WSU faculty and researchers are invited to participate in an Open Scholarship and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) Data Workshop Series in October and November. The series is offered through a partnership with the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) and the WSU Libraries.
The fall workshop topics are:
- Introduction to open scholarship (Friday, Oct. 2)
- FAIR data principles and implementation (Friday, Oct. 30)
- Research methods for open scholarship (Friday, Nov. 20)
Led by Crystal Steltenpohl from the Center for Open Science, all workshops are set from 10–11:30 a.m. over Zoom. Please visit the libraries’ website to register. Calendar invites with Zoom meeting information will be sent about one week before the date.
As expectations from funding agencies, publishers, and research communities continue to evolve, understanding how to effectively manage, share, and preserve research outputs has become increasingly important, according to organizers. The workshops are designed to help researchers develop practical skills and strategies that support open scholarship practices and the FAIR data principles.
“Open science is no longer optional. Major funders like the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation now expect researchers to share data in FAIR forms and to document their work so it can be reproduced, which makes open practices essential both to rigorous research and to a competitive grant application,” said Alex Merrill, WSU Libraries’ associate dean for technology and operations. “We are grateful to CAHNRS, and especially to Sieg Snapp, associate dean for research, for partnering with us to make this training available to WSU researchers.”
Faculty and research teams across all disciplines are encouraged to participate and to share this opportunity with interested colleagues, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students. The workshops are geared toward researchers developing a new project, preparing a grant proposal, publishing research findings, or looking to increase the visibility and long-term value of their scholarly work.
For more information, please email Alex Merrill.
