Imagining a world without open infrastructures – SCOSS – The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

?Imagine a world where thousands of peer-reviewed journals, books, datasets, and other research output are no longer available online, a world without persistent identifiers, registries, and standards for data exchange, where technical development priorities are not in alignment with community values, and where the creation of standards is not community-driven.

This is a world without open infrastructures. They are not simply “nice to haves” or alternatives to commercial offerings–they are essential tools and services that support research creation and publication designed for the public good.

We need funders of all shapes and sizes to imagine what a world without open infrastructures could look like and, instead, to help create a vibrant ecosystem where open science thrives on open infrastructures. Research findings are accelerated because there is the broadest possible participation in publishing research and access to research output, with robust open infrastructure tools throughout the research lifecycle making this vision possible...."