Open Source Community Call – July 2021
Open Source Community Call co-hosted by FORCE11, Dryad, and eLife on July 8th, 2021. Notes here: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/j-A70cO9m3JTftS9mnFTSX4Nn5o2SVOAKMu4MiEnl80/
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Presenters focused on topics of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in research communications:
— “Grantmaking for diverse, equitable, and inclusive participation in open-source development and computational research in STEM” – presentation by Liz Vu: Co-Founder of Learning Equity and Program Associate at Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
–“Better Together: Creating an Equitable, Inclusive, and Diverse Community through Collaboration”- presentation by Melanie Dolechek : Executive Director of Society for Scholarly Publishing and convener of the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications
–“Wellcome Trust’s DEI Strategy and Antiracism Principles” – presentation by Diego Benedict Baptista: Diversity and Inclusion Adviser on Research Culture at Wellcome Trust
–“Challenges of building Open Science communities and developing resources in the Middle East” – presentation by Batool Almarzouq: Founder of RLadies Dammam (@RLadiesDammam) and recently launched Open Science Saudi (@OpenSciSaudi)
–Iryna Kushma and Nathan Woods from the FORCE11 working group: Reimagining Educational Practices for Open (REPO) discussed how the Open Science Training Community can broaden its understanding and improve the delivery of Open Science training now and in the post-pandemic world.
Open Source Community Calls are co-hosted by Dryad, eLife and FORCE11 to foster collaboration and raise awareness of open resources, practices and communities in the research publishing space.
Notes for this meeting available here: here: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/j-A70cO9m3JTftS9mnFTSX4Nn5o2SVOAKMu4MiEnl80/
by Force11
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