Possibly of interest: online session next Wednesday, moderated by fellow
wikipedian Meg Wacha :)
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From: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library <libraryoutreach(a)un.org>
Date: Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Subject: [UPCOMING EVENT] Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science
for the SDGs, 17 July 2024
Dear Colleagues,
The United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library would like to invite you to a
virtual panel discussion: “*Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science
for the SDGs*,” scheduled for Wednesday, 17 July, 2024 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
(EDT)
Register Now
<https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/feb783bc-6724-4ee8-bd42-33be090447…>
Open science and open scholarship are the enabling environment through
which all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may be accomplished.
However, there are a variety of approaches to the adoption and evaluation
of open science and open scholarship; approaches that reflect a global
imbalance in research and development and, in some cases, further grow and
concretize such divides. UNESCO’s Open Science Outlook 1
<https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000387324> warns that the
“cultural shift to open science will only be possible with adequate
monitoring of its impacts, including its possible unintended consequences
for science and/or society.”
It is within this context that the United Nations’ Dag Hammarskjöld Library
convenes an official side event to the High-Level Political Forum
<https://hlpf.un.org/>. The UN Open Science Conference, convened biennially
by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and its partners, has repeatedly heard
calls for academic institutions to move their focus away from metrics and
instead return to their role as agents of social change, with research
agendas driven by “global relevance rather than journal visibility.” How do
policies, established to globally advance open science and the SDGs, impact
local evaluation frameworks for research institutions? How do they impact
individual researchers and their work? Do they help or hinder achievement
of the SDGs?
Speakers include:
*Dr. Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee*, International Water Management Institute
*Dr. Yensi Flores-Bueso*, Global Young Academy
*Dr. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gadd*, Loughborough University, Coalition on
Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA)
*Dr. Geeta Swamy*, Duke University, Higher Education Leadership Initiative
for Open Scholarship (HELIOS)
*Dr. Giannis Tsakonas*, University of Patras, LIBER Europe
Moderator: Mx. Meg Wacha, Dag Hammarskjöld Library
*Participation in UN events is governed by the **UN Code of Conduct*
<https://www.un.org/en/content/codeofconduct/>*. By registering for the
event, you agree to adhere to this policy.*
We look forward to your participation!
Dag Hammarskjöld Library
United Nations Headquarters
#OpenScienceUN
Dear Greater Bostonians,
Our usergroup, Wikimedia New England, is eligible to vote in the movement
charter ratification vote:
https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter
Thanks to SJ for getting our paperwork in order to make this possible. I'll
be voting on behalf of the group, as SJ is also the representative for
another user group.
The charter has been developed through a long and involved international
process. It seeks to define roles, responsibilities and governance among
different movement bodies, such as the WMF and chapters. The ratification
vote is happening now for both groups and individuals (established editors
can also vote for themselves).
If you have any feelings about the movement charter - positive, negative or
ambivalent - please express your preferred vote to me this week, by July
8th (the day before the vote closes) either publicly on the list or
privately. Because we don't really have defined membership, I'll try to
discern the feelings of the group based on the feedback I get. (In other
words, if you identify as a New England Wikimedian, you are a part of the
group, and feel free to tell me what you think).
Questions? Let me know.
Cheers,
Phoebe