OSAOS [Open Source Alliance for Open Scholarship] Handbook

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Summary:

"Open source projects in the scholarly domain exist at the intersection of academia, technology, and the public interest. The diversity of the communities involved results in unique opportunities for financial support, but also potentially in the tragedy of the commons — a situation where multiple stakeholders use open scholarly resources but collectively fail to sufficiently support them.

There's no one path to financial sustainability that is right for all projects. Many projects begin in academic contexts, run by students and volunteers, and eventually gain funding via donations and grants. Two examples are NumPy and the Dat Project, which were initially run by volunteers and have been supported by donations and private philanthropic funds. Other projects seek investment from venture capital firms to scale their work.

As the open scholarly ecosystem matures, the community is exploring how to maintain long-term sustainability to maintain operations while building the potential to scale...."

Link:

https://osaos.codeforscience.org/author/osaos/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.floss oa.advocacy oa.recommendations oa.tools oa.infrastructure oa.platforms oa.sustainability oa.economics_of

Date tagged:

06/10/2019, 08:55

Date published:

06/10/2019, 04:55