Professional Societies and Associations Launch Collaboration in Support of Open Scholarship — Alliance for Open Scholarship

"A diverse group of 10 professional societies and associations have joined forces to launch a bold initiative to advance open scholarship.  The Alliance for Open Scholarship (All4OS) will collaborate to operationalize open scholarship principles, tailoring discipline-specific guidance on core considerations like supporting and sustaining open infrastructure; providing training on good open research and scholarship practices; and aligning awards and recognition to promote a culture of open research and scholarship. Professional societies & associations play a unique and critical role in identifying, articulating, and socializing appropriate norms and practices within their disciplines.  They help to shape a positive research culture by advancing core values including transparency, trustworthiness, equity, and inclusion.  All4OS members hold a shared belief that open scholarship plays a key role in enabling their missions and advancing their fields.  To that end, members are committed to accelerating the transition to a more open, equitable, and sustainable ecosystem by developing and promoting discipline-specific guidance on key topics like data management plans; FAIR and CARE data sharing principles;  self-archiving; incentives; and improving public trust in science.   All4OS members - whose missions span the humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences, life sciences and biomedicine, and physical sciences and who represent a broad global scientific community - have committed to engage with their respective communities, colleges and universities, funders and agencies, and other key actors to solicit input on, co-create, and coordinate open scholarship activities.  Additionally, All4OS members will share annual public updates on specific actions and progress in service of better facilitating open research and scholarship within and across their disciplines...."