Call for Chapters / Recipes for the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)'s Open Science Cookbook

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Call for Chapters (Recipes) for ACRL's Open Science Cookbook

Edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, Lencia Beltran

We are seeking proposals for “how to” chapters, or recipes, for the upcoming ACRL publication Open Science Cookbook. This book will be published in both print and Open Access electronic editions.

The Open Science Cookbook joins the ACRL Cookbook series by providing an accessible, user-friendly resource for library faculty and staff navigating Open Science as it expands and is adopted more widely. The Open Science Cookbook provides recipes for incorporating Open Science into academic libraries through program development, instruction, resources, and strategic partnerships. These “how to” recipes provide readers with a variety of approaches and methods to support Open Science at their institution, from one-shot instruction sessions to developing dedicated Open Science units.

Deadline for Proposals: July 31, 2023

We are seeking "recipe" proposals on practice-based examples of resources, instruction, or other projects developed in academic libraries to support Open Science. Recipes will follow the ACRL Cookbook format, which is a “how to” or recipe style format. See a sample recipe template here: https://bit.ly/3VqgTVL

Proposals should be submitted through this form.

We define Open Science similarly to UNESCO’s definition:

“Open science is defined as an inclusive construct that combines various movements and practices aiming to make multilingual scientific knowledge openly available, accessible and reusable for everyone, to increase scientific collaborations and sharing of information for the benefits of science and society, and to open the processes of scientific knowledge creation, evaluation and communication to societal actors beyond the traditional scientific community. It comprises all scientific disciplines and aspects of scholarly practices, including basic and applied sciences, natural and social sciences and the humanities, and it builds on the following key pillars: open scientific knowledge, open science infrastructures, science communication, open engagement of societal actors and open dialogue with other knowledge systems.”

While Open Educational Resources (OER) fits under this umbrella, any OER proposals for this publication should be specifically related to open research practices or related activities.

We welcome and encourage diverse proposals that come from non-STEM perspectives and from institutions without formal Open Science programming.

Your recipe should be related to one of these key areas:

Section 1: Program Development

This section provides recipes related to Open Science program development. This section interests readers who seek to develop an Open Science program, establish an Open Science position, or understand how academic libraries can support Open Science more broadly. Libraries are fashioned to leverage partnerships with other units on campus that support research, such as an office of sponsored projects or an open source program office, to provide holistic support for researchers.

Recipes in this section may include examples of how library faculty and staff are navigating increased demand, responding to national policies and promotion of Open Science, and capitalizing their central campus location as a “hub” for research support.

Section 2: Open Data

Open data is a practice that encourages researchers to make their data, including code, freely available and accessible, with no restrictions, to the public for reuse in research and teaching. This section covers topics related to data collection, data privacy, data quality, data sharing or release, data standards, and engaging and collaborating with internal and external communities to develop practices around open data.

Examples of recipes in the section may include teaching on open data and data reuse, consulting on data access restrictions and privacy, and incentivizing research data sharing.

Section 3: Open Source Software

The area of open source software promotes the writing, licensing, and dissemination of software, which grants users free access to read and modify the source code, track changes between versions, and share with peers. This section interests readers who seek to expand services and resources about open source software best practices.

Recipes in this section may include workshops related to documenting software modules, guides for recording and tracking updates with version control systems, and consultations on selecting appropriate licenses to define how code may be used or modified.

Section 4: Open Publishing

The Open Publishing section is for readers interested in Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Access (OA), and Open Peer Review (OPR) as it relates to Open Science. Recipes in this section will help readers develop or expand programs, services, and infrastructure related to Open Publishing at their institution.

Recipes in the section may include topics such as leveraging existing OA services to support Open Science, OPR workflows, funders' expectations and policies on OA, and OA repositories.

Section 5: Collaboration Opportunities

Open Science incentivizes and fosters innovative models of collaborative research. This section is for readers interested in learning about models of collaborative research through an Open Science lens, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, open and reproducible workflows, and democratization of research.

Recipes in this section will help readers host their own collaborative research events and projects and use them as an opportunity to teach open science best practices. Collaborative research models might include citizen science, digital humanities, evidence synthesis, team science, and hackathons.

Deadline for Contributor's Proposals: July 31, 2023

Editor Review and Notification of Acceptance: September 1, 2023

Draft manuscripts due: October 31, 2023

Edited manuscripts sent back: February 1, 2024

Final version of recipes due: April 1, 2024

Please refer to previous ACRL cookbooks, such as the Scholarly Communications Cookbook (2021) or the Library Assessment Cookbook (2017) for examples. Contributors may send in more than one proposal (maximum 3 proposals).

Please email any questions to [email protected]

Co-editors:

Emily Bongiovanni, Liaison Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University

Melanie Gainey, Director of Open Science & Data Collaborations Program; Liaison Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University

Chasz Griego, Open Science Postdoctoral Associate, Carnegie Mellon University

Lencia Beltran, Open Science Program Coordinator, Carnegie Mellon University

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Thanks for the heads up @alee. Would we be able to associate a possible contribution to the OMF?