Experimenting with open science: Open source in the field and in the lab
Practicing science means more then adopting a particular set of tools—even more than following a specific methodology. Practicing science involves a certain attitude toward the world: a curiosity tempered with cautious skepticism, a commitment to rigorous and systematic experimentation, a belief in the power of knowledge to enhance lives, and a collaborative spirit that recognizes those contributions that make one's own work possible.
When science and open source meet—in the field and in the lab—both benefit. In June 2014, Opensource.com asked scientists, librarians, inventors, tinkerers, and programmers to explain how open source tools, projects, and values are impacting their work. The result: Open Science Week, an event that featured nearly two dozen articles from open-minded experts eager to explore the intersection of the scientific method and the open source way. We saw how new research tools built on Linux and OpenStack are facilitating innovative modes of research and scientific inquiry. We learned that new technologies are enabling fruitful collaboration among scientists who operate across geographic and institutional boundaries. We came to appreciate how new attitudes toward licensing and sharing data ensure the experiemtnal replication integral to scientific verification. And we explored new communities and portals (like academic journals) in the vanguard of open-access scientific publishing.
This book collects the stories we published as part of Open Science Week.
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Articles in this eBook
- What makes this journal the most open?
—Marcus D. Hanwell, leader of the Open Chemistry Project - Open source electronics project: Oscilloscope
—Bryn M. Reeves, Red Hat - International team of scientists open sources search for malaria cure
—Alice Williamson, Open Source Malaria team - 4 ways to make open science easier
—Shauna Gordon-McKeon, OpenHatch - Mozilla's Science Lab is a hub for the open research community
—Kaitlin Thaney, director of the Mozilla Science Lab - Respected journal makes transition to open science
—Luis Ibáñez, Technical Leader at Kitware Inc., and Director of Open Source Community Development at the Open Source EHR Agent - Scientists manage research with open source Zotero
—Steven Ovadia, librarian and blogger - Using OpenStack for scientific research
—Jason Baker, Red Hat - Digital archaeology and open source
—Kelsey Noack Myers, Digital Index of north American Archaeology - The value of open data in academic science
—Wilma van Wezenbeek, Director of the TU Delft Library - Collaborative science writing made easier with JotGit
—John Lees-Miller, founder of writeLaTeX - Open digital science journal gains users
—Luis Ibáñez, Technical Leader at Kitware Inc., and Director of Open Source Community Development at the Open Source EHR Agent - What's open source got to do with Earth science? NASA explains
—Lewis John McGibbney, Engineering Applications Software Engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - A web platform for streamlining scientific workflows
—Joshua Carp, software developer at the Center for Open Science - Can we make research more like the web?
—Erin Robinson, Foundation for Earth Science - 7 rules of thumb for your open science project
—Christian Himpe, research associate at the University of Münster - Can open science help patients and save pharma?
—Timothy King, Vice President, KWE Consulting - A Linux distribution for science geeks
—Amit Saha, creator and maintainer of Fedora Scientific Spin - Some patients are eager to share their personal data
—Shauna Gordon-McKeon, OpenHatch
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