hands-on workshops and a “scientific speed dating” event, researcher and data professionals were brought together from CMU and all over the country to showcase open research tools and have lively discussions about challenges, opportunities and solutions in open science. During the event, both speakers and audience were enthusiastic and engaged while connecting with each other, discovering each other’s research and forming new collaborations. The symposium catalyzed a successful partnership between the research community and university libraries, and initiated a series of open science events and collaborations that will collectively help to advance the dissemination and impact of scientific research in the years to come." As a side note, Dr. Wang completed a postdoc in molecular biology and recently joined the CMU library faculty. For trainees looking for alternatives to running a lab, this is a great opportunity to hear about options in information science. Feel free to contact [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with questions. Sean -- Sean Davis, MD, PhD Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute https://seandavi.github.io/ --
