Open Palaeontology – Putting fossil data on the web for all to see and use
The Internet offers an unprecedented opportunity to disseminate research data, in all its forms, far and wide, for better ease of accessibility, transparency, innovation, synthesis, education and outreach. Yet in palaeontology and other related fields, it is my belief along with many others, that we are not making full and proper use of this excellent tool. Simply put – only a small fraction of what we know is actually Openly available in a usable form on the Internet. Palaeontologists in particular are traditionally extremely cautious to share data, with many and varied concerns. But such old-school attitudes are slowly beginning to change for the better. So together with like-minded colleagues I’ve proposed to encourage community-led policies in a ‘bottom-up’ approach, to influence, and ultimately instigate change in scholarly publishing practices in our field, with regard to the availability of research data.
by Ross Mounce on July 1st at 16:30 in Track II
Ross Mounce is a PhD student studying ‘The Importance of Fossils in Phylogeny’ at the University of Bath, UK. His research involves applying informatics techniques to palaeontological data – a cross-disciplinary approach which will hopefully unveil novel answers and generate new hypotheses. Ross’s interests include all things ‘open’ including Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, and Open Source Software.
Twitter: @rmounce
Website:http://bath.academia.edu/RossMounce
RossMounce Blog: http://www.science3point0.com/palphy/
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